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I just bought an 89 Festiva L, fuel injected with 184k on it. The engine runs great, no smoking at all and idles super smooth. The tranny was replaced a couple years ago, shifts good. Its got oil all over it, I'm thinking VCG and distributor O ring. I paid $750 for it but it needed brakes bad.
Pedal went to the floor and it took a long time to stop. I had to let a shop replace all the bearings and rear wheel cylinder and LF caliper. The front wheel bearings were loud as hell. I live 50 miles from where I bought the Festi and had no where to do the easy work, so I had to let a shop rape me. Don't you just hate paying someone to do something when you could do it just as easily for free. But $500 later, with new wheel cylinders, shoes, caliper, lower control arm, and new lug nuts cause somebody messed them up really bad, I have a very good running Festi. Just need to buff out the paint.
There is a really nice 91 model that is in very good condition, but they wanted $2500 obo for it. Do you think I did the right thing and bought this rough diamond or would you have gotten the super nice one, for possibly $2000?
I just bought an 89 Festiva L, fuel injected with 184k on it. The engine runs great, no smoking at all and idles super smooth. The tranny was replaced a couple years ago, shifts good. Its got oil all over it, I'm thinking VCG and distributor O ring. I paid $750 for it but it needed brakes bad.
Pedal went to the floor and it took a long time to stop. I had to let a shop replace all the bearings and rear wheel cylinder and LF caliper. The front wheel bearings were loud as hell. I live 50 miles from where I bought the Festi and had no where to do the easy work, so I had to let a shop rape me. Don't you just hate paying someone to do something when you could do it just as easily for free. But $500 later, with new wheel cylinders, shoes, caliper, lower control arm, and new lug nuts cause somebody messed them up really bad, I have a very good running Festi. Just need to buff out the paint.
There is a really nice 91 model that is in very good condition, but they wanted $2500 obo for it. Do you think I did the right thing and bought this rough diamond or would you have gotten the super nice one, for possibly $2000?
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