New Guy....

[mikestep]

Hi All. I'm new to the forum. I've been researching Festys for a couple weeks now and am looking to purchase one as a commuter car (drive 90 miles a day). I have a couple questions and would really appriciate any other advice you could give.

1. How much should I expect to pay for a Festy in good running condition?
2. Are they pretty easy to work on? I'm not a mechanic, but I'm a "do it yourselfer" and can find my way around the garage ok...

Thanks,
Mike

[FestYboy]

yo!! good to see the comunity is growing by leaps and bounds.

figure between 600 and 1000 for a good festy
SSOOO easy to work on, i'd say even a pleasure compaired to todays cars.

[cubstiva1]

welcome to the site, lots of great info here. as festyboy said, these little cars are fun and easy to work on, and if you ever have any questions, someone here is bound to know.

[mikestep]

Thanks

Thanks guys. I found a guy on CL selling a blue 92, manual trans, with 50k miles for $500 in Western MD. He says the only thing wrong with it is it over heats but doesn't know why. Any ideas or things to look out for?

[hotfordcat]

Welcome!! The Festy is horrible to work on, nothing fits, parts are nowhere, and mechanics charge double when they have one in thier shop, so if you find a good cheap one tell me and I'll buy it. LOL
Again, Welcome. Lots of help available here if you need it.

Chuck

[hotfordcat]

Thanks guys. I found a guy on CL selling a blue 92, manual trans, with 50k miles for $500 in Western MD. He says the only thing wrong with it is it over heats but doesn't know why. Any ideas or things to look out for?

wrong T-stat or head gasket.

[hawkdoc60]

Welcome to the site. Festyboy pretty much hit it on the head.

[skeeters_keeper]

Super Easy to work on! Best car you will every buy

over heating could be any of the normal things, water pump, head gasket, etc.

Just to give you some perspective on how easy they are to work on, I put a new water pump on my car Tuesday after school, took around 2 hrs, and then ended up pulling the head off to do a HG yesterday and it took me an hour to have it ready to run to the shop, ran to the shop and got it resurfaced and now am waiting on the HG to arrive at autozone so I can slap it back together. Yep, super easy!

[freshtiva]

Wecome to the forum !! Worst case senario would be a warped head on the one you are looking to purchase.

[Sparky]

That is a great investment even if it is the HG...super-low miles! Post some pics if you buy it....HEY!!! I bought my Festy in Maryland! They might have met sometime!

[ejp2fast]

welcome mike! personally, anything over $300 is too expensive for me...

[Pu241]

welcome mike! personally, anything over $300 is too expensive for me...

Got to save this quote!
My wife will never believe there someone cheaper than me out there!

[collegeboi]

Got to save this quote!
My wife will never believe there someone cheaper than me out there!

That was funny

[ejp2fast]

Got to save this quote!
My wife will never believe there someone cheaper than me out there!

hahaha $100 baby!

[ejp2fast]

what about "Home of the $100 Festiva" under my username? what'd ya'll say?