A compliment from a stranger

[freshtiva]

I stopped at a gas station on the way home from work tonight for some liquid refreshments. While I was at the counter I noticed a guy and girl who had just left were looking at my car ( Festdiva ). I went outside and was sitting in the car for just a few seconds when the guy went back in the station and came back out still staring at the car. He was smiling so I didnt think to much of it. Then I noticed my hatch wing windows were open ( I keep them like that at work so it doesnt get so hot inside. )and got out to close them. The young guy who was in a nice late model car yells out. "Hey, thats the cleanest Festiva Ive ever seen. " Yes he said Festiva not Fiesta. I said thank you of course. Then he says "Its awesome ". I say thank you very much. As I leaving two things occur to me. First the guy couldnt have been much older than Festdiva, probably in his early twenties. And second, how cool was it that he recognized it as a festiva ( not a fiesta ) and appreciated it despite the nice new model car he was in. It made me feel good that the festiva still has curb appeal.

[GenevaDirt]

thats awesome....some people do recognize a great car when they see one.

[91blufestiva]

I stopped in at a gas station to fill up a gas can for our lawn mower, and I take the can out, and all of a sudden a cop walks towards me, and my heart starts racing, like oh no, what did I do wrong... But then he's like, how do you like that little festiva?? I was like, well, I like it very much, and couldn't be happier with it, he's like, well, i used to own one like 10 years ago, I really enjoyed the little sucker. I asked him, what year and model was it, do you remember? He's like, I THINK it was an 88, and had some label on the back that said "festiva L" (right away I was thinking, crap, no rare model) Then I asked him, was it a 5spd (not thinking that the 88 L's were 4spds) and he's like, yup! and then he asked a few mileage questions and what-not, and what I all did to the car, and then he's like, oh, now that I think of it, I think my old festiva was actually a 4spd. then I was like duhh, of course it would be a 4spd, and I told him how the 5spds were options until 1990. Then I took off (after paying for my gas) and as I was pulling out, I could see him in my mirror, just starin at the little car. days like this you just love these little cars.

BTW, nice story fresh. It reminded me a lot of ^^my story lol

[Banana Bonanza]

Yes he said Festiva not Fiesta.

Actually as somebody who remembers the Fiestas from the late 70s, they were decent little car also, just werent around that long as Ford stopped importing them when it came out with the 1.6L Escort. Havent seen one in ages. Heck havent even seen the old style VW Rabbit very often except occasional die hard diesel Rabbit. Had a '77 Rabbit back in the day. Like the Festiva better. Interesting as the little weber I am putting on my Festiva was one I saved off the Rabbit. Rabbit fuel injection went bad and I bought the weber kit new to convert it. Got better fuel mileage with the weber than it ever did with the fuel injection though not quite as much power. Smaller bore weber than the Holley clones used on Pinto/Vega/etc though looks just like them.

[Damkid]

Cool story Fresh i get people staring at my car all the time like people think its been modified or something :lol:

[batstiva]

Cool story. Nice to know there are some folks out there who appreciate our little cars. Used to get stared at all the time in mine, not sure why?

[25Horseplay]

It always make ya feel better when someone give you a compliment on something!

[cgoulding]

Great stories everyone!!

I live in rural Idaho near a town of 3000 and my car is on the wanted list by several of the local kids. It's like there is a waiting list and they keeping asking when I'm going to sell it to them. My 12 year old tells me all the time that when I die he want's the Festiva, he tells me to give the 68 California Special Mustang to his brother and he wants the Festiva. Ok, simplifies it for me but I'm really not planning on dying anytime soon.

Cory

[ejp2fast]

i had someone come up to me recently saying he used to have a festiva (he said festiva and not fiesta too )back in the day and wants to get another one "sometime".. but you know how it is, a lot of people like that talk about it but likely won't do it...

[Festiva_tunner]

I had a guy say he's never seen one of those before it must be rare, then he asked if it was imported

[25Horseplay]

Well I had a compliment this afternoon. Pulled into a tire store and the guy asked "what kind of car is that? Is it a Festiva?" I said yeah and he said that he wasn't sure because of the hood and grill. I had to explain the imported parts on the car and he told me he "hasn't seen one that nice before". Made me feel good.

[xanthinic12]

i got pulled over 2 years ago and the cop said that my car was flashy and noticeable, i took it as a compliment and got away with a warning.

[Oranger]

The best compliment is when their jaw drops as you pass them at 100 mph,and they're driving some ha ha hot rod.

[deathegg]

About a week ago a guy in a new Caddy CTS pulled up next to me at a light, and yelled over to me:
"hey, what year is that festiva?"
me: '88...bought it new!
"You bought it new? wow!"
"Yep, great little car,, just about bulletproof... they keep going and going"
"Wow, that's really cool, man!"

I was going to ask him if he wanted to trade his CTS, but he pulled away.

[freshtiva]

I think most people love Festivas, they're just afraid to admit it. Ive never met any one who owned one that didnt have good things to say about it. I started driving Diva this week. A coworker mentioned the other day that I was driving the white one now. I told him I was trying to keep him guessing and that maybe he would think there was a new employee since it was a different car, I was joking. He said "Marcus you didnt fool me one bit, if there is any Festiva in the parking lot I know it yours ". I had to laugh.