Bought a $100 festiva today

[originalm]

holy crap! that's awesome!!!

[freshtiva]

It has some rust issues. Im always amazed at the b3. What a great motor.

[neanderpaul]

Those poor chumps had no idea they were sitting on another easy 160,000 miles for nearly free. Think of how much $ they will spend traveling that next 160,000 miles. Boggles the mind. $10,000? $20,000? Sucks for them. Did they see you fix it in minutes and drive it home?

FRESHTIVA FTFW (for the FESTIVA win) AGAIN!!
:thumbleft:

[Darlo]

I will give you $1000

Hey, If you could get it to me, I will give you 10 times what you paid for it!

I live in Maple Ridge BC Canada

[stevewl1164]

Wow..sure is clean! You mean you STOLE it!

[SimonTuffGuy]

Why aren't these cars in PA?

[neanderpaul]

Because they rusted.

[Claude]

im in need of two front tires too :_(

[Britstiva]

WOW!! Congratulations on the awesome buy!!!

[freshtiva]

Its really not that big a buy. Its got good stuff on it but the rust is terminal. I like the fact that it has a current oil change reminder on the windshield for JIffy Lube. Im %100 percent confident in the motor and tranny, Everything on the car is good except for the rust issue. It will probably be a parts festiva. Its driveable for at least a couple more years though with out any repair.

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

Nothing's rusted out west, or in the Last Frontier.

Last summer, I bought a nice complete rust/dent-free aqua 92 +/- in Los Anchorage for $100 off CL. Installed new driveshafts, tires, and battery. After a few hundred miles around town, I headed 300 miles NE into the interior (up toward the 600-mile N-S Alaska-Canada border) with 19-hour long nights in temps in the low -20Fs problem-free. I got 52mpg despite lots of mountain driving and collected $300 on my expense report for 600 miles @ the government rate of $0.50/mile. My operating cost was $0.08/mile, netting me about $250 profit. How's that for return on investment?

No Festy has ever left me stranded. My Fiat (purchased new in the cardboard box) let me down regularly.

[TominMO]

Its really not that big a buy. Its got good stuff on it but the rust is terminal. I like the fact that it has a current oil change reminder on the windshield for JIffy Lube. Im %100 percent confident in the motor and tranny, Everything on the car is good except for the rust issue. It will probably be a parts festiva. Its driveable for at least a couple more years though with out any repair.

Winter beater maybe?

Nothing's rusted out west, or in the Last Frontier.

Last summer, I bought a nice complete rust/dent-free aqua 92 +/- in Los Anchorage for $100 off CL. Installed new driveshafts, tires, and battery. After a few hundred miles around town, I headed 300 miles NE into the interior (up toward the 600-mile N-S Alaska-Canada border) with 19-hour long nights in temps in the low -20Fs problem-free. I got 52mpg despite lots of mountain driving and collected $300 on my expense report for 600 miles @ the government rate of $0.50/mile. My operating cost was $0.08/mile, netting me about $250 profit. How's that for return on investment?

No Festy has ever left me stranded. My Fiat (purchased new in the cardboard box) let me down regularly.

Great return on investment! As for Fiats, you of course know that Fiat stands for "Fix it again, Tony".

[spiko]

Awesome find!

[freshtiva]

No Festy has ever left me stranded. .

Ditto on that, it seems no matter how bad of shape they are in they always make it to their destination. The wife and I have logged over 3/4 million miles in festiva(s) .. thats a true testimonial.