What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Gomez]

I pulled all of the carpet out, including floor mats, and spent $5 at the car wash. Sprayed until the soapy water was clear (about $3.50) then rinsed until there was no soap (about $1.50). gonna be a sunny day tomorrow and we'll be out of town all day so I am going to hang it all on a rack in the sun so It will be dry by the time we get home.

I also bought some wiring for the future Audio system. Wire it now while the carpet is out. Kinda anxious to start the audio stuff. It's what I did professionally off/on for the past 20 yrs or so. Gonna make it cheap, simple, and fun. Probably a nice 6.5" component set up front with a set of 4" coaxes in back. Then an 8" slim sub fiber-glassed into the left rear of the hatch. Flush mount a super small amp into the box to boot.

Had to weld a plate into the floorboard on the pass side. Small hole kinda peeped out when the carpet was out. I hate Ohio. lol

[rmoltis]

You know I felt that way at first.
But then after having it a while.
It just grew on me.
Best, cheapest, most reliable, easy to work on, cheap parts car, that saved me a ton on gas.

When I had my eclipse I did an mpg comparison over 10,000 miles with the gas which was at $4 gal then.
The eclipse got around 26 avgs
The aspire had 34 mpg avgs consistent no matter how fast I drove.

And every 10,000 miles it saved me about $361 in comparison with the eclipse at 26mpg
And over the 200,000k miles I drove it I saves about $7220 in gas over its lifetime I owned it.

That's a whole nother car or $7200 to invest into one.
Logically it made sense and the money saved
created a budget for repairs and maintenance over its life
As opposed to spending that $7200 in gas and extra on top for maintenance and stuff.

Why do people look down on our cars so much.
They make it easy to own, maintain, drive,
And pay for themselves almost literally.

[200KGPGTP]

At work last night in box office. See a nice clean grey Festy fly through the lot and park. When he and his girlfriend get up to the counter, I say "That's a nice Festiva you've got there!" He says "I was hoping no one saw me..." Me "Aw come on man, they're awesome!" He says "I just totaled my truck and it's all I've got..." and starts walking away. I slipped in a "They're dang good cars!!"

:/

His appeared to be in really good shape...

[rmoltis]

Talked to matt about the dead spot in the lower rpms.
He told me to bump up the fpr a couple lbs.

Did that and man everything is nice now.
Power all the way from down low to up top.
I'm gonna go on a freeway run now :-)
See how the mileage compares.

[navdoc101]

Installed relay & wireing for A/C condenser fan. Still need to wire power to it, confused on how it do it.

[Prafeston]

Well here it is back on all 4s...so far I can't really tell much of a difference with the ride height of the FMS springs. I'm guessing I'll need to drive it around a bit and have the springs settle in. Right now I still have to replace the oil pan gasket though so it's not going anywhere.

[greywolf200]

Got my stainless steel exhaust bent up today.
This guy doesn't mandrel bend
but he packs his tubes full of sand
to help prevent corners from getting super crushed
like my last exhaust.
I'll get a clip up later but for now here's pics.

Beautiful....:cry_smile: Gotta get me one of those sooooon.

[Gomez]

possible 90 LX

[Team Lightning]

I drove my Festiva to my mom's today and on the trip home I saw a red Festiva behind me. I saw him pull into a store so I did a 180 and pulled in.
His name was Nathan and he said his family had owned several Festivas. He was driving I believe a 90, red with Alloys and a cargo cover.
I told him about this site and gave him a card with my name on it. Maybe he will join the forum.

[Oren09]

Yesterday and last night I cleaned up my A/C parts and installed everything.
It's all connected and can pull a vacuum but will not hold a vacuum.
The system was still pressurized last week when I took it apart.
Tonight we're going to redo all the fittings again (with more new o rings) and diagnose each one.

[Prafeston]

I finally got all 4 wheels back on the ground and my KYB struts and FMS springs installed. Was dark when I finished...like completely dark. So I'll get pics tomorrow!

[rmoltis]

Please excuse the sound quality.
This was recorded on my cell phone.
So the lower rpm revs might not record well
The low revs have a lower tone than my phone picks up
No fart can.
No bumble bees.
Not super loud.
Not super deep.
Quiet and clean note.

I think the sound is better on anything but tiny cell phone speakers.
Or at least it was hooked up to my t.v.

http://youtu.be/fSjYhPFaSu8

[Prafeston]

Gonna be a good 6" or more air under them in the next pic!

[sc72]

We will need new pic's of you and the co pilot coming over that slight rise with the new H.P. Good luck at the next Rally.

[WTFestiva]

Like the pipes you got! We're about to replace ours to let the BP breath a bit better before the Rally happens.