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    Geraldine and I drove up to Willard Ohio to look at this 90 Festiva L plus automatic. (click on link) The pictures in the add are old. Probably when they first purchased the car from someone else several years ago.



    It has sat for 2 years in a pole barn, right front bearings were gone, brakes are bad, rust holes in the floor, no Ebrake, and it was burning oil a bit while it was running. The oil looked as black as my car. Inside the car was musty like it has been wet in there for a long while. Car must leak back in the fire wall. Seats were ripped up a bit. and the body of the car, what you can see was in good shape, except for the drivers door down at the corner there was rust.

    We would have had to have it towed 200 miles back home in the condition it was in.

    They were asking 650. We offered 400 and they would not go below 650. So we declined.

    Geraldine did not want it at the asking price. It was her choice because it was going to be her Festy.
    1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
    1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
    1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
    2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
    2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
    2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
    1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.

    Mike

  • #2
    good decision, not having brakes and bad bearings is an issue that should have been resolved BEFORE the car went up for sale. and for them to not budge on price... they didn't want to sell it anyway.

    be patient, we'll find one for you.
    Trees aren't kind to me...

    currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
    94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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    • #3
      Oh, they removed the add. They must have changed there minds. Ha!
      1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
      1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
      1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
      2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
      2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
      2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
      1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.

      Mike

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      • #4
        Automatic only? I'll keep an eye open here
        -Greg
        Euro-bprt...WORLDS FASTEST FESTIVA !!! 11.78@115.9
        BP, G trans, Megasquirt/ 550cc inj. t3/t3 (tbird) Garrett, REAR TURBO!!!! AND AC!!!!
        Redneck Engineer
        FOTY - '09
        5x Festiva Madness Attendee...FM 3,4,5,6,8
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCZ7...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_eX...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ

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        • #5
          Originally posted by eurotiva View Post
          Automatic only? I'll keep an eye open here
          yes
          1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
          1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
          1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
          2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
          2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
          2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
          1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.

          Mike

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          • #6
            Ok
            -Greg
            Euro-bprt...WORLDS FASTEST FESTIVA !!! 11.78@115.9
            BP, G trans, Megasquirt/ 550cc inj. t3/t3 (tbird) Garrett, REAR TURBO!!!! AND AC!!!!
            Redneck Engineer
            FOTY - '09
            5x Festiva Madness Attendee...FM 3,4,5,6,8
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCZ7...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_eX...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ

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            • #7
              Originally posted by FestYboy View Post
              they didn't want to sell it anyway.

              be patient, we'll find one for you.
              Thanks, The guy I talked to, I think, wanted to keep it, But his wife wants to sell it, I think. After we declined, I talked to the guy about this sight and that he should just keep the car and fix it up & get advice from this sight on "how to" repair things on the car. I told him even if he doesn't need the car, keep it as a run around car to save gas & I told him they are easy and fun to work on. He said he would check this sight out. Maybe he his... and he's going to keep the Festy.
              1993 Ford Festiva L blue 170,000 miles
              1990 Ford Festiva L Plus white 190,000 Auto, currently waiting to have another engine put in.
              1995 Ford F150 XLT black 203,000 miles
              2002 Honda CRV silver 180,000 miles
              2003 Toyota Rav4 Sport black 94,000 miles
              2008 Sym Rv250 dark grey 30,000 miles. My scooter.
              1989 Ford Festiva LX black 233,000 miles. Sold to my better half's son.

              Mike

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