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    Editorial Research and compare new, used and certified cars.


    See i can use the new system

    Anywho I went to go check this one out.

    I "might" nit-pick a little

    these are my own judgments so....


    THE GOOD
    Spoiler, hood scoop, 5speed, stock replacement engine, aspire seats (IDEA), says "festiva SVT" on back (I liked it), nice blue paint, koeing rims & new tires, 3 gauges where stock radio was, 2 pioneer cd decks, had a huge system box in back (looked like shogun in the rear), has inside A/C components, no back seat, power mirrors, eBay early grill modded, has a spare



    THE BAD
    Dash VIN tag missing, Illinois state police tag in drivers door jam, painted interior, black dyed door panels & headliner, missing sun visors, new exhaust minus the muffler, removed supports for hood to install hood scoop, no windshield washer sprayer thingy (yeah I said it), silver vinal stripe hit, over-spray, very noisy inside cabin cause lots of firewall rubber grommets missing, switch's whose use are unknown, I figured out 1 of them were a fan ON/OFF, wasn't pricing lower than $2785 said that was what they paid for it when it was traded in, seemed low on power like it wasn't tuned right, most of the system removed, silly looking white-face non-tach speedo overlays in KM, showing 150k KM or MILES DONT KNOW????, missing compressor & lines for A/C, 3 good pits in the windshield, different key for the doors/ignition, chopped short shifter, I think they cut the springs (fender rubbed tire pretty good a few times, ebrake not working, leaked a little coolant from the thermostat/upper radiator hose/heater core area, seats wouldn't go all the way back (matters for my 6' 5" a$$), power mirrors not hooked up just installed, 1 cd deck mounted in box in back, funky wires everywhere under the hood (assuming from the system install), ebay early grill was cracked, painted calipers


    cant think of any thing else right now maybe later, little tired from 750 miles yesterday & today. :roll:
















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    It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

  • #2
    glad somebody finally got a look at it :lol: bet you were disappointed huh?
    sounds like more bad than good to it. i did a carfax on it and it did say it flucked the emissions in Il. wonder about that state police sticker though.

    keep in mind, when i called they still claimed the book on the car to be $4990, and thats when they wanted 3900 for it. so i doubt they would pay 2750 for a car that age. that doesnt seem logical of a used car dealer does it. not for that age car and what the real book is on them. the car fax listed the miles at about 150k. so they wont come down in price and the a/c doesnt even work.

    did you go all that way to look at that car? nice pics. i do like the hood scoop though. best part of the car it looks like. :lol:
    "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." -Mohandas Gandhi

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    • #3
      Re: really expensive festiva on autotrader THE GOOD & BA

      gone


      "Superduder may or may not be a racist ..." -Pu241

      WoW it's just orwelltastic here isn't it?

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      • #4
        yeah I know but its in KPH. I think the car was a Canadian model except that the seat belts where the stupid automatic kind, but all the tags on the car minus the Il state poilce one are in french & english so......



        I dunno

        The Illinois state police tag had the same VIN as the firewall so I think it was put there because the one on the dash was missing

        The guy I talked to "Bill" showed a paper saying how much they paid for it. The "red tag sale" price said $3250 down from $4950, while the autotrader says $2990. At these prices they are never going to sell it.

        Its a good 10ft car. Looks good until 10 ft when you see all the imperfections.

        A bit of a hike down there 750 miles round trip (with JY expeditions) but atleast I had family like 20 min from there where I spent the night.
        It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

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        • #5
          gone


          "Superduder may or may not be a racist ..." -Pu241

          WoW it's just orwelltastic here isn't it?

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          • #6
            I do like the festiva SVT idea. I want to do that when ever I get a nice looking festiva :roll:

            And as I said I nit pick cause I allready have a few festiva's but no nice LOOKERS.

            PS Has anybody actually signed up for spelling cow? If so ADD FESTIVA DAMMIT :twisted:
            It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

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            • #7
              no they wont ever sell it at that price. 3250 or 2950. its been for sale along time too.
              "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." -Mohandas Gandhi

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              • #8
                I know I just am too tired to search for atleast 3 threads on it. 1 recent, 1 i did months ago, & 1 before that.



                sleep good, drool bad :?
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                • #9
                  Illinois State Police tag in the jamb , means it is a rebuilt car .
                  It had to be inspected to get that sticker to be legal on the road again!!
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                  • #10
                    what a big piece of poopy! $300 car.

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                    • #11
                      do you think they would notice if I went and swapped hoods in the middle of the night one night?... that hood is sexy!
                      No festiva for me ATM...

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                      • #12
                        where is this car located? i have seen it before on one of the forums

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                        • #13
                          Not a fan of the whole "Festiva SVT" thing....
                          99 SVT "BLKOUT2" - # 1571 - PRT track whore
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by muscle_Car1
                            I do like the festiva SVT idea. I want to do that when ever I get a nice looking festiva :roll:


                            I went with that theme! Cobra emblems and all!
                            Brian
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                            • #15
                              I was trying to figure out where he got the letters on the back, then a Focus passed me coming in to work this morning. :roll:
                              ~Jeff
                              1988 Festiva LX Silver 5speed. 219,000 miles. My new daily driver.
                              1988 Festiva L Plus Red 2brl 4speed. 504,477 miles and holding till I get the speed-o fixed.
                              2003 Mustang GT 5speed

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