Why did you buy your Festiva?

[Pocket_Rocket]

I was used to drive sports cars, and after my last one ( 1992 Eagle Talon TSi AWD) I decided that I had enough of digging a hole in my pocket to pay for repairs; so I decided to make a sacrifice and buy a Festiva, so if I ever want to go fast again, I'd have some perfomance options from my daily beater/econobox for cheap, so for now I spend next to nothing to make it run, and in next to no time, I'll have the money to have my own econobox/sportscar...

[deathegg]

I actually bought my 88 L+ NEW in Sept 1988, and it is still going strong, at almost 195,000 miles.
Has the original clutch and engine, leaks oil like crazy but doesn't burn any. Probably need a new clutch in the next year.

was white with red hockey stick stripe, now blue with white top, mirrors and wheels (looks like a fake Mini Cooper)

has a "ford racing" decal on the side, which makes people laugh.
Also has an official "Property of GM" sticker in back window, which maybe confused people

[FB71]

Well, I was stationed in Italy for a bit (Air Force, 92/93), and was able to borrow a Fiat 600 from an Eagle driver while he was out on sortie, in exchange for fixing the little Fiat. That got me hooked on little cars. Wanted a Mini (Mk II), but couldn't afford it when I got home. Had to buy a F150 for work. Then, in late 94, I changed jobs, and bought a leftover Aspire, new. Drove that little guy (Stimpson) for 3 years and 120k miles. Sold it and bought a T-bird when the (now ex) wife got pregnant in 97. Loved my T-Birds, but always missed the Aspire. When I went to work for Ford in '99, I looked for something small for commuting between Baltimore and Philly, and found a silver '88 LX, loaded, for $125. Needed and engine, but what the heck... Had it running for three days before it was totalled. Rear ended at a stop sign in the rain. Found the old FF.com at that time. Lucked into Uncle Fester in the fall of '04. And I mean lucked... got him for free! Drove him for 2 1/2 years (to keep miles of my '04 Mustang), then foolishly sold him this past spring. Lucked into a '90 L Plus about a month ago (again, free), which I'm now driving daily, AND got to buy back Uncle Fester!!!!

[fastivaca]

When I changed jobs I lost the company truck so had to look for something economical. I remembered reading the article in Motor Trend years before and decided put Festivas at the top of the list. That was 7 years ago! Had the first one, a white GL Sport, for a couple of years and got my current red 92 GL Sport when the first one was written off after an accident.

It got sandwiched between a Jeep Cherokee in front stopped at a light and a Chevy Cavalier doing about 35 mph :shock:



Had several in between that I've either parted out or fixed up and resold.

[SimonTuffGuy]

My dad had one when I was like, 4... I was pretty much hooked from that point!

[Festiva_tunner]

Well, I was stationed in Italy for a bit (Air Force, 92/93), and was able to borrow a Fiat 600 from an Eagle driver while he was out on sortie, in exchange for fixing the little Fiat. That got me hooked on little cars. Wanted a Mini (Mk II), but couldn't afford it when I got home. Had to buy a F150 for work. Then, in late 94, I changed jobs, and bought a leftover Aspire, new. Drove that little guy (Stimpson) for 3 years and 120k miles. Sold it and bought a T-bird when the (now ex) wife got pregnant in 97. Loved my T-Birds, but always missed the Aspire. When I went to work for Ford in '99, I looked for something small for commuting between Baltimore and Philly, and found a silver '88 LX, loaded, for $125. Needed and engine, but what the heck... Had it running for three days before it was totalled. Rear ended at a stop sign in the rain. Found the old FF.com at that time. Lucked into Uncle Fester in the fall of '04. And I mean lucked... got him for free! Drove him for 2 1/2 years (to keep miles of my '04 Mustang), then foolishly sold him this past spring. Lucked into a '90 L Plus about a month ago (again, free), which I'm now driving daily, AND got to buy back Uncle Fester!!!!

if you "luck" into anymore share the weath lol

[FB71]

:mrgreen:

[goblazers_6]

I bought mine because I needed a gas-saver while I built axles for my jeep. And i had just seen pimp my ride do a festiva and i went on fms and started my search for one. got a 92 gl with 103k for $600

[mousepoopfestiva]

I bought my first one to keep my a-hole neighbor from blocking access to my driveway, then being an anal rentive engineer, the lack of symmetry bothered me so I got a 2nd one to make bookends at my driveway entrance, low and behold, this one was a good one and fun to drive, and then I was hooked, I have owned a maximum of 8 at a time, now at 7. They all have names with the lowest mileage being a 1990 with 31k miles affectionately referred to as Sunroof Festiva for the obvious sunroof, to the highest mileage one being Silverbell at 193k miles. I bet you can gues how Mousepoop got her name.

[rerhard]

Mine was the fact that my 99 mustang gt was costing me alot of gas and traffic tickets. I heard of how good and reliable the festiva is, and since my father got a aspire for free and fixed it up, I drove it to work and to other places with no problems at all. I really liked the aspire but when I found my festiva for $50, I knew that it was the car for me. The gas on it is what got me to search for it. As I was able to get 120 miles on just 2 gallons of gas one time. I like my festiva so much that I rarely drive my Mustang around anymore.

[LittleHoe]

I bought mine because my dad had one for a long time and it was a great car. Fuel mileage is awsome and they run forever if taken car of. Oh and because I think I would be able to fit 4 of them in my 2 car garage if I cleaned it up a bit.

[25Horseplay]

I'm reviving this thread because I found it interesting why some of us got into Festiva's and to hear why some of the newer member's decided on getting one.

[batstiva]

^^ I guess the owner of the playground gets a pass on the MONSOON awards??

Not sure what this says about me, but I bought my new one pretty much so I would not have to show up at Madness not driving a Festiva. :roll:

[Lmcclure]

i bought mine because ive always wanted one, 1 because its just a fun little car, 2. because alot of people think there ugly, 3, because for under a grand you can have a 13 second car, 4 because i have only 327 into it which includes buying another engine and tags and regestration, 5. because it took 23 dollars to fill up on premium

[Maxtiva]

I bought mine cause for my first car I want it to be a 5speed and econo that why I ended up with a festiva