Festiva pros/cons

[EDfestiva]

What are the festiva pros and cons.

[monkeyracing]

There are a lot of pros as far as quality, fuel mileage, durability and fun factor are concerned. There is also the benefit that they're an easy and cheap car to work on, and modify for additional fun factor.

Cons? I wouldn't want to get into a serious accident my Festy.

[Kraig]

I've averaged over 47 mpg for almost 10,000 miles ........ No problems and the car just rolled over 200K!

[htchbck]

IMHO the biggest pro is fuel economy, followed closely by the fact that they are mazda which means the other mazda B-series motors (read: bigger, better, more powerful) will go in under the hood without too much trouble... other than that, they are a blast to drive, really fast if you put in one of the larger motors designed for a car that weighs 500-800 lbs more than a festy, and there's plenty of upgrades you can do easily and cheaply with jy parts...

biggest con: your friends may laugh at you and they may get together and pick up your car someday and put it in between two trees in your yard so you can't get it out... but thats only happened to me once ...

[EDfestiva]

I keep reading about axles popping out. How common is this problem?

[25Horseplay]

I keep reading about axles popping out. How common is this problem?

That is not a common problem, if this happens its either been wrecked or had the wrong parts installed

[oxbrain]

PRO
Cheap
Easy to work on
Good gas milage
Cheap insurance
Can hold a lot of stuff

CON
Lots of road noise
Wierd tire sizes
Poor saftey
Almost no aftermarket
Extreme steering wheel angle
Way too many flexible parts on the car to rattle

[skeeters_keeper]

Pros:
different (hence i hate honda's)
fun to drive
great gass milage
you can do anything to them yourself if you take your time
you can pi$$ people off by parking where their car would never fit, and making a u-turn where they need a 9pt turn around

cons:
you can't blend into the crowd of honda ricers
you deprive terrorists of their oil $
not too great in accidents... but at least they can be fixed easily and cheaply with a little know how
lots of road noise, can be fixed
12" wheels, bad brakes, but that can be fixed w/ aspire swap and stock isn't too bad for daily driving
watch for your ball joints, they tend to wear, but thats not a big deal as long as you catch it b4 they go


the axle thing only happens after accidents, i just finished putting mine in w/ a brand new circlip.. hope that will fix it if not too the frame shop it goes, but you really shouldn't have that problem.

[htchbck]

Almost no aftermarket

Thats why mazda made the 323, the protege, and the motors for the capri, early tracers, and escort GTs... that is our aftermarket

[F3BZ]

pros-the people on this site. cons-the people on ricer sites

[JPT]

Pro: It's not a Honda.
Con: It's not a Honda.

[niklid05]

cons:
you can't blend into the crowd of honda ricers
you deprive terrorists of their oil $

Arent those both Pro's? :?

[skeeters_keeper]

^^yes, i was being sarcastic.... i thought that would b fairly obvious

[elcamino1]

Pros: it easer to work on than a honda,toyota,or any other car from japan.
Its just as reliable,better gas mileage than 95% of the cars on the road today.
Fun to drive,easy to keep clean because of size,and what every body else said.^^^^^

Cons:Unstable when wind is high,front wheel drive,not enought power in stock form.

[neanderpaul]

^^yes, i was being sarcastic.... i thought that would b fairly obvious

I thought it was obvious Nate!