Festiva pros/cons

[neanderpaul]

Pros: carry huge stuff, durability (300,000 miles on average), inexpensive on gas maintenence, tires, INSURANCE. I've had one axle come out in 15 festivas and it was because I wrecked it.
Cons: clueless dorks point and laugh... oh wait that's a pro.

[roycehof]

Pros: Great gas mileage, Good hauling capabilities, easily parked (just about anywhere), Fun car to drive, Easy to work on.
Great support site (FordFestiva.com), Easily modified for more performance.
Cons: No cup holders and I wish it had airbags.
Not sure whether this is a pro or con - But once you own one, you start to appreciate them and this could lead to more of them in your driveway (This has been a difficult issue for me, so many Festivas, so liitle driveway space - Ha ha)

[GenevaDirt]

Pros are already mentioned....as far as I know, there are no CONS!

[xanthinic12]

Pros are already mentioned....as far as I know, there are no CONS!

no cup holders


Pro: seats adjust easy and comphy 2 adjustments

[Guest]

Oh there are a few cons:

Heater only blows through defrost and foot vents..

Upper door frames flap at 100mph

Wipers don't work to well at those speeds either..

[roycehof]

Yep - Forgot the Goofy thing with the heater - I have gotten used to it, but at first I thought something was wrong (until I discovered it is all mechanical. - But that can be a Pro item - No vacuum servos in the heater control. It is hell when a vacuum servo fails -$$$.)
My upper door frames is a Pro feature also, when it starts to flap I know I'm over a hundred and need to slow down, which brings to mind a con I forgot - 85 mph speedometer. It is hard to keep these cars under 85 on the highway, so they should have been equipped with better speedo's - LOL!

[Sho_tyme_psi]

Pro's awsome little car that can be bought with lil to no money.

Cons Small small engine bay.

[Dave G]

Darn cute little things!

[freshtiva]

Pros:

What everyone else said
They are excellent in the snow ( don't think that was mentioned)
In the long run you can drive them free with savings over other cars.
They are babe magnets
Festivas make you happy



Cons:

Some parts are getting harder to replace
Dependency / addiction
You cant buy a new one

[silver '88]

The only con i see is if you get in a wreck with someone in a truck or suv.

[monkeyracing]

The cupholder thing is easy to fix. See interior mods section.

[neanderpaul]

Oh there are a few cons:

Heater only blows through defrost and foot vents..

Upper door frames flap at 100mph

Wipers don't work to well at those speeds either..

I agree the heaters needs to come out the dash, and I can verify that the wiper blades start hopping at around 110, but I heard that 88-89 festivas have good doors that don't flap. I got that info from a guy that came and bought doors off of an 89 I parted out to put on his 90-3 car. p.s. cutting the fresh air off (to the recirculate) will stop the doors from flapping.

[Tim]

Cons:
You cant buy a new one

Not true!

If you're Iranian you can...

[htchbck]

^^^^ next time I'm over in iran I'll pick up a couple new festies then... maybe I'll free some hostages while I'm there too, who knows

[todd00]

addiction and thats a bad thing :?: :lol:

babe magnets, guess that depends on the babe :wink: