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My brother just found these pictures, and sent them to me. Good times. I really miss that little white car.
The cars:
White Festiva: I bought in 2003 for $200. 1989 Carbed. It had been sitting in a field, and needed some love (Which I was more than willing to give it). I drove this car the 1400 mile journey to New Mexico and back twice. While in New Mexico, I lost 4th gear, and kept on driving it, just not on the Freeway. It was the only car that made it back to Utah with us on a trailer. I was young, and dumb, and tried to do a clutch without any help, instruction, or otherwise, and ended up calling Cash for junk cars, and they hauled it away.
Red Festiva: My brother had always looked down on the little cars, and he got this one with a dinged passenger fender for $150. He actually grew to love the car. It had 305,000 miles on it, and no love. He drove it for about 8 months and then sold it for $500.
Blue Festiva: It was an L-plus, had the nicer door cards, and a split seat. My brother was driving home, and saw it parked at a tow yard. The story goes, that a rich dentist's daughter had run into it with her SUV, and the dentist showed up, and wrote them a check for $1000, rather than have it effect his insurance. My brother bought it from the tow company for $50! He cleaned it, did an oil change, and sold it for $550 a few weeks later.
I miss the old days when $200 Festivas were in abundance!
The cars:
White Festiva: I bought in 2003 for $200. 1989 Carbed. It had been sitting in a field, and needed some love (Which I was more than willing to give it). I drove this car the 1400 mile journey to New Mexico and back twice. While in New Mexico, I lost 4th gear, and kept on driving it, just not on the Freeway. It was the only car that made it back to Utah with us on a trailer. I was young, and dumb, and tried to do a clutch without any help, instruction, or otherwise, and ended up calling Cash for junk cars, and they hauled it away.
Red Festiva: My brother had always looked down on the little cars, and he got this one with a dinged passenger fender for $150. He actually grew to love the car. It had 305,000 miles on it, and no love. He drove it for about 8 months and then sold it for $500.
Blue Festiva: It was an L-plus, had the nicer door cards, and a split seat. My brother was driving home, and saw it parked at a tow yard. The story goes, that a rich dentist's daughter had run into it with her SUV, and the dentist showed up, and wrote them a check for $1000, rather than have it effect his insurance. My brother bought it from the tow company for $50! He cleaned it, did an oil change, and sold it for $550 a few weeks later.
I miss the old days when $200 Festivas were in abundance!
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