I RELUCTANTLY BOUGHT THIS LITTLE CAR WITH 182,000 MILES. I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT GET ANOTHER 10,000 BEFORE IT DIED WELL ITS GOT 234,000 AND JUST LIKE THE BUNNY. IT KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING!LOOK OUT IT MIGHT OUT LAST MY TOYOTA CAMRY WITH 130,000. GO FESTIVA!!

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Retired my 1990 festiva. Best car I ever had.

gordon kearse, 02/18/2019

updated 02/26/2024

1990 Ford Festiva L 2dr Hatchback

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My festiva finally "gave up the ghost." I couldn't find an ignition switch to replace the broken one I had. The rear tail lamps and brake lights had been hot wired shortly before that. The car had 300K miles on it. I paid $500 for it in 2005. I made money driving it. Few people can say that about a car. I had one wreck that wasn't my fault. My uninsured paid me $300, and I kept on driving. So I essentially drove a $200 car for 18 years. I just purchased a 2016 Fiesta (also by Ford) for $3500. Initially, I thought I had messed up buying it. I found out Ford had a recall on the DPS transmission. The transmission fault light was on. I couldn't get it to go out. No one around here knows how to operate an engine code machine at O'Reilly's or Advance. So I bought a Fix'd code reader and cleared the fault myself. Cost me $20 but was well worth it. My old Festiva wasn't equipped with the code reader capability since it was not computerized. That started in 1996. But I had to make the jump to the next generation of vehicles against my will. I still have my first car -- a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe. I paid $90 for it in 1969. It runs fine. My neighbor sold me a 1970 Ford shortbed F-100. And it still runs fine, too! I doubt many of these new cars will ever be running as long as they have.

Safety: 4 out of 5 stars

Technology: 5 out of 5 stars

Performance: 5 out of 5 stars

Interior: 5 out of 5 stars

Comfort: 5 out of 5 stars

Reliability: 5 out of 5 stars

Value: 5 out of 5 stars

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Herby the red festiva

Jay Tugz, 02/07/2003

1990 Ford Festiva L 2dr Hatchback

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I bought my festiva from an old korean lady for 1000 dollors it had everything AC,AM/FM,auto,new paint and low miles about 40K on it now it has 100K and a now sun roof on it. It is the most reliable car we have, only problems were the vacuum modual and the brakes would wear quickly.But very cheap to maintain.

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