I had one for a short while. Remember the first Batman movie? The one with Michael Keaton? Yeah, I was an oily teenager at the time, took the hottest girl in school out to see Batman on opening night. Thought I was pretty cool. About 20 minutes into the movie, and just as I was about to make my "move" to put my arm around the girl... Dude comes up to me with a flashlight. "Sir, did you own a yellow Ford Festiva?" "Did?" "It's on fire." By the time I got outside - it was burnt to the ground. Electrical fire under the hood.
it could had been worse you could end up falling in love get married and then get divorce Ten years later with 3 kids and pay alimony and child support for the next 15 years
I had a '93 Festiva. I loved it. Got about 42mpg,. I got t-boned at about 5mph, which totaled the vehicle. Afterward my dad said, "I can use the wheels on my wheelbarrow!"
Mine was totaled by being rear ended while parked by a drowsy driving doctor in an Acheiva. It bent in the back bumper and wheel well enough to pinch the tire, and bounced me a ways. I was fine. The car was mostly fine. The olds was TRASHED. Engine and trans smashed, Hood buckled. All doors jammed. All glass shattered. Gushing all fluids. Against my advice, my dad bought the festiva back from the insurance company and sawzalled the back of it off, and welded it to the back half of a dead festiva. So it became an even crappier first car for my brothers. I loved that thing.
Man you shoulda told that tow truck driver to slow down.. either that or good thing you deployed the parachute How else would you achieve 90 in one of these?!?
Yeah! Quit hoarding the Festivas! It's bad enough that several of the cars I see on this channel seemingly don't even _exist_ in Texas! I want one now!
This story is kind of long but I hope someone reads it. So my Uncle Larry, a 6'3" 300+ pound man, never was interested in cars. When he needed a second vehicle to get to and from work, he bought a Chevette. It died, so after some searching, he found a Festiva for $800. It handled his frame and he didn't look *too* comical driving it. Until the day of my Grandfather's funeral. As our entire family was feeling pretty down, Uncle Larry decided to use his physical stature compared to the size of his car to brighten our day. "Yup, I love my little car" he says, with a shit eating grin on his face. "Makes me feel like Mario Andretti every time I drive it!" Uncle Larry CHARGES at the car, and in one motion, rips the door open, flings himself into the driver's seat, slams the key into the ignition, and fires the engine. Just after the engine turns over, we all hear a loud "BANG", as both front wheels come flying off the car and roll into the ditch on either side of the old dirt road.
I remember in 1997, friend of mine backed up with the door open, bent the door and hinges all up. Was heart broken (it was her first car, so understandable). We took her car, loaded some tools in the back, drove to the local pick n' pull, and in under an hour had found a donor, pulled both doors off, swapped hinges, banged the bend out of the door, and had it back together. I did not get laid.
No, that's a fair cop. I was a bit of an asshole in writing this. I did not expect to get laid in 1997. But it WAS a fantastic memory I got to create and I still laugh about the donor cars blue w/ flames paint job.
i used to work with a guy who loved his festiva so much he still talked about it in any car related conversation even a decade after he sold it. i gotta find one
I am that way too!...but very few people remember even the name...they constantly confuse it with Ford "Fiesta"!....that name was existing in the late 70s/early 80s, on a slightly larger econobox, made in England, and Germany, and sold by Ford here in the USA....It was not considered a great car, but there were a few on the road, back in the 80s....anyway, I am an old guy now, I have owned over a dozen cars in my life, and the Festiva was the most reliable,economical, and fun to drive car of them all!
@@curbozer5006 I had a 78' and 84' Fiesta and also a 89' Festiva. They're not even remotely the same vehicle. People confuse them all the time though because they have the same basic shape and both are badged as Ford vehicles.
I just bought a 1988 festiva and have been binge watching festiva videos. Fun fact- my grandfather was Ray Bradbury! Hearing you mention him made my day 🥰
As someone who owns both a Ford Fiesta, an F-250 Long bed, and a military Deuce and a half I often say I'll put my own Fiesta in the back of my pickup truck.
If you meant to say "Stop & Shop" then you must be from the Northeast. I don't know anything more Northeastern than Stop & Shop, except for maybe ShopRite.
I had one of these in 1993, cheapest thing I could find after my Toyota Celica died and cash was short as I had just gone through a divorce. That car saved my butt. Anything else would have been too expensive at the time to own for me, and it was actually fun to drive. Wish I had it still.
Ugh, the rat-tail. What mother allows that? What mother looks at her kid and thinks: "I would like to express my casual methamphetamine use though my son's hairstyle."
Obviously you haven't searched before stating that (I've seen that car in my hometown in Puerto Rico in the flesh and I know a bit or two of the first USDM Kia-built car)... The OG Festiva was 136,8" (almost 3.5m) long built on a 90.4" (almost 2.3m) wheelbase. That footprint is roughly (with a shorter wheelbase than the more modern ones) the one of today's US-spec Fiat 500 3-door, Mitsubishi Mirage or Chevrolet Spark 5-door hatches. You can't put any of those cars, even the much shorter Smart ForTwo into the hatch of any Civic, even the British-built XI one.
I had a 1990 Festiva in red with a five speed. It was actually a good little commuter car. I didn't regret buying it. I was poor and it got me to work and back and out of town on weekends. I took care of it (regular washing and waxing, armor all on the interior plastics) and it help up just fine. I kept it until 1999 when I got a Mazda Protege.
I had a Festiva for a while. It had been rear ended, and was no longer street legal. Instead it became a desert hopper. I beat that car like a rented red headed step mule. Took it places 4x4s said "nope" to. At the end of its life the poor little bastard had almost as many GM, Toyota, and Peterbilt parts in it as Ford. It was a loyal car that did all I asked of it, and more. RIP, my little mule.
I remember my brother-in-law had one of these as a fuel-saving measure. I think that was when he got pulled over by the Wisconsin State Patrol for only driving 45mph. He did that to save gas. They probably rolled their eyes.
Kia Pride = Mazda 121 = Ford Festiva Kia Sephia = Mazda 323 = Ford Laser = Mercury Tracer Mazda 626 = Ford Telstar They're basically the same car sold under different brand and name.
I always remembered the Orange Lazaurs episode, and the following quote for no f*cking reason at all: "He's bypassing the alkaline transfuser grid, with a terapulse static overdrive!"
POLARIS - HEY SANDY! Im 32. This show defined me XD. I loved the "PAPERCUT" episode with criminal who killed Mr. Bo Jangles in The Green Mile. What was that actors name? He was giving little Pete so much beef.
Not a Dodge Neon with a tacky spoiler, massive bodykits and NO performance upgrades whatsoever? To be honest, I see more effort in this Festiva show car than a ricer.
a honda civic with a massive bumper, skirt, and rear bumper along with a GT wing that doesnt fit and cheap chrome wheels is rice. this...this is part of another shitty car culture
This was my first car and it was brand new. I had no problems with it and loved it. I even did a couple road trips in it, one was Illinois to Northern California and back. I also used it on my twilight job delivering pizzas. It always reminded my of a giant roller skate or a miniature minivan. I wish I could have that car today.
I remember this car, my older brother, who was 14 at the time, got one of these for free from someone down the street from us cause it wouldn't start. He had it running within 3 days and ran the ever loving hell out of it. One day he ended up rolling it over into a ditch and got one of his friends with a pickup to pull it out. He kept it for around 4 years until he got bored with it and junked it. Good times, good times
Same here. I think it's because they're some of the only types of cars that can be considered rolling jokes. No one is driving them like "hehe yeah look at my F E S T I V A I'm so cool hehe," more like "This silly little lawn mower with a roof can hit 70 on a good day, let's see how long we can drive it on two wheels!"
I would love one as well. Too bad HP tuners wouldn't work because OBD1 things... would loveeee to turbo one of these. Inb4 LNF turbo swap, or supercharged LSJ. omnomnom.
my ex had one of these. When she dissed my VW fox as a toy car, I reached down, grabbed the wheel well of the rear tire and hefted up until there was daylight under the tire. It was FUN to drive that Fiesta tho.
grendel 59, the last car brought from VW do Brasil... Only tranny in USDM was a 4-speed manual and offered the last 3-door station wagon ever offered in US.
I had one. It could fly . I was doing 90 and scare the crap out of me ! It hit me that I was doing 90 in a tin can. But it was the easiest car I ever worked on . I did have the stick shift one.
Yeah, the first year offered, it was a four speed stick, but they wised up the next year, and added the fifth gear, which enabled that car to cruise easily and get great mpg.
We had one growing up and drove it from nevada to alaska many times, put almost 500,000 miles on it and had different colored parts all over it when my dad finally sold it. Always started and we drove it 80+ mph all over the western US! Thank god a squirrel or small cat never ran into us!
Had one... Swapped out the engine and transmission for the 91 escort gt, then gave it 205 60 15 tires on Taurus wheels. 528 miles on 11.5 gallons with the speedometer bouncing. Gonna buy the next one I find
This video made me get one, its the most fun little car ever! Edit: 6 year update. I ended up owning two Festivas, a 91 GL and then a 93 L , both with 5 speed manual transmissions. Kept the latter for 4 years and put over 10k miles on it. It was extremely reliable, all I ever had to replace was the clutch cable and put a set of tires on it. Had a lot of great memories, including driving it 8 hours through the night to attend Festiva Madness 2018. I recommend this car to anybody.
I have an opportunity to get a Festiva or Tercel... For some reason I'm really drawn to the Festiva, but everyone says Toyotas are a better way to go... What should I do?
This was one of your best reviews dude! Cant remember the last time I saw a Festiva, but I did see another piece of junk known as a Subaru Justy last winter. Must have been in an automotive coma most of it life :).....
The steering wheel, 5 point harness, billet quick shift handle, & rear subs w/ amp are worth twice the value of the car alone. lol...but in comedic value the car is certainly worth more. I think the owner should go the extra mile and hook up the oil cooler, but kudos to him for a job well done regardless.
my 92 didn't either, I always liked imagining the original buyer going over the options at the dealer, "20 bucks to have two mirrors?! What am I, made of money?"
Cars used to be much more option oriented, my 1984 Caprice has no mirror on the passenger side either. In the 1970s a person could tailor a car to their individual desire or price range, none of this "package" stuff. Some cars had weird combinations of interior and exterior colors then too.
A coworker of mine just sold his running and driving 1991 Festiva for $150 with 400,000 miles, original engine, original clutch, he was the second owner and had bought it in 1993 at 20,000 miles.
Mr Regular, for ages I’ve been trying to remember the name of that book I read in middle school that I really liked. I knew it rained all the time but every time I looked up that criteria I could never actually find it. Every time it rained I thought of the book but couldn’t think of the name. The book was All Summer in a Day. Thank you for reminding me! Never did I think a car review would be where I eventually found the book again.
A bone stock one just went up for sale 30 minutes ago in my area. When I emailed the guy asking if it was still for sale, he said, "Yes. You were the first to ask about it so I'm emailing you back first." LOL 30 minutes in and already garnered some interest. Less than 200k miles, garaged most of its life, and he's only asking $600. I cannot wait!!!
This video spoke to me in a way I thought I could never describe....yet here you are putting everything I feel about this thing to actual words. Thank you for this video. Former owner of 1989 and 1993 Festy's. Well worth the price paid for the rides given.
I was in Korea in 1986 when the "Kia Pride" came out. The big idea was to cover the streets with cars before the 88 Olympics, to make the country look more prosperous. Previously cars had a VAT tax that was pretty hideous enough that only the rich had them (The British Ford Cortina was what they had been driving). A few other cars from that era made it to the states, like the Hyndai Pony, the DawWoo Racer (Buick Lemans).
My college roomate last year bought one with his friends back home. It had nothing besides two front seats, one seatbelt, an engine, 3 pedals, a shifter and a steering wheel. No doors. No glass (besides a windshield). No hatch. No cladding anywhere, just exposed metal. That was an amazingly fun car to thrash around gravel country back roads
I had one when I was living in Bronx NY. It would blow through the snow left by the plows and leave everyone still digging out. once I had to go to a school and fix a computer connection issue and everyone that had some computer sense to fix the issue had enough sense to also stay home that day, but me that is. so I went downstairs and the neighbors said " you will never get out of that spot" and I hit that snowbank 3 times and was free. 2 hours later I returned to see everyone still digging out their large 4 doors. I parked in the same spot cause the car was so dam small no one could fit. My kids told me every time someone wanted to take the spot would stop then pull up a little and then just drive off. A couple of cars tried but did not worry cause everyone would yell "you a not going to fit, better off looking for another spot then wasting your time with the impossible." I really miss that car. it was the first model that had an automatic cause everyone knew it to only have stuck. (tear falling down face) I miss that little beast.
"No I'm not taking my tail off!! It's who I am!!" Oh man..this hits home. I used to have a V6 1992 Plymouth Duster with a bullet racing muffler and a side pipe exhaust that used to wake the dead. I had a version of that conversation many times.
Thank you, I own and have modded an Australian 2000 ford festiva (aspire to usa) and it is the best little car, no it is not fast, not it does not have any luxuries (power steer? nope, auto windows? ha ha nope, tacho? nope... it does have air con) but boy is it good on fuel... i drive 350 kms on a 30 litre tank which usually costs me $20- 30 (australia). I have an aftermarket steering wheel, long gear stick, tacho, stereo, cannon exhaust, tint and rims. it gets looks all the time, maybe not the looks i like but... a look is a look. thanks agian for the vid.
I hope you're using less than 25L of that tank to do 350km, otherwise that mileage is pretty bad for a car that size. I'm averaging a little under 7L/100KM in a 2014 Fiesta 1.6L over ~133,000km. If you use 25L to go 350km that's only 7.14ish L/100km and your car weighs hundreds of pounds less.
I was recently turned onto your channel by a friend and the number of "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" references in some of your videos makes my heart swell up dangerously.
I had an "88 4 speed stick shift and it was the best car that I have ever owned. I bought it almost new with about 6,000 miles on is. I went to way over 100,000 miles and never had any bugs whatsoever with it, not even those so-called bugs you get with a new car before it wears in. That is except for the brakes. The brakes wore out regularly, but with lifetime warranties on brakes from Autozone I definitely cashed in on that warranty very often. The brakes just were too little, even for such a little car. I would have never got rid of that car, but I bought a newer car and couldn't keep 2 cars. To this day, this was the best car I ever had. People with junky ones like in this video just never cared for their cars and let them go to pot. These cars weren't in any way, shape, or form bad like described in this video. My sister had a "90 that was just as excellent until she had an accident that rolled it.
My dad bought a brand new, showroom '89 Probe GT. It was black with the 5 speed and looked so good. He sold it around 2010 because the frame was rusted through. It still ran and drove perfectly with 262,000 miles. He drove it to every state except Hawaii and Alaska. Its still one of the coolest looking coupes in my opinion. Just felt like sharing...Probes are something special.
Jay Leno has one of these...with 275hp without nitrous and over 300hp with nitrous! It has a 3 litre Ford Taurus SHO engine placed where the rear seats would normally be and it cost $35,000 in 1989 which was the equivalent price of a Porsche 911 back then! 250 were hoped to be produced but only 7 were eventually produced as no-one wanted to spend Porsche money on a Ford Festiva!
Abel Alvarez, look for the video (I've seen it and remembered it) in Jay Leno's Garage YT account as "Ford Shogun". It probably is South Korea's answer to the Renault R5 (Le Car in the States) that came in Europe with a rear seat-mounted V6. That Renault was sold at dealers in Europe that way, don't know if Ford or Kia did the same in South Korea or any other Asian Pacific nation.
You have at least one profound statement in every review. "When the sun shines on you more often than not, people often forget you know what rain feels like too" Deep.
If that was on the road here in Australia, it would have been pulled over by the Transport Inspectors and defected off the road. The rear muffler- "sharp pedestrian hazard". The blacked out front lights, illegal. The fake oil cooler on the front bumper- "sharp pedestrian hazard", etc. How that thing is allowed to drive past a cop in the USA is staggering.
My grandmother had one of these in the early 2000's. Still does, actually. It's still sitting in the garage of her summer house in the middle of nowhere in Northern Northern Minnesota. This video makes me wanna bring it down to Cali and fix it up, because it carries memories for me too.
I got a loaded festiva lx in 88 as my grad gift.. it was truly nice.. truly fun to drive... Your assessment is in retrospect and you didn't buy one new.. the 5 speed was a delight...and I drove it packed to the gills from Pittsburgh to LA. And loved every mile...
Okay, when you referenced Ray Bradbury, it blew me away. All of your references to English I can connect to my high-school English classes.I genuinely think i've not only learned more about cars from you, but english culture as well. Thank you RCR.
In my travels, I spent 10 months or so behind the wheel of a 4 speed, carb Festy. Being in Denver, it had even less power due to the mile high thinner air. In daily driving the only thing that sucked was having the a/c on while in stop and go traffic. There just wasn't any power. This was my greatest challenge, otherwise it was a blast to drive the slow car fast on the highways and interstates. To this day, I still want one.
Thank you for the mention of the story by Ray Bradbury, I saw that movie as a kid and for the life of me couldn't remember the name. Keep up the great work, love the channel.
I remember when I was a kid we owned a red 1993 Ford Laser, and was the first car I drove. You can imagine my enthusiasm trying to race a friend in 98 Toyota corolla well that didn't end well.
Dude you are a complete genius (referring to everyone who are involved in making these videos) I remember my dad's Fordbaru blue Festiva in which he haled his carpentry equipment around including a 2x4 when needed - sticking out the back window and resting against the windshield.
The official car of "Here's your pizza".
Man I'd love to deliver in this. Gas would be so damn cheap.
cloridan Beauchamps lol not quite so. Chevy sparks throw rods when driving normal. Wouldn't make it to deliver the pizza 😂
That would be the first Twingo.
I delivered pizzas in one of these and my coworkers made fun of me but they spent all of their money on gas
@@WolfestoneManor I delivered pizza (as a second job) with my old 2014 Mustang GT 6 Speed, the pizza job covered the car note each month
I had one for a short while. Remember the first Batman movie? The one with Michael Keaton? Yeah, I was an oily teenager at the time, took the hottest girl in school out to see Batman on opening night. Thought I was pretty cool. About 20 minutes into the movie, and just as I was about to make my "move" to put my arm around the girl...
Dude comes up to me with a flashlight. "Sir, did you own a yellow Ford Festiva?"
"Did?"
"It's on fire."
By the time I got outside - it was burnt to the ground. Electrical fire under the hood.
It sacrificed itself to get you your date.
Respect for the festiva for getting you and your date there,legendary.
Got jealous. Burned to get your attention.
F
it could had been worse you could end up falling in love get married and then get divorce Ten years later with 3 kids and pay alimony and child support for the next 15 years
I had a '93 Festiva. I loved it. Got about 42mpg,. I got t-boned at about 5mph, which totaled the vehicle. Afterward my dad said, "I can use the wheels on my wheelbarrow!"
Are you serious?
I had a 91 Festiva. That gas mileage was the only saving grace for the car.
Mine was totaled by being rear ended while parked by a drowsy driving doctor in an Acheiva. It bent in the back bumper and wheel well enough to pinch the tire, and bounced me a ways. I was fine. The car was mostly fine. The olds was TRASHED. Engine and trans smashed, Hood buckled. All doors jammed. All glass shattered. Gushing all fluids. Against my advice, my dad bought the festiva back from the insurance company and sawzalled the back of it off, and welded it to the back half of a dead festiva. So it became an even crappier first car for my brothers.
I loved that thing.
"I COULD PUT IT IN THA BACK OF MAH PICKUP THRUCK!:
All Things Cars see, totaled means the cost to fix the damage is more than the market price of the car, so it probably was just so cheap at the point
I remember a highschool festiva/ metro/Hyundai drag race in 1990. we are still waiting for the quarter mile winner....
My school had a drag race between my buddy's festiva vs a kid running across the parking lot ... The kid running won
Damn that fuel economy
lmao
i got the answer for u 76 seconds for the winner
🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆👍👍👍
these cars, much like motorcycles, give you a real sense of appreciation for just how fucking fast 90 mph is
Man you shoulda told that tow truck driver to slow down.. either that or good thing you deployed the parachute
How else would you achieve 90 in one of these?!?
"It feels like an empty refrigerator box sitting on a skateboard."
Hold my beer.
I always tell people it's like a tuna can on wheels. Bought my first one on Valentine's day in 1989. Now I own 4 of them.
you own 4? i'm jealous
Yeah! Quit hoarding the Festivas! It's bad enough that several of the cars I see on this channel seemingly don't even _exist_ in Texas! I want one now!
Holy shoot this is too accurate
I agree
I thought you said Ford Assfire. That would be a strange but memorable name for a vehicle.
Assfire oh you mean the pinto lol
SophiaPetrillosBuddy that's what we called them anyway
SophiaPetrillosBuddy Ford Aspire as Ford Festiva in Australia
Sounded like ass pyre to me.
And appropriate. The Aspire was terrible in every way that the festiva was good, and had no redeaming qualities.
"Its so small it could fit in the back of my pickup truck"
No it couldn't dad, your truck can barely fit a fridge
Yeah dad, you can barely haul potting soil in that Ridgeline.
This story is kind of long but I hope someone reads it.
So my Uncle Larry, a 6'3" 300+ pound man, never was interested in cars. When he needed a second vehicle to get to and from work, he bought a Chevette. It died, so after some searching, he found a Festiva for $800. It handled his frame and he didn't look *too* comical driving it. Until the day of my Grandfather's funeral. As our entire family was feeling pretty down, Uncle Larry decided to use his physical stature compared to the size of his car to brighten our day.
"Yup, I love my little car" he says, with a shit eating grin on his face. "Makes me feel like Mario Andretti every time I drive it!"
Uncle Larry CHARGES at the car, and in one motion, rips the door open, flings himself into the driver's seat, slams the key into the ignition, and fires the engine. Just after the engine turns over, we all hear a loud "BANG", as both front wheels come flying off the car and roll into the ditch on either side of the old dirt road.
Pfff hahah! What a sight that must have been!
Haaaa!
How?!?
Louie Castro Apparently the front axles let go, and sheared the wheels (steelies) off the hubs.
Scott Ryman
Did he fix it? Good story, it cracked me up.
I remember in 1997, friend of mine backed up with the door open, bent the door and hinges all up. Was heart broken (it was her first car, so understandable). We took her car, loaded some tools in the back, drove to the local pick n' pull, and in under an hour had found a donor, pulled both doors off, swapped hinges, banged the bend out of the door, and had it back together.
I did not get laid.
Bringing us the important wholesome stories.
She just wanted to be "friends"!
No, that's a fair cop. I was a bit of an asshole in writing this. I did not expect to get laid in 1997.
But it WAS a fantastic memory I got to create and I still laugh about the donor cars blue w/ flames paint job.
i used to work with a guy who loved his festiva so much he still talked about it in any car related conversation even a decade after he sold it. i gotta find one
they're so fun to drive and great on fuel economy. 40-50 mpg
I am that way too!...but very few people remember even the name...they constantly confuse it with Ford "Fiesta"!....that name was existing in the late 70s/early 80s, on a slightly larger econobox, made in England, and Germany, and sold by Ford here in the USA....It was not considered a great car, but there were a few on the road, back in the 80s....anyway, I am an old guy now, I have owned over a dozen cars in my life, and the Festiva was the most reliable,economical, and fun to drive car of them all!
@@curbozer5006 I had a 78' and 84' Fiesta and also a 89' Festiva. They're not even remotely the same vehicle. People confuse them all the time though because they have the same basic shape and both are badged as Ford vehicles.
I just bought a 1988 festiva and have been binge watching festiva videos. Fun fact- my grandfather was Ray Bradbury! Hearing you mention him made my day 🥰
As someone who owns both a Ford Fiesta, an F-250 Long bed, and a military Deuce and a half I often say I'll put my own Fiesta in the back of my pickup truck.
lol
Have you ever said you'll put the fiesta in the pickup in the deuce and a half though?
@mharris1270 If you're still interested, he (op) actually has a playlist of good videos which probably answer most things you're wondering
And put your 250 in the back of the deuce
"IRRRPUTTITTINNABACKOMYPICKUPTRCKKK"
I saw a bonestock festiva in my local shop&shop parking lot. What a unicorn...
If you meant to say "Stop & Shop" then you must be from the Northeast. I don't know anything more Northeastern than Stop & Shop, except for maybe ShopRite.
ToonLink682 w a w a
@@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band Or, maybe Price Chopper, or at least, hear in Upstate NY.
Here, I meant.
@@caidenkh9438 Never been there. My friend is from upstate, I wonder if he's been...
it is still produced in iran (2017) and it is sold around 5.5k$ new they're just face lifted and more shity
What did they change the name to?
the SAIPA
Oh look, another classic piece of American engineering stolen by Iran.
cina hashemi What is it called?
twotailedavenger Not American but Korean.
I had one of these in 1993, cheapest thing I could find after my Toyota Celica died and cash was short as I had just gone through a divorce. That car saved my butt. Anything else would have been too expensive at the time to own for me, and it was actually fun to drive. Wish I had it still.
I've God a ford aspire for sale;) 5 speed
Thank you guys so much for having me down to PA! I love it!
Thanks for bringing it
Hey your reply to my other comment was marked as spam for some reason. But yeah I've seen it on so many car subs, never get tired of it though. Lol
Haha, thanks a bunch! I love seeing different reactions to it, really cool how varied the responses are.
As soon as I get this one put into the bed of my pickup truck
Now I want to see your other Festivas.
"no im not taking my tail off its who i am" not quite shure how to interpret that but i have an idea what it could mean
probably referencing a rat tail hairstyle
+Jet Badger you mean like in the audi a4 rcr? :p
+Justagermannerd yep
I think they was referencing furries.
Ugh, the rat-tail. What mother allows that? What mother looks at her kid and thinks: "I would like to express my casual methamphetamine use though my son's hairstyle."
I can put that in the back of my Honda Civic.
David M prove it
That way you’ll have a way home when the shitvic breaks down
Obviously you haven't searched before stating that (I've seen that car in my hometown in Puerto Rico in the flesh and I know a bit or two of the first USDM Kia-built car)...
The OG Festiva was 136,8" (almost 3.5m) long built on a 90.4" (almost 2.3m) wheelbase. That footprint is roughly (with a shorter wheelbase than the more modern ones) the one of today's US-spec Fiat 500 3-door, Mitsubishi Mirage or Chevrolet Spark 5-door hatches.
You can't put any of those cars, even the much shorter Smart ForTwo into the hatch of any Civic, even the British-built XI one.
I love the people in this comment section who can’t take a joke.
@@beanboy367 what episode does that "put it in the back of my pickup truck?"
I had a 1990 Festiva in red with a five speed. It was actually a good little commuter car. I didn't regret buying it. I was poor and it got me to work and back and out of town on weekends. I took care of it (regular washing and waxing, armor all on the interior plastics) and it help up just fine. I kept it until 1999 when I got a Mazda Protege.
We need more sub-ton cars. It's magnificent when your vehicle only weights an order of magnitude more than you.
My Insight is something like 1900 pounds, and it almost makes up for the 995cc engine putting out all of 50 hp.
I had a Festiva for a while. It had been rear ended, and was no longer street legal. Instead it became a desert hopper. I beat that car like a rented red headed step mule. Took it places 4x4s said "nope" to. At the end of its life the poor little bastard had almost as many GM, Toyota, and Peterbilt parts in it as Ford. It was a loyal car that did all I asked of it, and more. RIP, my little mule.
I know this is an older comment but could you fit on o fesiva from a pete.
How did you get Peterbilt parts into a small car?
Pictures?
I remember my brother-in-law had one of these as a fuel-saving measure. I think that was when he got pulled over by the Wisconsin State Patrol for only driving 45mph. He did that to save gas. They probably rolled their eyes.
A Mazda made by Kia, that's branded as a Ford...?
Welcome to the Early 90s! Dodge Stealth, Eagle Talon, you name it. So many kinda of cool (wicked cool now) cars got rebadged as domestics.
you got it right lol
Kia Pride = Mazda 121 = Ford Festiva
Kia Sephia = Mazda 323 = Ford Laser = Mercury Tracer
Mazda 626 = Ford Telstar
They're basically the same car sold under different brand and name.
Adang Taruna JM 1995 - 2017 Saipa Saba in Iran
Francis Litan, they in Iran even made a "Ute" (coupe utility) out of this minicar....
ILPUDDITINDABAKOFMAHPIKUPTRUK
ILPUTTDABAKOFYAPIKUPTRUKINDABAKOMAHPIKUPTRUK!
Derrderrderr!
made me think of the alien bug guy in Men in Black
PUDDDISONASHIRT! i'd buy it.
Can we please hashtag this. LOL
DAMN IT MR. REGULAR YOU ARE A GOOD WRITER.
Shhh...
he doesn't write anything it's the other guy who sings the sings that writes everything
They both write it
I think its a team effort, him and the Roman
+TheFriendlyamoeba But roman does 75% of the writing.
I want to cram a 7.3L Powerstroke in one of these.
Look up a SHO GUN, you'll like it even more!
The car's overall displacement is 7.3l
Lmao
Hybris51129 good luck
That engine is bigger than the car.
The pete and pete references made me love you that much more
I always remembered the Orange Lazaurs episode, and the following quote for no f*cking reason at all: "He's bypassing the alkaline transfuser grid, with a terapulse static overdrive!"
This is the true barf party
POLARIS - HEY SANDY!
Im 32. This show defined me XD. I loved the "PAPERCUT" episode with criminal who killed Mr. Bo Jangles in The Green Mile. What was that actors name? He was giving little Pete so much beef.
That thing is THE visual definition of Rice.
needs a huge wing and a big amount of negative camber, and BAM perfect!
Not a Dodge Neon with a tacky spoiler, massive bodykits and NO performance upgrades whatsoever?
To be honest, I see more effort in this Festiva show car than a ricer.
a honda civic with a massive bumper, skirt, and rear bumper along with a GT wing that doesnt fit and cheap chrome wheels is rice.
this...this is part of another shitty car culture
+jus1029ph show car? he said it was a parts car on its last leg
That's the point
The Black Ice air freshener really tops it off
This was my first car and it was brand new. I had no problems with it and loved it. I even did a couple road trips in it, one was Illinois to Northern California and back. I also used it on my twilight job delivering pizzas. It always reminded my of a giant roller skate or a miniature minivan. I wish I could have that car today.
I remember this car, my older brother, who was 14 at the time, got one of these for free from someone down the street from us cause it wouldn't start. He had it running within 3 days and ran the ever loving hell out of it. One day he ended up rolling it over into a ditch and got one of his friends with a pickup to pull it out. He kept it for around 4 years until he got bored with it and junked it. Good times, good times
I love seeing crappy modded JDM like cars.
Makes me happy inside. I dunno why. I guess they make me laugh.
It makes me happy cause at least someone's modding them I want to make a bosozuku version with no roof
Its broke dudes trying to cover up the fact that they're broke with ricer mods
@@daftnord4957 if their cars are "ricer" then I wouldn't think too hard for them to mask their side of being broke. It'll be very obvious.
Same here.
I think it's because they're some of the only types of cars that can be considered rolling jokes. No one is driving them like "hehe yeah look at my F E S T I V A I'm so cool hehe," more like "This silly little lawn mower with a roof can hit 70 on a good day, let's see how long we can drive it on two wheels!"
@@daftnord4957 Or people are just trying to express themselves and stand out from the rest.
I desire this car.
I would love one as well. Too bad HP tuners wouldn't work because OBD1 things... would loveeee to turbo one of these. Inb4 LNF turbo swap, or supercharged LSJ. omnomnom.
I want to make it into the ultimate sleeper and beat lambos
i just sold my 89 carb fed b3 steve with a 14b turbo on it :'( no tune needed when its blowthrough.. just jetting and timing lol.
+sidsyz85 Carb fed would let that happen! awesome build haha
Drop a BPT with mega squirtttttt!
my ex had one of these. When she dissed my VW fox as a toy car, I reached down, grabbed the wheel well of the rear tire and hefted up until there was daylight under the tire. It was FUN to drive that Fiesta tho.
No you didn't.
Love the Fox
grendel 59, the last car brought from VW do Brasil... Only tranny in USDM was a 4-speed manual and offered the last 3-door station wagon ever offered in US.
@@Kromsmitesyou Any proof?
I just bought 2 of these for $800 the other day. VERY hyped to give them new life.
The empty refrigerator box sitting on top of a skateboard analogy was good.
1700 pounds? I think that's lighter than my 95 Impreza coupe. And it doesn't even have an engine or transmission in it!
It looks like someone from GTA online modded that car
My 6'4" 300lbs father drove one until the floor fell out. He moved on to a Toyota Echo.
ahhh gotta love this car. 0-60 eventually
"It's got the top speed of a brisk walk..."
+I RISE ABOVE omg lol
63 horsepower
also th mazda bp
+Steiner Miller (ScienceLabs) If you can find one of those, lol. Last GTX I've seen sold for $5,000 two years ago.
I had one. It could fly . I was doing 90 and scare the crap out of me ! It hit me that I was doing 90 in a tin can.
But it was the easiest car I ever worked on .
I did have the stick shift one.
Yeah, the first year offered, it was a four speed stick, but they wised up the next year, and added the fifth gear, which enabled that car to cruise easily and get great mpg.
We had one growing up and drove it from nevada to alaska many times, put almost 500,000 miles on it and had different colored parts all over it when my dad finally sold it. Always started and we drove it 80+ mph all over the western US! Thank god a squirrel or small cat never ran into us!
Had one...
Swapped out the engine and transmission for the 91 escort gt, then gave it 205 60 15 tires on Taurus wheels.
528 miles on 11.5 gallons with the speedometer bouncing.
Gonna buy the next one I find
1.8 BP is the way to go!
Festivas are way cooler when you chop them into trucks.
The Steve has steez
I knew you were here somewhere
I guess you could put your truck in a truck then.
I love you videos man :)
Alex Martinez Thanks dude!
"I'm not taking my tail off. It's who I am." Dead center of the bullseye with that one.
Funny one broke down right in front of my house and lady just gave it to me and walked home pink slip and all I'm in now !!
Her loss. YOur gain. Nice score, bro.
What did you do with it?
This car looks like the american version of "do you even vape bro", and "lets go to taco bell".
LAST TIME I WAS THIS EARLY RCR WAS STILL IN SEASON 1
I've never been this early
The Rusty Sandusky?
Last time I was this early my girlfriend said "really?" and left me.
The book? THE BOOK!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Shogun.
dangit!...I really thought I would be the only one to mention the Shogun in here.
Was just gonna say this.
I thought the festiva looked familiar. Props for remembering it btw. Jay Leno's Shogun is insane
Jay Leno's Shogun was the top related video on the sidebar for me.
Prob because it was a third-party modded vehicle that they only made four of...?
This video made me get one, its the most fun little car ever!
Edit: 6 year update. I ended up owning two Festivas, a 91 GL and then a 93 L , both with 5 speed manual transmissions. Kept the latter for 4 years and put over 10k miles on it. It was extremely reliable, all I ever had to replace was the clutch cable and put a set of tires on it. Had a lot of great memories, including driving it 8 hours through the night to attend Festiva Madness 2018. I recommend this car to anybody.
Awesome! Join us on the forums, we would love to have you!
It's going to be so cool to see this car at festiva madness!
ONE OF US.
ONE OF US.
ONE.
OF.
US.
I have an opportunity to get a Festiva or Tercel... For some reason I'm really drawn to the Festiva, but everyone says Toyotas are a better way to go... What should I do?
Take two, they're small.
“ that they wasn’t”
THAT THEY WASNT?!
Hahaha I've seen this dude's festiva all over reddit before this episode.
Isnt it the top post on /r/roastmycar
This was one of your best reviews dude! Cant remember the last time I saw a Festiva, but I did see another piece of junk known as a Subaru Justy last winter. Must have been in an automotive coma most of it life :).....
No! I'm not taking my tail off, it's who I AM!
"When the sun shines on you more often than not, people forget that you know what rain feels like too" one of the best quotes ive ever heard
The steering wheel, 5 point harness, billet quick shift handle, & rear subs w/ amp are worth twice the value of the car alone.
lol...but in comedic value the car is certainly worth more. I think the owner should go the extra mile and hook up the oil cooler, but kudos to him for a job well done regardless.
Dude, just like my 93 civic dx, this doesn't have a passenger side mirror either. I just cannot believe that was an option back then.
Just like my Nissan d21
People used to look back over there right shoulder
my 92 didn't either, I always liked imagining the original buyer going over the options at the dealer, "20 bucks to have two mirrors?! What am I, made of money?"
Cars used to be much more option oriented, my 1984 Caprice has no mirror on the passenger side either. In the 1970s a person could tailor a car to their individual desire or price range, none of this "package" stuff. Some cars had weird combinations of interior and exterior colors then too.
No passenger side mirror means its hella JDM bro.
"if it weren't for this car, the Fiesta wouldn't exist today.", he says.
Ford Festiva - 1986
Ford Fiesta - 1976
... what?
@@dmpope1527 And it's gone again, otherwise my current 14 would be a brand new ST. :(
"No, I'm not taking my tail off! It's who I am!" Thank's for reminding me of me.
Such a subtle reference.
"Imma putit in da bak o my pikkup truk"
god I love that line
i have the urge to scream that phrase when i see a small car
“The Festiva was a...”
“Shitbox”... that’s the word you’re searching for
K ris deathtrap would work just as well.
Stfu thats a great car
But its a honest mess of a car
Slap some ebay coilovers and a chinese spooly boi and you got yourself a real shitbox
@@shred1894 why stop at just one? got that double whooshey boi action
A coworker of mine just sold his running and driving 1991 Festiva for $150 with 400,000 miles, original engine, original clutch, he was the second owner and had bought it in 1993 at 20,000 miles.
Mr Regular, for ages I’ve been trying to remember the name of that book I read in middle school that I really liked. I knew it rained all the time but every time I looked up that criteria I could never actually find it. Every time it rained I thought of the book but couldn’t think of the name. The book was All Summer in a Day. Thank you for reminding me! Never did I think a car review would be where I eventually found the book again.
I read All Summer In A Day in middle school!
Same. Didn't recognize it at first, but then it came back. Then everything came back.... God I hated middle school.
OhManDood Yeah XD We watched the film version as well.
+TrebuShade It's 6th grade all over again...
+TrebuShade I remember reading it was either late middle school or early high school most likely 8th grade. I also saw the movie, too.
I did it in 7th
I like staying up late for this wonderfulness
A bone stock one just went up for sale 30 minutes ago in my area. When I emailed the guy asking if it was still for sale, he said, "Yes. You were the first to ask about it so I'm emailing you back first." LOL 30 minutes in and already garnered some interest. Less than 200k miles, garaged most of its life, and he's only asking $600. I cannot wait!!!
This video spoke to me in a way I thought I could never describe....yet here you are putting everything I feel about this thing to actual words. Thank you for this video. Former owner of 1989 and 1993 Festy's. Well worth the price paid for the rides given.
That was a fantastic imitation of that muffler sound at the beginning. Did you play brass?
I was in Korea in 1986 when the "Kia Pride" came out. The big idea was to cover the streets with cars before the 88 Olympics, to make the country look more prosperous. Previously cars had a VAT tax that was pretty hideous enough that only the rich had them (The British Ford Cortina was what they had been driving). A few other cars from that era made it to the states, like the Hyndai Pony, the DawWoo Racer (Buick Lemans).
I am glad I ran across this channel i have watched 10 videos in a row now extremely entertaining
My college roomate last year bought one with his friends back home. It had nothing besides two front seats, one seatbelt, an engine, 3 pedals, a shifter and a steering wheel. No doors. No glass (besides a windshield). No hatch. No cladding anywhere, just exposed metal. That was an amazingly fun car to thrash around gravel country back roads
Who watches a RegularCars review at 4 in the morning?
3 d:^)
........me
+QuakerMan me? By AZ I hope you mean Arizona.
+QuakerMan I live in Nashville, Tennessee. The same place where the vagabond falcon came from.
+Bmp-man Eyyyy! I live in Nashville Tennessee too man! For real, like I do.
Festivas for the restivas
I had one when I was living in Bronx NY. It would blow through the snow left by the plows and leave everyone still digging out. once I had to go to a school and fix a computer connection issue and everyone that had some computer sense to fix the issue had enough sense to also stay home that day, but me that is. so I went downstairs and the neighbors said " you will never get out of that spot" and I hit that snowbank 3 times and was free. 2 hours later I returned to see everyone still digging out their large 4 doors. I parked in the same spot cause the car was so dam small no one could fit. My kids told me every time someone wanted to take the spot would stop then pull up a little and then just drive off. A couple of cars tried but did not worry cause everyone would yell "you a not going to fit, better off looking for another spot then wasting your time with the impossible." I really miss that car. it was the first model that had an automatic cause everyone knew it to only have stuck. (tear falling down face) I miss that little beast.
"No I'm not taking my tail off!! It's who I am!!" Oh man..this hits home. I used to have a V6 1992 Plymouth Duster with a bullet racing muffler and a side pipe exhaust that used to wake the dead. I had a version of that conversation many times.
bluegoose03 Pretty sure he's making fun of how furries supposedly love DDR and shitbox cars.
Owned an '89 Festiva, can confirm.
Thank you, I own and have modded an Australian 2000 ford festiva (aspire to usa) and it is the best little car, no it is not fast, not it does not have any luxuries (power steer? nope, auto windows? ha ha nope, tacho? nope... it does have air con) but boy is it good on fuel... i drive 350 kms on a 30 litre tank which usually costs me $20- 30 (australia).
I have an aftermarket steering wheel, long gear stick, tacho, stereo, cannon exhaust, tint and rims. it gets looks all the time, maybe not the looks i like but... a look is a look.
thanks agian for the vid.
I hope you're using less than 25L of that tank to do 350km, otherwise that mileage is pretty bad for a car that size.
I'm averaging a little under 7L/100KM in a 2014 Fiesta 1.6L over ~133,000km.
If you use 25L to go 350km that's only 7.14ish L/100km and your car weighs hundreds of pounds less.
I was recently turned onto your channel by a friend and the number of "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" references in some of your videos makes my heart swell up dangerously.
I had an "88 4 speed stick shift and it was the best car that I have ever owned. I bought it almost new with about 6,000 miles on is. I went to way over 100,000 miles and never had any bugs whatsoever with it, not even those so-called bugs you get with a new car before it wears in. That is except for the brakes. The brakes wore out regularly, but with lifetime warranties on brakes from Autozone I definitely cashed in on that warranty very often. The brakes just were too little, even for such a little car. I would have never got rid of that car, but I bought a newer car and couldn't keep 2 cars. To this day, this was the best car I ever had. People with junky ones like in this video just never cared for their cars and let them go to pot. These cars weren't in any way, shape, or form bad like described in this video. My sister had a "90 that was just as excellent until she had an accident that rolled it.
Reminds me of my 89 Ford Probe, that thing was a beast.
The Probe was a blast to drive though. I had a 2nd generation myself so maybe I'm being biased.
My dad bought a brand new, showroom '89 Probe GT. It was black with the 5 speed and looked so good. He sold it around 2010 because the frame was rusted through. It still ran and drove perfectly with 262,000 miles. He drove it to every state except Hawaii and Alaska. Its still one of the coolest looking coupes in my opinion. Just felt like sharing...Probes are something special.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER?! IT WAS THE FUTURE.
My uncle had one, it wasn't fast but it was fun, eventually it's engine died though.
Yup, the LX. I don't think they made any manuals in that trim level though. . . . . I might be wrong about that.
My uncle had a gt the digital dash was an option on all the trims. It may have been standard on lx though.
Jay Leno has one of these...with 275hp without nitrous and over 300hp with nitrous! It has a 3 litre Ford Taurus SHO engine placed where the rear seats would normally be and it cost $35,000 in 1989 which was the equivalent price of a Porsche 911 back then! 250 were hoped to be produced but only 7 were eventually produced as no-one wanted to spend Porsche money on a Ford Festiva!
You serious? Fuck i wish i could've seen it in person that must've been like a legit "pocket rocket" xD
Abel Alvarez, look for the video (I've seen it and remembered it) in Jay Leno's Garage YT account as "Ford Shogun". It probably is South Korea's answer to the Renault R5 (Le Car in the States) that came in Europe with a rear seat-mounted V6. That Renault was sold at dealers in Europe that way, don't know if Ford or Kia did the same in South Korea or any other Asian Pacific nation.
You're effortless slinging of analogies and metaphors just bought you a subscription sir. Thoroughly enjoyable video.
You have at least one profound statement in every review.
"When the sun shines on you more often than not, people often forget you know what rain feels like too"
Deep.
"Kia and pride"
Say that again in 2019
If that was on the road here in Australia, it would have been pulled over by the Transport Inspectors and defected off the road. The rear muffler- "sharp pedestrian hazard". The blacked out front lights, illegal. The fake oil cooler on the front bumper- "sharp pedestrian hazard", etc. How that thing is allowed to drive past a cop in the USA is staggering.
God I love the USA
If a person stands in the road and I hit them, in America we can sue them for damage to our vehicle.
It's called freedom. See also guns, unfiltered Internet, and probably other things.
Australia sounds like a fucking terrible place.
that's because australia is run by old fogies who don't know shit about shit
My grandmother had one of these in the early 2000's. Still does, actually. It's still sitting in the garage of her summer house in the middle of nowhere in Northern Northern Minnesota. This video makes me wanna bring it down to Cali and fix it up, because it carries memories for me too.
I got a loaded festiva lx in 88 as my grad gift.. it was truly nice.. truly fun to drive... Your assessment is in retrospect and you didn't buy one new.. the 5 speed was a delight...and I drove it packed to the gills from Pittsburgh to LA. And loved every mile...
So its a Ford designed by Mazda made by Kia powered by Honda
Powered by Mazda, a Mazda B3
***** B series honda engins
They call it the Fo-ri-do Festiva-ru.
No, that is a completely different series. Mazda has its own B series, including the B3, B6, and BP, found commonly in the Miata.
yeah... about that. different series of motors... the Mazda B3 is its own series
Suzuki Alto - 1400lbs, 63bhp
I drive one every day
Okay, when you referenced Ray Bradbury, it blew me away. All of your references to English I can connect to my high-school English classes.I genuinely think i've not only learned more about cars from you, but english culture as well. Thank you RCR.
In my travels, I spent 10 months or so behind the wheel of a 4 speed, carb Festy. Being in Denver, it had even less power due to the mile high thinner air. In daily driving the only thing that sucked was having the a/c on while in stop and go traffic. There just wasn't any power. This was my greatest challenge, otherwise it was a blast to drive the slow car fast on the highways and interstates. To this day, I still want one.
4:50 the answer is Renault 5 gt turbo (749 kg) or the Toyota Aygo/ Citroën C1/ Peugeot 107
"I CAN PUT IT IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP TRUCK"lol
Pete and Pete was such a damn good show, that crossing guard was the loneliest man in the world, so bittersweet. He wasn't able to save that cat 😢
Thank you for the mention of the story by Ray Bradbury, I saw that movie as a kid and for the life of me couldn't remember the name. Keep up the great work, love the channel.
To put into perspective how light this car is, the engine and transmission alone in my pickup weight just under half of this car
JUST GOT A BLUE ONE FOR $700 2nd car
I remember when I was a kid we owned a red 1993 Ford Laser, and was the first car I drove. You can imagine my enthusiasm trying to race a friend in 98 Toyota corolla well that didn't end well.
Dude you are a complete genius (referring to everyone who are involved in making these videos) I remember my dad's Fordbaru blue Festiva in which he haled his carpentry equipment around including a 2x4 when needed - sticking out the back window and resting against the windshield.