2008-10-31

The Car that I wanted...

You might have noticed that I wanted to buy a Festiva. A GEO Metro was not even on my list - a three cylinder engine is something to be merely tolerated. But the price was right and it ran reasonably well, and a quick look under the hood showed that it was reasonably clean, but not so clean that somebody was trying to cover up something (cleaning up the damage), so a test drive later and a bit of an assist from Berserk in picking it up, and I have a Metro.

Now, looking under the hood, there's a four cylinder engine (like a Festiva), in fact a 1.3 liter engine (like a Festiva). The engine compartment is a knock off for a Festiva. The biggest difference that I see is that the Festiva was made by Mazda for Ford and the GEO Metro was made by Suzuki for Chevy.

4 comments:

TheWizard said...

So... mom wanted to know if being a knockoff for a Festiva was a GOOD thing or a BAD thing....

GOOD thing, definitely.

Carolyn said...

haha, I'm glad you're satisfied with your purchase!

TheWizard said...

And Samara is just thrilled to have the car. She's been cleaning and feeling her independence.

Carolyn said...

ooh I remember cleaning out the festiva when I first got it and feeling like it was so cool... ah those were the days! :)