ROAD TRIPPING a $300 FORD FESTIVA!

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I'm just a guy in Kansas playing around in his garage. Come along in my adventures riding, racing, modifying and repairing my small fleet of unusual misfits.
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[@adobewanjerkobi]

That thing will be a monster even with the 1.6 in it, Festivas are so underrated

[@rickgodwin9011]

I've been driving a festiva close to 10 years. They are the most fun cars I've ever driven, and they are very dependable.

[@bendersdad1929]

Oh Jake your youth is showing, I remember when passenger mirrors were options. It was only the nicest of cars that had them up into the 80s. Thanks for the great vids!

[@Super1275gt]

I wonder how many people coming the other way were amazed to see a running and driving Festiva.

[@100PercentJake]

Imagine how people felt when I passed them

[@garystinten9339]

@@100PercentJake they were such an undestimated car.. do a B6 swap from a Capri..

[@robertcullipher3492]

Its even better to own one and it still passes state inspection...

[@UTpie23]

I gave $500 for my Festiva 17 years and 220,000 miles ago. They’re great little cars if you take care of them.

[@luigi55125]

I've been driving one to work everyday for the past 3 years lmao. If you do basic maintenance when you should, they're virtually indestructible. The problem is that nobody ever took them serious enough to notice it. Definitely don't touch one if you value your safety though, lol

[@billmcmahon2211]

I had one from 1991. I was so cheap I didn't even buy the radio. Still one of the best cars I've had. Great in deep snow bbecause of the stick shift and lightweight.

[@reidsayler7418]

My friend owns 2 of them. An 86 with a 4 speed and a 92 with a 5 speed. They’re durable little cars!

[@ElliottAlvis]

You looked legitimately terrified getting onto the highway. 10/10 Great car Ford!

[@hammadsohail786]

Its actually KIA Pride rebadged as ford festiva

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

I thought it was a Mazda 323!?

[@smokeyrobin7881]

Mazda 121,he said it in this video.

[@garystinten9339]

The rear seat also came with the option of being able to move back and forward also.. was a nice feature.. and added foot room for rear passengers.

[@shelleyseid8609]

I just inherited a '92 Festiva with only 58000 miles on it! Body could use some work and air conditioner not up to par but I feel like a kid again driving it!

[@SizeSuper]

I drove one as our second car for a few years. It was also red. Liked it, but the wheel bearings kept needing to be replaced. Pretty old and rare by the time I owned it, but not totally unique. One day my son finished his shift at work and was expecting me to pick him up. He saw me a bit further away in a different parking lot, so he walked over and got in, only to realize it wasn’t me, but a total stranger. He quickly realized he was in the wrong car. “You’re not my father!” He said to the surprised woman, and got out.

[@TheMadcivet]

Welcome to the club! It's always fun to watch people go through the same experiences with the car 😂

[@alfredriley3771]

So many awesome memories! My mom had a 89 and I remember coming home from school dances with about 8 of my buddies just crammed in the thing. It was a tank. Would go great in the northern snows.

[@timothywilson2420]

I road-tripped one from Illinois to elk city Oklahoma in 2000, made it like a champ.

[@mcy1122]

My first new car. Noisy and uncomfortable on the highway but as a city car it was ideal: $6k new with lots of space on the inside but small outside. Simple and reliable. Plus you don’t sweat a ding in the parking lot. Fun for what it is. Thanks for the great videos and channel!

[@FordMonsterTruck]

This was awesome thank you for sharing this adventure

[@toddkuykendall6030]

2010 I gave $300 for my 1988 Festiva. My only vehicle that Ive kept track of all repairs, insurance.....etc costs. I changed out the OEM carb for a Weber. Changed the 12" tires/wheels to 13". One of the previous owners changed out the manual 4 speed transmission with a 5 speed. In 13 years Ive put 80K miles on it. It currently has 223K+ miles on it. All costs including fuel, insurance, repairs, upgrades..etc I still average 15 cents/mile. Very Very fun car to drive. Depending on how I drive it, my fuel economy can rage from 35mpg to 50mpg.

[@drewping2002]

Gotta say, I'm jealous! I would love one of those little super subcompacts. Better fuel numbers than a Prius, from almost 30 years ago

[@jtugfestiva]

My first car! I’m so fortunate to still own her after all these years. 1990 red festiva LX with 210000 miles. Hawaii miles. Owned her since Aug of 1997.

[@personator907]

My wife's grandpa still has his 5-speed Festiva he bought new. He once used it to tow a small plane through downtown in the small city near him. Now he builds the planes at the farm (where he was taking the plane), rather than at the house.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Great video. Love these little cars in theory. Right hand mirrors were an option on maybe cars. I had to pay extra for one from the factory on my custom ordered 84 Olds Delta 88 Royale coupé. It was somewhere around 1985 that Volvo made the right side mirror standard across the board. Honda even slower to add the right side mirror. It was an extra cost option on the 1990 Accord.

[@skunkbucket9408]

Be glad that your Festiva had the five speed. Back in '93 I did a 1,800 mile road trip in my '88 Festiva L with the four speed. That thing SANG on the highway. Thank goodness the speed limit was 55 nationwide, because I would have been a speed bump with the way everyone drives 80mph+ on I-40 across Oklahoma now days. I would have to agree, though, that the Festiva made the best use of space of about any car on the planet. Supremely practical, economical and yes, even fun.

[@willr69420]

You're brave men, I think I would've brought a trailer!

[@XKazeroX]

Quality Video! Hoovie sent me your way, and I gotta say it was worth the subscribe. What was the track for the drive back to Wichita in this video?

[@100PercentJake]

EVA - 失望した

[@davidthrash4553]

My mom bought one and it was a great car and reliable. No break downs. I wish we still had it.

[@kaylin5645]

LOVE THE GUY IN THE RED SHIRT! HIS COMMENTS ARE SPOT ON! THAT CAR WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN AS LONG AS YOU CARE FOR IT!!

[@DougDoney]

My Buddy put S10 springs in the rear of his and carried a big ole toolbox in the back. Such a fun little car.

[@chrispratt7561]

How did those spring mount up? Any idea?

[@DougDoney]

@@chrispratt7561 No sorry, I am not sure.

[@jacobm3929]

@@chrispratt7561 he didnt

[@isaiaslopez3233]

Another great production

[@dirtboy896]

Thanks Jake that was entertaining.

[@ippolitius]

This guy in the army took out the back seat put down plywood to expand the trunk pretty nice.

[@razerback37]

dude loved the video ive just recently bought 1 in australia with low mileage and all the options

[@tommaxwell4966]

That’s gonna be a ton of fun!

[@DaewooFestiva23]

please, PLEASE do not destroy this, they are pretty rare in America, and I love these little things!

[@ahyodem]

It was fun watching you pick up this car and drive it for the first time. I had an 1988 version that I purchased used with 10K miles and got rid of it at 120K. Very reliable car and it was very roomy for this 6'5" driver. No cassette player, but one could always bring a portable unit with one! Drove 3 times to Florida from Milwaukee and this was a fun car. Too bad that you did not drive this car in its prime. Wonder whether you ever fixed this up.

[@matthewcharlesworth1893]

OMG JAKE I LOVED THIS VIDEO, IM A 45 YEAR OLD MAN WHO REMEMBERS THESE CARS! I LIVE IN DOVER, PA AND THERE IS A WHITE ONE THAT GOES BY MY PLACE OFTEN! PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIEND THANK YOU FOR SAVING A RARITY!!

[@jessebrook1688]

Mazda and Ford's partnership dates back to the 1970s. Ford Courier (Mazda B-series trucks), Telstar (626), Laser/1991-96 North American market Escort/1988-90 and 91-96 Mercury Tracer/1991-94 Mercury Capri (323), Terrain (Proceed), Probe (626/MX-6), and more were Mazdas rebadged as Fords. Mazda's North American B-series after 1994, the Navajo SUV, and the Tribute SUV were Fords badged as Mazdas. Like Chrysler and GM with Mitsubishi and Suzuki/Isuzu/Toyota, Ford and Mazda parted ways after the Great Recession in 2010. Maybe we'll get the awesome BT50 crew cab here someday. The last of the engines Ford and Mazda developed together are still in use, as many of the EcoBoost's bones are built on Mazda's all-aluminum designs. Mazda's manual transmissions made it into many smaller Fords, usually for the better, and the Mazda diesel could be found from 1984-87 in the Escort/Lynx and Tempo/Tracer, longer than you could find it in their own 626. Mazda made Fords better, and Ford gave Mazda more access to markets it wouldn't have had the budget to go into otherwise. I'm glad they are apart though. Mazda makes better cars now, and Ford is developing in it's own way, too.

[@harponercam]

Bought my first 88 Festy in '97 at 175 K and drove it over another 100K with not much more than a new alternator for repair. I've been driving my 96 Aspire as my daily driver since '03. Have a '91 red Festy in the yard outside- may sell it may someday register it. Very dependable economical cars.

[@hahndav]

dude driving a Miata cracking on a Fiesta. lol i love it!

[@marcusmintz6530]

This was Brilliant! A lil JR, with a splash of Hoovie, but 100% Jake. I hit sub.

[@chadcarter9581]

I love it!!!!!! I’ll buy it when your done! Legit....

[@samgreer9705]

“We’re in Oklahoma unfortunately” 😂

[@Rob-ur4ft]

I had 2 Festivas. First was an '88 I got in July 1987, 2nd was a used '93 I got in about 1996. Great little cars. I'd have liked better if they had A/C.

[@mst3kanita]

The Toyota Tercel back in the late 80s had that optional passenger mirror too.

[@skateecho]

oh man ive been thinking about these little nuggets lately. someone has a pretty pristine one in KC for like 2750 that i gotta admit is tempting me! always wanted one of those little nuggets

[@dexburwell]

LoL. There is a red festiva that drives by my house daily for the past 3yrs. It appears all original- it has AC (100 deg summer months) - has a passengers mirror also and the the Ford (logo) tiny wheels on it- guess it was the “top of the line” option. 🚗

[@droningporsantander9994]

Here in my place u can still see a lot of well mantained festivas...

[@hanshenrik9870]

Want to see that car fixed😀 Would be good videos 👍

[@keithbrookshire]

I sold cars at a Ford dealership when these came out. They didn't sell very well but I loved them. If memory serves a top of the line one was around $6K. It seems like they started around $4.5K. I'm not so sure about the Mazda backstory. I remember seeing Manufactured by Kia on those cars. perhaps on the plate inside the door. It has been a number of years and I could be wrong. Until that time I had never heard of Kia. Then when we got a Kia dealership in a newrby town I remember associating that to the Festiva. Those seat belts were Ford's answer to the new (at that time) mandated Supplemental Restraint System.

[@tkmedia3866]

commissioned by ford, designed by Mazda, mfg by Mazda for Japan but sold as a ford. Mfg by Kia for S. Korea, and North America.

[@elesjuan]

Man I wish I could score a festiva this nice... I have a monster of a Mazda BP 1.8 turbo motor dying to turn one of these into a sub 11 second beast... Big turbo + 1.8 = 300whp and less than 2000lbs.. Hell even a stock 1.8bp would double the hp of that 1.3l... Same motor combo in my Miata ran low 12s....

[@saltofsolomon2454]

My favorite car on this channel

[@johnasbury7511]

I live in western NC and these run forever. 400k is the normal and you drive them till they rust away from road salt. The first Kia to be imported into the USA

[@jamespn]

I remember the 79 Ford Fiesta brakes were horrendously bad. What’s worse than a a German Ford Fiesta, a Korean Ford Festiva. These Festivas were popular in Taiwan and they were 4 door hatchbacks.

[@swedish_brick_enjoyer]

Add a donkey noise to all the clunks and rattles and you will get the sound my dads 1998 Volvo V70 sounded like 5 years ago. When the rear suspension was compressed it would lift the trunk floor lol. Issue has since been fixed

[@stephenskierski5633]

I have a 92 Festiva model L hatchback 5 speed read just like that little shit box. Though mine only has 90000 miles and everything works. Still has the original 12 inch wheels I just put a new set of tires that cost a whopping $29 each. Strictly driving it around town and gets about 45 mpg, running 60 mile per hour on the highway it gets 52 mog and running a steady 75 miles per hour it gets 40 mpg.

[@dirkdiggler4860]

I had one but blue and a auto . Tough cars is all I can say

[@riwoof]

Talk about a "project car"! Take it by the Wizards' shop and flaunt it. :D Why Jake, you had your do did. Was this a 5k sub celebratory hair cut ? Very dashing!!

[@diannhazelton9808]

I live in Wichita, and I have one! Wish I would have found this deal!

[@karpuztasak6424]

i have one. 1992 and 380000 km. and still looks and goes cool :)

[@phenomkrumper]

The golden era when cars were built with simplicity and therefore were reliable. I'd drop $300 for one of these any day. Cant beat it for the buck!..

[@truthseekerdanny]

I remember driving a 1995 Ford escort.... Good times... I think lol

[@carv8088]

I am now sold on finding a festive for a first car.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

Manufacturers had to install an extremely expensive driver’s airbag in the steering wheel or they could install passive seatbelts that would self install themselves.

[@garystinten9339]

In Australia we didn't get those seatbelts and I hear they were prone to failure after a while.

[@DaBossk]

I want one of these real bad

[@Japplesnap]

That shifter made me lol. How would you even know if you're in neutral? 😂

[@philipdove1705]

I drove a festiva for years took it on a 9000 mile road trip through canada and the states . The thing I like most about it is the 360 visibility. Driving to scenic places was awsome no modern car I've driven has had such visibility. I drove a ford focus on a 5000 mile drive and it was very reduced visibility. I dont know why new car designs are trying to blind the driver .

[@oncewaslost1982]

I have always wanted a festiva. Such cool little turd box cars.

[@drewintampa]

You're from Kansas and making fun of Oklahoma? lol. I bought one of these brand new in 91...yes I'm old. Stripped down version. No AC, no nothing but it was a little tank. Never gave me any trouble. I'm jealous you got one for $300!

[@OdykKayne]

I wonder how hard it would be to find one in a salvage hard to find a working drivers' side shoulder belt / door with not-screwed-up window?

If you have a festy - there is a great online forum for them... fer instance on this vid shows silver Duct tape on air duct from MAS to TBI ... happened to me that was all cracked up - air leaking out duct so ran for s...t - taped it up ran fine .... was a 93 bought in 96 70K till 2016 270K easy to work on sooo reliable

[@excaliburjohndeere7657]

I have a Honda Insight 2000. I was surprised to hear the Ford car weighs less. Have to remedy that. I’ve got my car down to 1700 pounds. I would make a video to but I don’t have the looks for it. Great video thanks. PS I also have a word written on my car door. Mediocre you know you walking in some tall cotton when you have supreme on the door.

[@finnmg852]

For some strange reason I feel a connection to this car.

[@bezalelkosofsky7286]

I found out that the electronic sliding shoulder belts were discontinued in the mid 1990s after airbags become mandatory in 1995.

[@rezznov98]

Ford festiva has been sold in Iran beetween 1993 to 2020 with name if kia pride. I can say half or more than half of Iranians drive this car. I have a 1998 too. It is dangerous car in accidents but it is cheap and any normal person can afford it. And I am surprised this model of yours has fuel injection system. My 1998 model is carburetor equiped. Thanks for your video

[@North49191]

Maita's always were and will always be known as a girl's car. Festiva for the win!

[@daltonfales7551]

I almost tempted to fly to Arizona from Kansas City to buy one that’s running and driving. It’s got 230k miles for 1500

[@DavidDeWittStudio]

Most of these festivas do not have a passenger side mirror. I have a 1991 Ford Festiva GL that I drove from Seattle to Myrtle Beach South Carolina and in about a week I’m going to drive it back to Seattle. Great gas mileage but you might use a little oil. Noisy interior but you can start out in second gear at a light and surprise everybody. 40 mpg or better.

[@nopenotgonna175]

“It’s missing the passenger side mirror.” Um, no. It never had one. That was an option. I remember these cracker jack boxes from the days of yore. Little torque-y things. Enjoy, as long as the rear suspension hasn’t completely rusted out.

[@halfpintpersonality5943]

you also cant find tires for it...we had to buy trailer tires from farm and fleet for ours lol

[@user-np5kq8gs6i]

I have one 5 doors type and it’s interior better than many cars in 90s.

[@Yogaslackers]

We lived in our Festiva for 12 years. #PeaceLoveCar

[@farhenheit628of1200]

Bpt big turbo coming up!

[@jonathanchapman6350]

Love it I love mine

[@garystinten9339]

You can get these in Mexico too.. under the brand Saipa..

[@LuckyClubb]

so the 1.6 miata engine can mount to the stock trans?

[@youtuberx199]

One of the best old cars i ever had in 1998 when I was in a nursing program. So you guys were driving that car without a license plate and registration?

[@bobfox117]

I've been watching the $300 Festiva series. I have a '92 with 83,000 miles. Jake, I'd love to buy you $300 Festiva!

[@charlesalexander2307]

Or a ford shogun restomod with a rotary would be sick

[@chrisp7570]

If you think those seatbelts are crazy, find a mid 1990s Chevy Corsica or Baretta (possibly Lumina as well). Both the shoulder belt and lap belt are anchored to the door, and you slide in underneath them.

[@100PercentJake]

My Sentra was like that!

[@chrisp7570]

100PercentJake that’s right. Forgot about those.

[@fretworkband3204]

I ran a fleet of Corsicas. They were like tanks.

[@tacticalidiot175]

A festiva with auto belts??? That had to cost double the car! 😂

[@Scooter30FTW]

Talk about a beater with a heater.

[@ajw828]

Trunk clunk city!! Hope he doesn't get pulled over and have to explain why you start the car with a screwdriver!

[@markmich7019]

I dive one for 30 year I am 71 years old and I love it and I 390 lb

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

My 1977 VW Rabbit and my 1982 Honda Accord did not come with outside passenger door mirrors. The law didn’t require it, so why would they have them?

[@andygaither7026]

Jake will your merch ever come back?

[@TheJimmythecorkscrew]

Can't kill the old Fiesta. So simple they work unlike a lot of new overly complex modern garbage

[@JohnAnderson4242]

Pretty much the best thing Ford never built!

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

I subbed cause i biasly like the channel name

[@battycowboy]

I love mine

[@costcocombopizza8229]

Will this make it to LA?

[@jeffhammers5677]

Always a plus? Our Festiva gets almost 40 mpg with an automatic.

[@alanprather8399]

6:19 are those nuts hanging at the back, kind of like truck nuts?