look, it's orange! (56k nein)

smokey · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:26

new car! (56k no)

i went out on a whim today and bought this:

came to £4800 in the end, for a '03 plate ford fiesta flame with 14,000 miles with ac, electric everything, alloys wheels, front fogs, and cd player. i love the colour!!!

picking it up on tuesday, well happy!!!!

matt

Replicant · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:29

Beat the clock

smokey · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:45

Replicant said:
Beat the clock

yeah i know... :rolleyes:

rG-tom · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:48

smokey said:
i went out on a whim today and bought this:
came to £4800 in the end, for a '03 plate ford fiesta flame with 14,000 miles with ac, electric everything, alloys wheels, front fogs, and cd player. i love the colour!!!

picking it up on tuesday, well happy!!!!

matt

hmm electric everything? what does it have that is electric mate? by that i assume electric windows/mirrors/seats, electric height adjustment on steering wheel etc etc?

Tom.

smokey · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:50

rG-tom said:
hmm electric everything? what does it have that is electric mate? by that i assume electric windows/mirrors/seats, electric height adjustment on steering wheel etc etc?

Tom.

electric mirrors, electric windows, no sunroof though

but with air conditioning

sorry kinda overstated it, but just cos im excited!

MrMatteh · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:51

looks nice, well done

S@njay · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:57

rG-tom said:
hmm electric everything? what does it have that is electric mate? by that i assume electric windows/mirrors/seats, electric height adjustment on steering wheel etc etc?

Tom.

as much electric components you can fit it it before it starts to drain the battery even whilst driving!

The above was a joke btw!! Nice car, pretty cheap for the age and from a dealership.

Dont the colour just make you wanna drive round spain?!

Vipernet · 29 Apr 2006 at 23:44

looks very clean mate. Very cheap too.

Happy Motoring!

fonzee · 29 Apr 2006 at 23:50

get yourself over to ukfiestanetwork once you've got it... theres a few guys with that colour fez and with a few basic mods... look mint!

nice car, nice buy!

Mic · 29 Apr 2006 at 23:53

You should get the fiesta multi spokes. Gorgous alloys!

Kamerad · 30 Apr 2006 at 00:03

rG-tom said:
hmm electric everything? what does it have that is electric mate? by that i assume electric windows/mirrors/seats, electric height adjustment on steering wheel etc etc?

Tom.

Spark Plugs, Starter Motor, Headlights, Dashboard lights etc

thepharcyde · 30 Apr 2006 at 02:19

1.4? if it is, it's gutless!

Jon Frost · 30 Apr 2006 at 09:59

thepharcyde said:
1.4? if it is, it's gutless!

leave the guy alone, hes not entering it into a rally or anything!

Nice buy mate, looks nice

Jon

paradigm · 30 Apr 2006 at 10:07

Its not about if he's "entering a rally" or not, its just that the 1.25, or the TDCI are far far better engine choices.

However, the new fiesta is a really nice place to be (for a small car), they seem reasonably well built, not exactly badly specified, and they look good too. Enjoy it

Kamerad · 30 Apr 2006 at 10:07

thepharcyde said:
1.4? if it is, it's gutless!

Unfortuantly not everyone on this forum lives in areas where they can get insured on big engined cars for £1.53 at age 20

My parents have one of these only its the Ghia but a 1.4 engine and its hardly gutless for what it is.

Bug One · 1 May 2006 at 12:01

I've always wondered what makes people with broadband think that a computer on dial up is gonna explode if they try and look at 200k worth of pictures.

VBDub · 1 May 2006 at 12:25

I've got a flame, its a very nice car.
Also, I've driven both the 1.25 and the 1.4. Now the 1.4 I own is not going to set the world alight with its sheer speed but I dont think its too slow. It certainly was a step up from the other car's I have owned. (106 and Ka)
The 1.25 I thought was quite a bit slow compared to the 1.4, and the 1.4 sounds much better as it accelerates.

Talking of all electronic things, i've just put a computer in my car, woo.
And then the hard disc failed...

Matt82 · 1 May 2006 at 12:27

thats pretty cheap really considering i spent a grand on a 11 year old golf with spaceship mileage and that ive got ot do work to. would be interesting to see which one out lasts the other or which lasts better after all those years.

good colour, i nearly brought an ibiza cupra in that colour, it rocks.

enjoy!

Shootist · 1 May 2006 at 12:37

I had a Fiesta diesel as a hire car on the Isle of Man and it was pretty nippy too, a 1.8 I think it was, not sure though, does anyone know?

AmmoWaster · 1 May 2006 at 12:59

I've got a company hire car at the mo and it's the 1.6 TDCi, I wouldn't say it was nippy but overtaking is so easy, drop it in 3rd and it always suprises me how quick it acellerates.

Since it's a company car I give it a bit of stick and I broke the first one within 130 miles, the second one has covered 8k in 3 months and only had a warning light come on twice.

Things I don't like about it are, the stereo, it's moulded into the dash so there's no way of fitting a MP3 player, the fake leather seats cos you just slide about on them, it understeers badly (nearly found that one out too my cost) and the brakes don't last long if your driving hard. Oh and there's no space to move your foot off the clutch so you have to drive with your foot on it all the time, pain for long journeys which most of mine are.

Apart from that it's an ok car, it's just a bit boring, but that's why I have my Prelude for the weekends, get my driving fix then.