New nearside drive-shaft at 79000 miles.
New Steering joint at 79000 miles.
New indicator stalk at 71000 miles.
Whole exhaust system at 58000 miles.
New cylinders and brake disc's at 71000 miles.`
I'm really happy with my Fiesta. I never have any trouble with starting, no matter how cold it is (always first time), I much prefer the manual choke versions to the automatic ones, theyre far less hasstle, automatic choke versions have annoying faults I find.
In the time I've owned the car, which is 1999-2003 and 26,000 miles, it has never failed to start or broken down on route.
The 1.3 engine is far more responsive than the 1.1, I find the 1.3 quite good on fuel economy and cruising on the motorway happily at 90mph.
Body work on the Mk3's can go, but touch wood, as yet I've had no problems with body work, slight surface rust round the wheel arches, but nothing that can be sorted in a matter of hours.
One final bit of advice look for LX rather than Ghia, because although the equipment is better, the 1.3 Ghia's fall into group 8 insurance, whereas the Lx's are only group 5.
A really good first car, reliable and good balance of economy and performance!
My engine blew at 93k. This was both surprising and annoying.
The car was worth about £2000 and a brand new new engine/clutch etc in total came to a little over a £1000.
My choices were:
1. Buy new engine - the rest of the car is OK = £1000
2. Buy new car for £1000.
Obviously? I took option one. New 1.3 engine is very economic and purrs happily along. Nearly don 10k on it already through so oil change and service is on the cards.
"Better than any Vauxhall"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Very Funny!
Only if it is for the scrap yard, right?
I mean: Let's face it: I would be very embarrassed if my car were know as Fix Or Repair Daily"
Do me a favour... would you...
By the way: I would rather push a Vauxhall than a Ford!
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