1993 Ford Festiva WB from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

Changed front brakes.

Nothing wrong with the car.

Mostly just routine maitenance.

Have noticed a slight knock coming from the engine.

This is a good car.

Nothing special just gets the job done.

I have installed 2 600w 6 by 9

and a deck, but that is about it.

I have noticed that the fuel consumption isn't as others say.

I tend to notice to get about 300km tops from a tank of fuel.

Also have noticed that the tank is quite small. I find that when I fill the tank when the tank is on empty (and the light is on) I only get about 30 litres tops in it.

So to my calculations I get about 10 Litres per 100km in my 1.3 litre auto.

Everything else seem good. Engine need encouragement to get up hills, but that is what you will expect from car the weigh under a ton.

I get better than 10km per litre with a Honda Accord with a 2200cc engine. I used to get around 650km from a 10gal US (35l) tank on my 1300cc Honda Civic. So something is not right with your Festiva.

I tend to find the engine too small. You really have to rev it hard to get it up to speed and I rattles up hill.

I know the manual model gets much more km out of a tank (about 6 litres per 100 km) but I find the auto not too good.

Also the heater only blows cold air???

I own a '94 WB Festiva 4 dour manual, and I get 425kms on a full tank, so it would seem something is askew in yours.