So all Fiestas are rubbish because you once had a shonky old MK3?
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So all Fiestas are rubbish because you once had a shonky old MK3?
it wasn't old at the time. i've worked on a load of them. i think they're pile of crap yeah.
for something that size/type, i'd sooner have anything by fiat, pugrot, VW, well... anything. the fiesta would be bottom of the list.
Scalarocco
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A XR2i as a first car? Wow...
you would be even more "wow" to the price i was paying on the insurance!!!!!!!!!!!
the family ect advice... "you want to get something small as your first car..." came back with an xr2i.
CVH type. the noise of the overhead rattle type is one of the worst sounding things in the history of mankind
Scalarocco
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That's what I was getting at. The insurance must have been more than the value of the car
Fair enough, each to their own. I've had four of them since 2015 and haven't even had to change a lightbulb....
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Don’t think there will be one. saloon cars are out and generic blob like SUVS/crossovers are in
like someone else mentioned they could bring the name back and butcher it like they did with the mach-e and what mitsubishi did with the eclipse
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We love our 2016 Fiesta.
Apart from the low profile tyres which it eats and makes the ride rough and handling interesting on anything other than a super smooth, dry, white lineless road!!
The engine (yes I know it will go bang before it gets to 60K) is a great little thing. You'd never know it was a 999cc 3pot. I swear that small ICE engines are the future rather than electric.
We don't need/want an SUV so who knows what we will swap to when the time comes.
Apart from the low profile tyres which it eats and makes the ride rough and handling interesting on anything other than a super smooth, dry, white lineless road!!
The engine (yes I know it will go bang before it gets to 60K) is a great little thing. You'd never know it was a 999cc 3pot. I swear that small ICE engines are the future rather than electric.
We don't need/want an SUV so who knows what we will swap to when the time comes.
Thank you, was beginning to bug me.Fix or repair daily.
So obvious, how could anyone forget that
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Yes they are the future - little ICE engines. But not the Ford offering with self distruct wet belt.
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@mr haynes I was under the impression it stood for Found On Road Dead 
(oh and we currently have a Ford Kuga and I used to own a Mondeo!)
(oh and we currently have a Ford Kuga and I used to own a Mondeo!)My Fiesta is a 1500 Diesel, cheap road tax, pre addblue and 54mpg . Has now done over 100,000 miles with only a new clutch enginewise. What mpg do you get out of the "grenade"?
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Just under 50.
They've also discontinued the Smax, BIL isn't to happy about it. He's been driving them for 15+ years & is due to change again. The 'replacement' is a stretched Kuga, he took a look at one & it has nowhere near the load space of the smax!
Wouldn't a Ford transit connect tourneo be the equivalent if he wanted to stay ford ?? Wouldn't mind betting it would be the same floor pan anyway probably the same interior
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One of my old bosses bought a Lotus, ….. Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious, we gave him some stick, especially when he broke a cam belt & wrecked the engine! Next boss bought a Fiat …. Fix It Again Tomorrow, we took the mick out of him as well. That was trouble free though.
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Fox It Again Tony
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I thought FIAT was Fix It Again Today
