[murley]

Hey guys, I have a quick "I'm a Dork" question..., when I'm driving my "Pimp Juice" 1993 Festiva, I typically shift from 1st to 3rd to 5th..., meaning that I usually skip 2nd and 4th gears. Is that something that others in the manual world so as well? I seem to get batter gas mileage that way...

 

[CloNeGTS]

Nope, can't say I do. With the amount of torque my Celica has at around-town RPMs, I'd be crawling if I tried that.

Never heard of anyone skipping gears my choice...just those bastards at GM making the Corvette go 1-4.

 

[murley]

Yeah, that's a nice toss, huh?

Nothing like stretching things a little...................................................

 

[dfauth]

On my Integra Type R, I quite often go from 1st to 2nd to 5th. Despite the claims of bad low-end torque, the Type R is comfortable tooling around town at 30mph in 5th.

 

[CloNeGTS]

Wow....if I tried accelerating in traffic @ 30mph in 5th.....gerbil #4 would crawl through the cooling vent and yell "WTF are you thinking?!?"

 

[murley]

hahahaha.....

What would #'s 1-3 do, continue their orgy???

(nothing like a little Crazy Gerbil SEX!!!)

 

[BHODGES3]

Richard Gere?! What?

 

[ingraham]

Well Gerbils aside, I made a 3rd gear start yesterday in the STI with no problems. Not on purpose of course

 

[Neisius]

little nitpicks

Nope never do that in my Jetta. I do start in 3rd on accident every so often because 1st and 3rd are so damn close togeather...My 2.Slow really hates when I do that :roll:

So what kinda power does a Festiva have?

 

[murley]

63 horsies and 78 pounds of feet....



I'm actually amazed at the quickness of it's 1.3L. I've smoked a few V6's from lights and once on the highway. It only weighs 1800lbs...

It's pretty sweet. I get 44mpg in town...

 

[murley]

I'll have to post some pics for ya'll....

 

[SFRinNJ]

My Blue/Silver spot available

Hey ingraham==a 3rd gear start in your STI? What happened to the warning light and bell on the 4000 rpm alert? or are you already out of your break-in period? STI is my first six speed transmission, and I'm still getting used to the box some, but starting in anything other than first seems alittle extreme.SFRinNJ

 

[WRX_Mundi]

BHODGES3 Warning

I'm actually amazed at the quickness of it's 1.3L. I've smoked a few V6's from lights and once on the highway. It only weighs 1800lbs...

It's pretty sweet. I get 44mpg in town...

I see that the 1987 Festiva L manages 0-60 in 10.2 seconds, with a 1/4 mile at 17.8 seconds. The information here stats the 1993 63hp Festiva manages 0-60 in 12.7 seconds, with a top speed of 95 mph. While I'm sure there are some V6's that you can beat, I wouldn't think this would be classified as quick -- 10 seconds is my cutoff point, beyond which I think a car is dangerously slow. I suspect that, like my Miata, we win most street light races because the other person doesn't really try.

 

[mx_9]

Hey guys, I have a quick "I'm a Dork" question..., when I'm driving my "Pimp Juice" 1993 Festiva, I typically shift from 1st to 3rd to 5th..., meaning that I usually skip 2nd and 4th gears. Is that something that others in the manual world so as well? I seem to get batter gas mileage that way...

FOLKS: Call to action!! Buy some cars from Murley so that he can atleast upgrade to a newer Festiva!!!

Murley, what gains would you get if you put a K&N filter on that beast

 

[murley]

Ummmm, it might have 68 horsies instead of 63...

I did find out that they actually make turbos for the Festivas and sort of rally them. Check out

www.fordfestiva.com

It's pretty interesting...

 

[BHODGES3]

about the smell

It's pretty interesting...

In a "watching Estelle Getty do a strip-tease" kind of way.

 

[murley]

*shutters in disgust*
Eeewwwwhhhhhhh....



*trying not to hurl*

 

[SFRinNJ]

Hey Jason: Please go sell some more STIs or something! you need some fresh air. We love the info and all on our subies but this thread has gotten a little extreme! When did you say you get a vacation? They do occasionally give you some time off don't they?SFRinNJ

 

[murley]

Got mine. Drove 800 miles, 3 tanks of gas, 1 car wash...

Huh, time off..., I could only wish!


Here's some pics of my BEAST!!!

 

[murley]

License plate plugs?

Here's a few more...