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Originally Posted by Godfather Bro... you must be the first on TBHP to own a fiesta... lots of guys are waiting on the forum for the review... what say samurai?? |
Well, Abhibh got his before I did - he has a 1.4 tdci and has been burning up Chandigarh for a while now, right Abhibh...??!!
I'm happy with what I've experienced so far. FE was never the deciding factor for me, I liked the overall package that I got with the SXI and the price it came at; the Ikon 1.6 (which is the other one I have) lets you know when the speedo is climbing whereas with the Fiesta, the knowledge comes when you look at the needle and realize that you didn't know when it got there! There have been a few inadvertent wheel-spins off the traffic lights and I think the engine has lots of juice. But, as I said, really need to go a long haul on the highway to bring out some of the pros and cons.
The other minus reported by Overdrive that hasn't surfaced yet is they had reported that it scrapes a lot of speed breakers but I haven't scraped any yet. Maybe its because I'm a little wary after reading it and haven't been flying over them but time will tell.
Engine is fairly silent especially at idle at red lights - I'd allowed my chaffeur to drive it when it was a couple of days old and he stalled it at a red light, started it and was about to try to start it again since he hadn't figured out it was already on!
AC is VERY effective though the blower is a little noisy in the upper numbers but not enough to cause any irritation. The 6 speaker music system is adequate for our purposes as I'm not part of the "let the neighbourhood dance along with me" brigade; what I'm saying is that it has decent bass & treble but will obviously not satisfy someone who needs a SERIOUSLY GOOD music system in the car. It does not play MP3 but again, thats not a serious issue as far as I'm concerned.
The car feels very solid and stable, need to see how it handles cross winds on the highways; steering has a very reassuring feel while being light at the same time.
More as we go along guys.....