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Old 22-04-2007, 05:07 PM   #1
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Default First "Real" Drive of the fiesta

G'day all.
Just wanted to let you all know, I'm new to the fiesta, my wife and I just traded the old ef falcon wagon for a 5 door Zetec 'fez' for her to get to work and pickup the kids from school. We've had it a month or so, but as she was asleep after a night shift last night, I packed the two boys in the car and gave it a run, from Bacchus Marsh to Gisborne, up the Calder to Woodend, then down thru Blackwood and Greendale, before heading home along the Western hwy.
I must say, all up quite an enjoyable drive. I was quite suprised at the amount of torque on offer for some of the longer hills, and had a lot of fun...now if I can just get the keys a bit more often....
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Old 22-04-2007, 05:26 PM   #2
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Funny that you had to sneak out and take the Fiesta for a drive.

Congrats for the new Fiesta! I'm glad that you can have some fun in it. How does the wife like it? Which colour? Is it manual or auto?

Not a bad car, the Fiesta... not a bad car at all.
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Old 22-04-2007, 11:15 PM   #3
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I love that part of the world, got a mate who got married not long ago out there in the Marsh and we had a bucks weekend at Mt Franklin camping, took my old Focus out for a good drive. We have a cruise coming up there agian soon if we get organised...

Congrats on the 5 door Zetec, only a new model for the range!!
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Old 23-04-2007, 04:19 PM   #4
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Ives, she's panther black with a 5 speed. My wife chose the colour...obviously she doesn't do the car cleaning in this household!! but it does look good. zetec, yes, certainly is a nice part of the world, I'm lucky to live here...a shame though that my office is in Blackburn...oh well
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Old 23-04-2007, 04:25 PM   #5
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Very nice! panther black Fiestas look great!
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Old 23-04-2007, 09:45 PM   #6
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panther black! Yes another one!!

Yeah the fiesta does hav torque for a small car, guess it WAS made for the autobahns, cos i take it up to mona vale everyso often, roads are "80" but like even when you're at 110, u can still accelerate to gain speed, so yeah, glad the germans did ONE thing good instead of starting another world war....(no offence to any germans srsly)
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