I lost mine due to an accident. I had just had the struts and shocks replaced and it handled great. The guy that did the work made an offer to me when I got the car back.
Two days later I am driving to work and this chump in a Lexus pulls out of the parking lot of a country club. The way he pulled out of the parking lot made me a bit leery so I downshifted and was going to change lanes. He never saw me and pulled out into traffic. I tried to accelerate around him but...It was a Festiva, acceleration was not it's strong suit.
He hit me on my driver side quarter panel and spun me around. I tried to stop the car but no dice, the brakes would not grab. I finally hit a light pole with the rear of the car and stopped. When I got out, and after asking the chump if he forgot his glasses, I looked at the skid marks. There was an arc of rubber on the road that was about ten feet long then it stopped.
The light pole was no less than 20 feet away from the skid mark. I was flying through the air, backward, after he hit me. That is why the brakes did not grab.
My Festiva was totaled. Chump had a broken headlight. He had a few too many at the country club bar.
. Was bare bones: stick and no AC ( 
- never made THAT mistake again). Fun as hell to drive, though - was sporty and had some zip. Took it on a road trip to visit friends in Atlanta. In August. No AC.
