Whose car do I have?

[FiST to death]

Hi all! FiST newbie, just picked up a 2014 around the Philadelphia area with 144k miles on it, but the interior is immaculate and the car was well maintained. Tuxedo black with the black and red Recaros, black aftermarket wheels. I figured there's a strong chance the former owner is a member here.

Thanks!

John

 

[D1JL]

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Dave

 

[Fiestig]

Welcome to the big bucket of crazies

 

[CarGuy]

Welcome and congratulations!

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[flbchbm]

Welcome to the machine.

 

[M-Sport fan]

WELCOME and CONGRATS from about an hour northeast of you.

Which dealer did you get it from?

 

[XR650R]

Welcome! Enjoy your well-used car for another 144k.

 

[Dpro]

Welcome! May you see many happy miles.

 

[Flaco]

Welcome !

 

[FiST to death]

Thanks all, it was traded at Fred Beans Ford by the original owner. Other than the paint on the front (it appears that every one of those miles was 10 feet behind a dump truck full of gravel) the car is in great shape. It's 2 bolts away from the transmission being on the floor in my garage right now, waiting for a bunch of goodies from @ron@whoosh since it was still on the original clutch. My wife wanted a project car for us to wrench on, so I'm teaching her how to do some basic upgrades while it is apart. I just have to stay one lesson ahead of her...

 

[New_Daily]

Thanks all, it was traded at Fred Beans Ford by the original owner. Other than the paint on the front (it appears that every one of those miles was 10 feet behind a dump truck full of gravel) the car is in great shape. It's 2 bolts away from the transmission being on the floor in my garage right now, waiting for a bunch of goodies from @ron@whoosh since it was still on the original clutch. My wife wanted a project car for us to wrench on, so I'm teaching her how to do some basic upgrades while it is apart. I just have to stay one lesson ahead of her...

Whaaaaat?! Your wife ASKED for a project car?! I get crap nearly every day for getting a "project" car (it's not a project car honey, its a daily I want to make better).

 

[FiST to death]

Yeah, I'm fortunate to have married WAY up (she has a PhD in neuroscience) and she also happens to love cars. I worked at a GM dealer (miserably) for years to put her through school and we are finally in a position to have a project beyond 'a shitbox we keep on the road.'

 

[M-Sport fan]

I did not even know that Beans had a Ford dealership in West Chester (until I looked it up), as I was thinking you got it from either his Mechanicsburg, or Boyertown stores.
(I bought mine from his Doylestown store.)

 

[The Cuzi]

This will be a fun project car for you two, great choice!

 

[FiST to death]

I did not even know that Beans had a Ford dealership in West Chester (until I looked it up), as I was thinking you got it from either his Mechanicsburg, or Boyertown stores.
(I bought mine from his Doylestown store.)

We picked this one up from a shop in NW Philly, with those miles Beans wasn't going to hang on to it for their lot but they did have the service records for it.

 

[4DGC]

Wow, married to a PhD who loves cars and you have a FiST. Holy crap man, you are living the life! Welcome to FiSTville.

 

[FiST to death]

Wow, married to a PhD who loves cars and you have a FiST. Holy crap man, you are living the life! Welcome to FiSTville.

Well, I sold my Evo VIII, a Firebird Formula, and a bunch of other project cars over the years she was in school, but oddly the only ones I miss were the dirt cheap ones. 553whp Evo was fun, but I just drove it around constantly waiting for it to explode- lol. It was also completely unusable for what I wanted to do, which was occasionally autocrossing. Instead I ended up spanking vettes on the highway while puckering my butt hoping this wasn't the moment the 110k mile stock internals gave up the ghost. I miss the 91 Volvo 240 wagon I bought for $500 (drove for a year, gave to my ex to drive for a year, then gave to my stepdad who drove it another 4 years and finally killed it) and the 1983 Saab 900 turbo a customer gave me to get it out of their driveway- that one took 2 tires, a battery, and a set of wiper blades and I drove it for a year before I sold it to a friend's kid for his first car- he may actually still have it, 5 years later.

 

[FiST to death]

Something about a car that's a pile of crap but will not die is just endearing to the gearhead in me- cars that owed me nothing gave me everything.

 

[Blkstripes]

Talking about liking crap vehicles. I bought a rusty 96 rcsb z71 that had a rod knock, rotted corners, door bottoms, ect. Beat the everloving crap out of it every moment I owned it. All 4 years. I miss that thing.

Anyway welcome to the forum. Hope your fist treats you well.

 

[Dpro]

Something about a car that's a pile of crap but will not die is just endearing to the gearhead in me- cars that owed me nothing gave me everything.

My First Fiesta MKI was like that back in the early 90’s picked it up for $400 drove it on Waiters on Wheels in San Francisco till it died. But it would get hit by people as well and I got paid to own it lol. Guy opened his door on me on Haight street like a idiot. Bam got my $400 dollars back and did not fix it. Car was a rust bucket anyways. My second one was nice it was a Fiesta Sport. I think I paid like $750 for it.