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Ford's biggest mistake ending the production of the Fiesta, but Vauxhall will scoop the buyers up with the Corsa I think. Great video Matt, I guess it did help with them both kept in the dry and our of the sun's rays.
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I could do with a little Fiesta Van, wonder what sort of money that will go for.
Was Chris a villain in robocop
Why were these even abandoned?
I have dreams about a garage that inviting. A couple of great buys. I'd have been surprised if the Fiesta had as many as half the miles it has. "Quite extraordinary."
Keep that Fiesta Matt
good pickups for work vans i'm surprised how good they are
You can't have the Rover 75 AND that Fiesta.
19:12 The wing, bumper and the headlights look similar to the mk1 Sandero from this angle.
Maybe have the Fiesta van as part of the trading up series?
I had an 09 Fiesta tdci that had done 213k when I had done with it. Same thing it was fully loaded. You can easily fit cruise control to them as well! The bodies and interiors wear really well on them so not surprised by the milage.
My 2011 fiesta is currently on 175400 miles and still drives great. Excellent little cars!
Great ending to a great Video!
You have to buy the Ford Fiesta
Loving your channel – great content and well put together – and nice to see cars being kept alive in this throw-away age!
"yeah, the lights work … this van has everything" … best to set your expectations low when you love Rovers! ;-D
If you do buy the Fiesta can off Chris, can you make a video on removing the sign-writing and polishing it back to shiny paintwork? Or does that require a re-spray?
You and Chris were lucky both vans were under 3.5 tonnes … I had a Y reg Iveco Daily chassis cab that I was 'custodian' of at work a few years ago. I had to get a battery isolator fitted as the tacho chart motor ran the battery flat in under 2 weeks! We didn't use it often, so it was regularly more than 6 weeks between starts … never had a problem starting it after the isolator was fitted though
I'm not Derek 😂😂 # vice grip
24:06 812 Superfast
Doesn't the seat squab lift up to gain better access to the battery and electrics?
It did on my FWD Vito.
Lift the front of the seat base and then lift the rear.
Great video, Matt. Really interesting and that Fiesta! You really should buy it.
The fiesta was a complete failure in North America
My mums partner had two of the previous generation mk6 Fiesta van with the 1.4 TDCi very economical and reliable they were before DPFs (both 2005 models) so not surprised that Fiesta is tidy as came in, we drove from St Helens to Beckton (before ULEZ was expended) and back on half a tank with 4 big alloys in the back for his boss, great if you need a cheap car based van as long as emissions aren't a problem.
"bonnet"…..
Great finds !🙂
Fleet stuff that has to run every day , can rack up big miles and be reliable are the vehicles to buy after they're out of their lease period.
Fords , Mercs, Fiat, VW and a few others do the job with no fuss and minimal down time.
Apart from their extortionate prices, that's why you rarely or never see Land Rover products in that role.