Ford Fiesta Encore in general

I have not long passed my Driving test and splashed out £300 to buy a Ford Fiesta Encore in silver, with only 17,000 miles on the clock - bloomin bargain! I have been driving it around a fair bit, and whilst I wouldn't keep it if I was offered a brand new fiesta instead, for what I paid for it I feel I have got an awful lot for my money. My Encore is a 1.3L I believe, and it's not really that powerful. My dad has recommended sticking to about 65 mph on motorways, and it sounds more like a scooter when the engine is running. Does the job however, and for me it is as powerful as it needs to be. It's got three doors (including the boot), and whilst I don't ...  Read the complete review

I have owned a Ford Fiesta 1.3 encore now for over three years and it has been good to me. It is a 1998 R Reg. When i got it on my 17th birthday it coacy just under £2000 and it had just under 30000 miles on the clock. Now it has just under 70000 so I have put on a fair few miles and it has never broken down. It is so reliable and i often complete long journeys with no problems. For a small car it is reasonable spacious and has pleantly of room in the boot for several sets of golf clubs. Its very comfortable for driver and passinger. Its not the best looking car in the world, but it is deffinatley not ugly. If you are looking for a small ...  Read the complete review

I've been driving my little Encore now for a few months and I have to say I like it. I do drive up in the city (thats London to you lot) most of the time, so having a small and nipey car is a must. If I was in some big fuel guzzling car driving around where I live, I wouldn't even fit in half the roads I drive down, let alone park in one. The car itself is basic. When the insurance company asked if it had any extras I just laughed. it has nothing. No power stearing (big shame), no sunroof, no electirc windows, no radio that works (that was my fault though), no nothing (oops to negatives and all). However I knew this when I bought it. I knew it had ...  Read the complete review

I currently have the misfortune to be driving a 1998 Fiesta Encore whilst my car is at the body shop. Sorry - I hate it! And this car thinks its drivers are idiots. First the idiots bit - the radio (part of the radio cassette) has just a seek button and a volume button, and 3 presets. No tone, balance, MW, LW...of course, Ford probably thought this was oh so simple to use, but it seems like they are treating their users like idiots! I cannot get 5live, or test cricket... Or perhaps you can, by some complex means which would rather defeat the point of a simple radio. Either way they should be shot. But enough of the radio. Perhaps i started on that ...  Read the complete review

My trusty Escort went in for its MOT today and the nice man at ford's gave me a Fiesta for the day. The model the basic 5 door hatch, no electronics not even central locking. Well I remember the early Fiestas I also remember that I did not like them. So I drove this with a lot of reserve. I was pleasantly surprised, the car handles very well, the foot peddles are now well spaced (the old Fiestas peddles were too close together for me). Although it was the base model the engine was responsive, the brakes efficent and the all round vision very good. The boot space was ample for a small car. The only gripe was I had a problem selecting ...  Read the complete review