Highest Fiesta on the Faction?

[oracleguy]

So it was a nice day today and I decided to take my Fiesta up near Lake Tahoe. The highway I took goes from around 4500ft to almost 9000ft in about 15 miles. Lots of curves and hair pins, it can be a lot of fun. Using the hill mode on the PowerShift for the ascent worked really well, I had no problem keeping up with cars with more power. I was really impressed.

This is when I was at the Mt Rose submit. I was at 8,924 feet. Fun fact: this pass is open year around despite all the snow it gets.





I used the hill mode on the descent but not the whole time. The engine breaking on the Fiesta is pretty impressive. The tires felt like they could be a little better in some of the corners but for OE all seasons they weren't bad.

[dalegood]

I live in the Northwest, with the Cascades to the East and the Olympics to the West--really good to hear that the automatic, which I also have, did so well!!

[danpass]

I don't know but unless someone posts altitude from Death Valley I'm the lowest at sea level lol.

[dirtyblueshirt]

I figured the highest Fiesta would be parked in Haight-Ashbury

[Nickgt40]

Originally Posted by dirtyblueshirt

I figured the highest Fiesta would be parked in Haight-Ashbury

There aren't many who will get that joke... doesn't mean its not a good joke. Haha.

[Audrey]

Originally Posted by dirtyblueshirt

I figured the highest Fiesta would be parked in Haight-Ashbury

Originally Posted by Nickgt40

There aren't many who will get that joke... doesn't mean its not a good joke. Haha.

Plenty of people know about Haight-Ashbury.

[Iceracer]

How did the car perform at high altitude ?

I recently attended a historic hill climb reunion in Keene NY. We were able to play around a little on the course. I too, used the hill assist and even tried low once. It was fun.

[dalegood]

How did hill assist work for you? How did Low work for you? Thanks

[Iceracer]

The hill assist was mostly helpfull when going down the hill. It did seem to hold the gears a little longer going up.
Low worked OK going up. We didn't get very high speeds. The nice thing was if you lifted in a corner it didn't shift up,it also kept the revs up in the power band.
I didn't try it down hill.

[dalegood]

Originally Posted by Iceracer

The hill assist was mostly helpfull when going down the hill. It did seem to hold the gears a little longer going up.
Low worked OK going up. We didn't get very high speeds. The nice thing was if you lifted in a corner it didn't shift up,it also kept the revs up in the power band.
I didn't try it down hill.

Would you able to stay at a decent speed using hill assist going up??