I purchased my fiesta 53 plate, 1.25, LX, in August, it's in pretty good condition, low mileage (relatively) 47,000 and I feel like its a good first car.
Recently I took it out for a drive and it was just sluggish, second gear felt like it had little to no power and i had to take to back to first, rev it to near 3000 rpm then quickly change it into second. My dad says its due to me not 'warming the car up' before I took it out. Later on I noticed a burning smell from the car and when I looked under the hood there wasn't any visible smoke.
Took it out for a drive later the same day and it ran completely fine, gears felt right, no smell. So i'm very confused, and a bit anxious. If it's not obvious, i know nothing about cars and feel like the advise i've gotten (such as 'get rid of it or scrap it') so far isn't totally correct. Any kind of feedback or help in informing what happened would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nav
Recently I took it out for a drive and it was just sluggish, second gear felt like it had little to no power and i had to take to back to first, rev it to near 3000 rpm then quickly change it into second. My dad says its due to me not 'warming the car up' before I took it out. Later on I noticed a burning smell from the car and when I looked under the hood there wasn't any visible smoke.
Took it out for a drive later the same day and it ran completely fine, gears felt right, no smell. So i'm very confused, and a bit anxious. If it's not obvious, i know nothing about cars and feel like the advise i've gotten (such as 'get rid of it or scrap it') so far isn't totally correct. Any kind of feedback or help in informing what happened would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nav