Fiesta Movement Moves Your Way

Hi, I’m Mikey and this is my first post on Geekadelphia! Though, I’d love to give myself some sort of epic introduction, there’s pressing news I must address.

Tim touched on our involvement in the Fiesta Movement (Chapter 2) a little bit ago. And yes, what you’ve heard is true. For the next four months, we’ll be driving around in a Ford Fiesta, completing all sorts of zany missions (four major ones, each month with a few smaller/surprise missions here and there) and sprinkling our content all over the lovely Internet.

We had the great opportunity to head over to Dearborn, MI the other weekend (just outside of Detroit) to meet with the other agents and our “Mission Control”. We learned a lot about the current European-spec Ford Fiesta as well as the forthcoming 2011 US-spec Ford Fiesta and will ultimately end up driving both in our lovely city (Euro-spec now, US-spec later). I won’t get into all the exceedingly involved car-geek details but in short: we’re truly, genuinely impressed. It’s a great car that will really appeal to a variety of people. It looks pretty sweet (awesome colors and some exterior decal/graphics available). It’s really economical (up to 40mpg highway). It has an absurd amount of safety features for its car class. It comes in a very practical 5-door hatchback or standard sedan. The car is loaded with tech and tech-enabling gadgets (Ford SYNC). What’s the deal maker? we believe it’s priced exceedingly well-within reason.

For guys that appreciate great design, gadgets/tech and anything on four wheels, we were truly in heaven. We had a chance to drive them around at Ford’s Dearborn Development Center and “Proving Grounds” Test Track (Tim totally learned how to drive stick-shift for the first time), take pictures (check out my ongoing photo collection on Flickr), learn a lot about the car and have loads of fun with all the other wonderful creative/awesome/fun agents. This is just the beginning though, we’ll have a Fiesta to drive around for the next four months. We really want your help and participation in this too. Our missions well be super fun, completely Philly-centric and just plain awesome.

In fact, we’ve already announced our first mission. It’ll be a wonderful mural, done by a local artist, representing some fantastic locations we’ve decided to highlight. So please, visit our profile on FiestaMovement2.com and subscribe by clicking “Follow This Team” under our portrait. I promise our silly antics will keep you entertained. In case you’re not already doing so, feel free to follow me (@mikeyil), Tim (@bigredtim) and of course @geekadelphia on Twitter for some choice randomness and periodic #FiestaMovement tweets.

Related Links:
Fiesta: Spanish for Party
Mikey on Twitter
Tim on Twitter
“Team Geekadelphia’s” profile on the Official Fiesta Movement site
Tim’s YouTube Channel
Mikey’s Flickr Photo Collection