Yes, reasonable point        running a car is certainly a learning process/curve.

I should think a fiesta is a bout the best car for that, probablya very good choise, for its simplicity. (When I started it out it was reckoned to be the mark 2 escort 1100/1300 RWD. Going back a bit!)

http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/retrospective/1686/3