665 on a single stage will definitely make you wish you had a more efficient option.
I really miss my Dillon 550 whenever I load handgun cartridges or large volume rifle cartridges (newly revived concept for me, having not dealt with that since I was loading mass quantities of .223 Rem for my dad's Colt SP-1 as a kid). ...But I still haven't bought another one.
that's the wife's. neon green with lots of pink and white decals on the back too. mostly gun and politics related, so I won't complain, just wont drive it
My wife had a red one.
She liked it.
I liked it, too, until she changed her mind and decided to get the "automatic" instead of the manual transmission. ...And talked the dealer into taking back the manual car and paying the difference for the automatic, with no penalty.
That 6 speed "automatic" was a lump of crap, and the primary reason for getting rid of the car with just 6k miles on it. (Expecting twins whose car seats wouldn't fit was just an excuse.)
It's actually two 3-speed manual transmissions bolted together, with individual clutches driven by a single input shaft - all electronically actuated and controlled. One tranny handles Reverse, 2nd, 4th, and 6th gears; while the other handles 1st, 3rd, and 5th.
Sounds good.
Doesn't work worth a crap.
The 4-banger Escapes use the same transmission and have even more problems than the Fiesta, due to the increased weight.
I will admit that with me driving, with the whole family and our crap packed in the car, cruise control off and AC on, I could easily get 50 mpg in that car - even with what I would call "mild" canyon driving. I just had to keep it under 65 mph.
I took the car in 5 (maybe 6) times for transmission issues - slamming, popping, clutch disengaging, missing shifts, failing to shift, getting stuck in gear on hills, failing to downshift after coming to a stop, and especially for lurching in reverse. The dealer said it was "normal". Ford corporate called me after the 4th visit, to tell me that it was "normal". And when the dealer finally tore into the tranny to see if they could find
anything wrong, everything was within spec and looked brand new.
Having said that about the automatic, I'm now hoping that your wife's car is a manual. Otherwise I may have to remove the foot from my mouth...