I drove Pintos on several occassions and had no trouble.Really wanted to buy the excellent condkition used 1976? Rallye Pinto wagon with V6 from a local lot sometime around 1985?; but someone else bought it while I was trying to scrape up the money. And they wrecked it very soon afterwards. The V6 Pintos had plenty of power for hills.I wouldn’t be ashamed or afraid to drive a Pinto today if it was in good condition.
My Pintos were V6s.