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Andyboy
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Clearly it is - because I had one for two years and 63'000 miles. That, I believe, is pretty conclusive! I've lost count of the number of Ka's passing me on the motorway when I'm doing 85-90. Indeed, one passed me on the way down to Essex on Saturday I was doing 90 mph on my old 730i and was passed by a red Ka? I remember this because of two fit Birds on board:-) Doing exactly 202 miles from my house to Southampton in 2 hours 20 minutes. That's an average of 86 mph (M1, M42, M40, A34) when I went to school! BTW 100 mph in a Ka is 4750 rpm in 5th, something it will do for hours on end (mine did.....). This is pretty much flat out because 60 bhp won't push it much faster. |
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I've had 2 Ka's (non v-tec) and they are brilliant. Engine is torquey so you can ease into 5th at just over 30, 3rd is very flexible for around town stuff. MPG is 43 - 48. They buzz along at 90MPH no probs and no dreaded BM steering wheel shimmy. Seats are OK for about 250 mile journey in a day. Put the back seats down and you have an amazing amount of space for such a small body. Because the wheels are at each corner, roadholding is just great. Had a/c on both BTW which is a nice feature. 10K mile or 12 month service interval and neither car burnt oil.
The Ka is a great car and does what it says on the tin. |
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Peter Fenwick
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No frills motoring for a decent price with styling that stands out from the crown and a bit of fun thrown in. I had a Ka as a courtesy car once and it was a good little car. |
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Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel.
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Andyboy
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I bought mine because I'd been renting them from
my local Ford dealer for 2-3 years and at £120 a month it worked out cheaper to buy one on the drip and put it down as a motoring expense. For doing 2-300 miles a day it was ideal - didn't need to rent anything bigger TBH and the Fiesta felt like a dog slow turd in comparison - must be quite a lot heavier. All I did with mine was to replace the standard crap radio with 5000 Series CD player from the Ka3. Mine didn't have PAS btw but for whatever reason had the taller FD of the PAS model (3.58:1). |
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