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Ford Ka

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  • 25-03-2008 4:07pm
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    Weaselator
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Just a quick one, the o/h is considering a 00 one of these. Won't be doing a whole lot of driving probably under 5,000 miles a year, anything I should be aware of? or any horror stories or recommendations?

    Cheers


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,243 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Try and get one with power steering, makes parking that much easier. 1.3 litre engine is old but is generally easy and cheap to fix. Interior is pretty basic but functional, rear leg room is pretty tight but it is a city car after all. Ka is based on the old Fiesta so servicing and parts are pretty cheap.


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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    <5k a year. Isn't tiny mileage a good justification for buying a better car rahter than one where it might not even have p/s

    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Opel/Omega/2.0-XEV/974720/

    She'll love the auto box and leahter.


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    There was a thread earlier this month about Kas: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055248772


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    Firetrap
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    Whoops. Didn't spot the earlier thread. Just my tuppence worth - avoid. Fun car to drive but dodgy as hell.


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    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I never really liked them to look at, and at the price range the 2000 models seem to go at, you could pick up a fiesta for similar money, and probably with the 1.25zetec, much better engine.


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    Weaselator
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭Weaselator


    Cheers for that lads, didn't see the earlier thread, did a search but didn't find it. I'll have a look thru that one.

    As for cantdecide, thanks for the suggestion mate but doubt it'd suit! :D
    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I never really liked them to look at, and at the price range the 2000 models seem to go at, you could pick up a fiesta for similar money, and probably with the 1.25zetec, much better engine.
    Good shout, open to other suggestion too guys.


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    littlenibbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭littlenibbles


    Check out carzone there's a few with decent mileage NCT etc


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    klaus23
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭klaus23


    Cracking drive, 1.3 is torquey enough around town.

    Watch for irregular servicing IIRC, the plugs can rust into the block.


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    klaus23 wrote: »
    Cracking drive, 1.3 is torquey enough around town.

    Yeah it's grand around town. Not so great overtaking on single carriageways though - you need a good long straight! Any 1.0 OHC engine is going to have similar trouble in this field though, and a Ka is like 200kg lighter than a Fiesta so shouldn't be as bad as mine.


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    Cionád
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭Cionád


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I never really liked them to look at, and at the price range the 2000 models seem to go at, you could pick up a fiesta for similar money, and probably with the 1.25zetec, much better engine.

    +1

    Tis a cracking little engine.


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    Firetrap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Firetrap


    If you do decide to go for one, keep an ear out for the tick-tick sound of the tappets. That was a problem with older Kas.


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