I used to commute 200 miles a day in an AX Diesel - I'm 6'3" and have a penchant for pies.
*****The AX footwell always seemed a little spacious to me compared with the Saxo. Perhaps it's crash protection; the AX was wider inside.
Bet it's the side impact funkiness.
"DervMan" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Seriously.
Ugh, that sounds even more horrid than the non-turbo BX I had years ago. Saying that it would do a ton and stay there all day if you got a long enough road to wind the speed up on.
Mike P
Dervy - what's the Ka like for mpg so long as it's not caned? My missus tested one yesterday and fell in love with it.
I'm going to buy an older MX-5 that I can play with and mod, and a Ka for the missus as she likes them. Should have them both by the middle of next week.
Mike P
"Mike P" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Non-turbo BX diesels could be had with either the 1.7 or 1.9 - and weighed about 60% of an XM...
Still, at least we never saw the 1.1 BX that the Italian market got...
The tax break specials I suppose. The last time we were in Italy, every other Italian young male had a 14x 1.4 Twin Spark. A pity that engine never made it over here, because whilst small, they sounded great and have bags more character than other similar small stuff.
Heh, I couldn't find any RWD auto convertible Kas.
Mine was a C reg 1.7 non-turbo.
Mike P
At the risk of sounding all nerdy and stuff, it depends on the precise model, but here's a good place to start:
That's the PAS Endura-E, the least economical of the 1.3s. Non-PAS Endura-Es (if there are any left) are noticeably better. Later models with air conditioning are marginally better than ours. Without, 3 to 4 mpg better, like for like - but hot in the summer.
We'd see 30 mpg in the winter if used for short runs, but only once dropped below. I could top 50 being gentle on my commute.
Good order on both, really. When I was researching the Ka back in 2000 /
2001, yeah I could have bought something more economical, but economy wasn't the top priority (otherwise I'd have bought a Lupo SDI). Kermy was cheap to fix on the rare occasions when something broke, cheap to insure with all modifications, great fun plus Charlie liked driving it too.Would I have another? Yes absolutely. Why not? Because I'd immediately start to modify it. The most successful modifications I made were 185/60s on Ford 13 5.5Js (not on the styling I admit), the suspension and the brace, and the Morettes. I just know that the modifications won't end. I never did get around to...
Mind you that could help things get back on topic, although I daresay some newsgroup readers would think they'd be having a field day. ;-)
Dang; I still miss him and it'll have been three years this November.
You could make one..? That brings us nicely back on topic...
I know somebody who had one. It had a little snail badge stuck on the back.
Cheers for the info Dervy, much appreciated.
Mike P
Urgh... we got the 1.3 Montego and Sierra instead.
I deliberately missed out the Mk2 Cavalier 1.3, as these performed reasonably well for something on paper that looked a bit underpowered.
-- JackH
It was actually pretty comfy, and being the 1.5 it wasn't too slow either.
I remember it being worse in terms of the pedals than the 106s I've had, anyway.
-- JackH
Yes. It's overpriced for trade, but not mentally so for private - weirdly.
Nice spec, other than being diesel.
even a late W124 is pretty indestructable, I know them well. cheap insurance too. up to 1995 is pretty safe, after that you're in the realms of tatty rusty T and V reg cars....
A friend of mine recently traded in her old Endura-E engined Ka for a newer Duratec one. She says it's loads faster and doesn't use as much fuel. Obviously, her version of loads faster, may not match ours :-)
Of course, the new engine wasn't her reason for changing, she's just earning more now, and wanted a new one, so she bought a pretty new (think 56 plate or something), shiny black Luxury Ka. I think it's Luxury, the model, it has leather, aircon, quite nice alloys, leccy windows and stuff, and had done something like 5k miles. She's over the moon with it.
It was actually pretty comfy, and being the 1.5 it wasn't too slow either.
I remember it being worse in terms of the pedals than the 106s I've had, anyway.
*******************************************************I'm a size 10 shoe, and always wear fat skate shoes and the like, and I can drive a Saxo/106 without a problem. The first few times I drove one it was an issue, but then you just seem to be able to learn to do it. I did anyway, you lot might not be as awesome as me though.
You don't have a mortgage do you?
I just want something that I fit and can afford to fuel. What I need is, something as small on the outside as the Favorit for parking. With the visibility all round of the Rangie With the space on the inside of the Celsior With the boot space of the 900 With the performance of the 9000 With the handling of the GT4 With the reliability and fuel economy of the Octavia and finally with the purchase price of the Estelle.
Any suggestions? No need to carry the weight of the servers any more, we have the Cherokee at work.
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