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Elder wrote:
If the details are right and it has full history?
http://smallr.com/3d5

Just get an MX-5 and be done with it.


No no, if you want _that_ sort of car, get a Ka...


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.


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.

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

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"Elder" wrote in message
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If the details are right and it has full history?
http://smallr.com/3d5

With the arse ache I'm having with the replacement alarm and even
higher
petrol prices going on and on and on, time maybe for something a
little
newer with a lot less miles and a more reliable history.

Well, whilst that is newer and less leggy than yours, it's still well
over
10 years old, built in the run when Mercs were at their absolute
worst,
with almost 100,000 miles on it. Just give in and get a Saxo diesel or
something.

Ha Ha, I never met Carl, but I know from his postings he's taller,
heavier
and has bigger feet than me! I'd pay to see him commute in a Saxo Diesel
;-)

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.

thinks Bet it's the side impact funkiness.

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.

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

In article ,
says...
i ****ing hate alarms, the one on my BM started doing just what yours does
after a year of having it and my sisters fabia has always done it too.

The cheap philips one in the old 900 was great, the Cobra in the 9000
lasted 15 years, and I can't remember what it was in the GT4 but it
never failed, as did the older one in the Celsior. It is just this
Gemini in the that is causing grief.

It annoys me more than anything else that I paid a reputable company
recommended to me to do the job, and it just won't work.

They even told me last week when they swapped the main box "Yeah, it is
fixed now, the old one had a fault when we tested it".
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article , says...

TBH there shouldn't be any need to borrow.

You don't have a mortgage do you?
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Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

"Elder" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
i ****ing hate alarms, the one on my BM started doing just what yours
does
after a year of having it and my sisters fabia has always done it too.

The cheap philips one in the old 900 was great, the Cobra in the 9000
lasted 15 years, and I can't remember what it was in the GT4 but it
never failed, as did the older one in the Celsior. It is just this
Gemini in the that is causing grief.

It annoys me more than anything else that I paid a reputable company
recommended to me to do the job, and it just won't work.

They even told me last week when they swapped the main box "Yeah, it is
fixed now, the old one had a fault when we tested it".


Presumably you've since asked for a refund...? If they told you it was
fixed, and charged you accordingly, when of course it isn't - I'd be asking
for my money back.

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

In article ,
says...
Well, whilst that is newer and less leggy than yours, it's still well over
10 years old, built in the run when Mercs were at their absolute worst, with
almost 100,000 miles on it. Just give in and get a Saxo diesel or
something. I know you want to be different etc etc but you're just making
your life difficult and stressful un-necessarily.

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.
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article 7deb1a50-a705-4b65-ab57-ac71242653fe@
79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com, says...
I used to commute 200 miles a day in an AX Diesel - I'm 6'3" and have
a penchant for pies.

I did a 240 mile non stop run in a Favorit with bucket seats, rally
suspension, and sciatica @ 40mpg and approx 75-80mph, but I wouldn't
want to do it every day.
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Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article ,
says...
Elder wrote:
If the details are right and it has full history?
http://smallr.com/3d5

Yes. It's overpriced for trade, but not mentally so for private - weirdly..

Nice spec, other than being diesel.


I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that for the thump thump drag to
work I'm going to need to move to dirty power just to keep affording to
do it.

I'm not getting an uncomfortable tiny little hatch that doesn't handle
with a boat anchor at the front though. I might consider a Mk3 Golf TD
or the equivalent passat or audi 80, but I couldn't do smaller and the
golf would feel cramped (the MK4 did, even though I had adjustment to
spare it was all two closed in, in the golf I tested and the Octavia I
owned).

I know diesel costs more than petrol, but it lasts longer too.
Even in a bigger car like that.

I saved £25 a week switching to the Saab, and while I've improved the
MPG to just shy of 30 mixed, petrol has gone up too. So in another 3
months at this rate I'll still be paying £60 a week.
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

DanB wrote:

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.

Is she pretty? DSTIUTA? And most importantly: JPGs?

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Douglas

"Douglas Payne" wrote in message
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DanB wrote:

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.

Is she pretty? DSTIUTA? And most importantly: JPGs?


Yes, I dunno but she is pretty dirty, no I think she'd be angry :-)

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65