TheInsanity1234 wrote: If I get a Ka...
... people will laugh at you.
Silk wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote: If I get a Ka...
... people will laugh at you.
akirk wrote:it is but I was more thinking of the colour matching - besides they are both small pink convertibles
Alasdair
WhoseGeneration wrote:akirk wrote:it is but I was more thinking of the colour matching - besides they are both small pink convertibles
Alasdair
There's a problem with small and pink?
That'd only be if one was concerned with what others might think. So, why would one be concerned with that?
I doubt our Insane one would be concerned about what others might think. Seems to me he's one who knows his own mind as regards what others might think about any choice he might make.
He's just asking about a specific model of car and whether that might be a good choice as a first car in terms of running it and what might be any pitfalls.
Silk wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote: If I get a Ka...
... people will laugh at you.
WhoseGeneration wrote:akirk wrote:it is but I was more thinking of the colour matching - besides they are both small pink convertibles
Alasdair
There's a problem with small and pink?
That'd only be if one was concerned with what others might think. So, why would one be concerned with that?
I doubt our Insane one would be concerned about what others might think. Seems to me he's one who knows his own mind as regards what others might think about any choice he might make.
He's just asking about a specific model of car and whether that might be a good choice as a first car in terms of running it and what might be any pitfalls.
akirk wrote:no problem at all (speaking as one who has owned a bright banana yellow small convertible in the past! - and a Gold range rover - line up to share your jokes!) - it was a little bit of humour
Alasdair
akirk wrote:no problem at all (speaking as one who has owned a bright banana yellow small convertible in the past! - and a Gold range rover - line up to share your jokes!) - it was a little bit of humour
Alasdair
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:....nudging 100k miles when the coolant hose fell off and threw the coolant everywhere a few months ago. It was still drive-able, but the heater and all the blowers were packed up, which meant it was dangerous to drive as you couldn't demist the windscreen on the move!
But she says that was the first major failure they had with their Ka ...
That's hardly a "major failure". A hose, which should probably have been replaced years before, perished and split. Routine inspections and regular maintenance would almost certainly have prevented that from happening. In days gone by, savvy motorists would probably have carried a spare in the car with them, but hoses are made of sterner stuff (like Kevlar) these days, and the DIY spirit of car owners is weaker.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:But the issue is the fact it somehow messed up the controls for fans and whatnot, which turned a simple job into a major case of replacing many bits in the engine bay.
WhoseGeneration wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:But the issue is the fact it somehow messed up the controls for fans and whatnot, which turned a simple job into a major case of replacing many bits in the engine bay.
Hearsay about one example is never a reason to discount that model. Look on any forum about any model, you'd never buy anything.
In this thread you've had pointers to the basic problems with the previous generation Ka, now it's up to you to decide whether or not to persue that choice.
One tip, learn about maintenance, especially preventative maintenance. Modern cars are pretty good but they are not, despite how most treat them, just white goods.
Gromit37 wrote:Silk wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote: If I get a Ka...
... people will laugh at you.
Says the man who drives a Peugeot 308... a car with less street credibility than a man wearing a pink leotard and matching tutu whilst doing chicken impressions in Trafalgar Square.
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