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Ford's Mulally Still Likes Ka for U.S.--Detroit Auto Show
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| 1-12-2009
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Posted on 01/13/2009 10:23:21 AM PST by Red Badger
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Pahk da Ka in Havahd Yahd and go play cahds..........
To: sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; sausageseller; ...
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL KnOcK LIST just FReepmail me.....
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:25:08 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
The Ka is a P.O.S. You have to see it next to a real car to appreciate how tiny it is. The Brits HATE it.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:27:02 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Red Badger
Buy two.
Have a garage full of Ka Ka.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:27:40 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
To: N. Theknow
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:28:10 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: tgusa
“The Brits HATE it.”
It doesn't use Lucas!:)
To: Red Badger
Ka-runch
Ka-lission
Ka-rash
Ka-reamed
Ka-put
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:31:23 AM PST
by
getarope
(1-20-2009: God Help America)
To: tgusa
It can’t be worse than the old Ford Aspire that I drove for 10 years and lived to tell the tale.............
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:31:54 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: getarope
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:33:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: getarope
To: Red Badger
Don’t go ultra-small, just sell us the same damn diesels you do in Europe. Is that too much to freaking ask?
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:43:18 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Barack Obama is a Disney character. His wife - a product of Marvel Comics.)
To: Red Badger
The Aspire and the Festiva were rollerskates with engines. I drove a Fiesta as a loaner many years ago - the cornering was frightening at 10mph.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:50:13 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Fiesta should be Festiva.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:50:41 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: VeniVidiVici
I agree. GM could do it with their Saturn division because it is basically the American branch of Opel/Vuaxhall and there are a number of Diesel Opels and Vauxhalls. Ford could sell their Euro Diesels here. Hell, if they sold the Euro Sport Focus here in the States that would be a damned sight better than the underpowered Focus that we get here.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:53:52 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Other than the fact that my Aspire was a deathtrap, it was a pertty good old car. Just back and forth to work and around town, no highway trips.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:55:54 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Army Air Corps
My husband had his first visit to Europe last month. He was really mad at how many cars (or variations of the same cars) they had that we can’t get here.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:57:42 AM PST
by
conservative cat
("So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:58:44 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: VeniVidiVici
just sell us the same damn diesels you do in EuropeIIRC, it's a matter of the quality of diesel we refine, not the cars.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:59:13 AM PST
by
llevrok
(Obama will never be in my spell check dictionary.)
To: Red Badger
A Brit friend of mine, retired from the RN, got married for the first time at about age 55. His new wife had never learned to drive, so he bought her a Ka and set about the task of teaching her how to drive. She burned out the clutch before she got the hang of it. My suggestion was that he just cut holes in the floorboards so she could do the Fred Flintstone thing.
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posted on
01/13/2009 10:59:57 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Red Badger; All
I currently drive a 97 Aspire 5speed.
Love it, wish they still made them.
Mine is about to hit 100K, I’d replace it w/ a Ka in a heart beat (with the diesel preferably).
Ford has a long track record of building tough little cars.
I just wish they would build them here.
the 97 Aspire has had in 11+years under $2500 direct heavy maint (half shafts, clutch (1) and a pair of brake jobs).
still gets over 35mpg on the highway (ave speeds 65/70mph).
Woerm
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:01:55 AM PST
by
woerm
(student of history)
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