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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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To: woerm
Mine, a ‘95 2 door, finally died after a 170k+ miles and three accidents of varying degrees of dents and scrapes. It had a brake lockup problem on the front wheels. Was still getting 30+ mpg, but was ugly as sin...........
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:05:11 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
As a commuter, it is okay. I agree with you that on the highway it would be an express ticket to the afterlife.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:05:43 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: woerm
You do know that it is actually a KIA, made in Korea?.............
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:06:14 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: tgusa
He should have gotten her an automatic. 55 is much too late to start the learning curve for a manual.............
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:08:25 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: tgusa
They LOVE it in Mexico City. I wasn’t there long enough to really get a feel for it (I had never seen one, and I did not drive one), but it must have a pretty good power/weight ratio, because my friends there kept talking about how powerful it was.
Gotta remember, now, lots of cars in Mexico city are tiny, and traffic is often so bad it takes an hour to go twenty miles on the divided highways/roads. Motor scooters and motorcycles are a popular choice there, too.
Several small models and makes (from Europe) I had never heard of before...
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:08:40 AM PST
by
HeadOn
(Lord, please save us from Socialism.)
To: VeniVidiVici
Soon.....patience......soon................
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:09:18 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; All
Ja,
I look at Kia Rio/Sportage and just don’t get the same ‘CHARGE’ attitude.
BTW, I’ve always considered the Aspire forte to be the open highway
see “CHARGE”
Like I said I wish they still built the Aspire or something like it here in the US.
Woerm
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:09:56 AM PST
by
woerm
(student of history)
To: Red Badger
You don’t see many auto trannies in the UK. I rented one my first trip over there and it cost almost twice as much as the manual. In any event, agree w/ you that at 55, learning the intricacies of the manual would be tough.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:11:33 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Army Air Corps
It’s a powered skateboard, not a rollerskate, the Original bug was a powered rollerskate ;-).
Woerm
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:13:19 AM PST
by
woerm
(student of history)
To: HeadOn
The folks at Thrifty next to Heathrow upgraded me to a turbo-diesel 4WD Montero (Brit version) on one of my trips over there. I felt like I was King of the Road, at least until I had to find a parking place. Just couldn’t bring myself to rent one of those very small autos - I drive an F-150 here.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:15:48 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: woerm
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:16:59 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: tgusa
“Montero” = Shogun. Had to look it up, can never remember that model.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:18:01 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: woerm
The vehicle I drive now is the 2000 KIA Sportage. Runs like a champ................
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:20:30 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: tgusa
...at 55, learning the intricacies of the manual would be tough. I learned at 18 the hard way. I was left in a situation where I had to learn all by myself to drive a manual. I had to take a friend's car from his work to his house about 10 miles away, but didn't know it was a manual til I got in it and he was gone..............
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:24:39 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
His senior staff isnt so sure. He should fire his senior staff. Because of them we never got the Puma. The styling may be a little dated now, but there was nothing like it in the Ford stable in 2002.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:24:49 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
To: Red Badger; All
Hmmm,
Sportage, I may have to look into that one again.
The Rio just didn’t look like my kind of ride though.
Will say again KIA builds some tough vehicles.
Woerm
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:26:15 AM PST
by
woerm
(student of history)
To: woerm
Their cars are fugly, but their SUVs are solid..................
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:27:38 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
I had one as a rental in Uk one trip, it was just fine on both regular roads and expressways. Ford did some
funny ads for them
not PC for sure. Not for cat lovers either.
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:34:24 AM PST
by
1066AD
To: 1066AD
THAT IS FUNNY!............
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posted on
01/13/2009 11:38:51 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
Looks like a Festiva painted blue. We saw two recently purchased Ford SUVs on our way home from a doctors appointment this morning...
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posted on
01/13/2009 12:00:19 PM PST
by
tubebender
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