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Luke1985 said:
They are indeed, and to say they have an utter crap turning circle is a gross understatment! They're way too overweight due to the strengthening of chassis as its a ragtop. Chassis is based on the old fiesta, hence the 1.6 duratec is used rather than the better 2.0 duratec as theres just no room. Its a shoehorn for the 1.6 as is (which is why the turning circle is crap as along with the 16" alloys, theres just no room in the arches). Gearbox is lifeless too - so unresponsive. You can hardly tell its in gear!

Only good thing going for the car is the heated leather seats ;)

From memory - it's a 1.6, but's not a duratec.. think it's 8v?
 
i would save me money and go for a coupe or a barchetta to be honest. they look better are definatly not girly and can actually go fast.

then spend the rest on tinting the windows, decent alloys with run flats, engine tuning and decent exhaust.
 
T14086 said:
Good fun on country lanes & around town though,handles very well.

From a sample of 1 (as I've only seen 1 of them), a few years ago I occasionally saw a StreetKa on country lanes. Now it might be because it was being driven by the target market (young lady who goes for looks and doesn't care or notice the performance or handling), but it was slow, very slow. I always caught it up so fast in my Punto, which only had 60bhp and skinny tyres. But then again, I caught up a lot of other cars pretty fast as well - those drivers scared of slight bends...
 
i love country lanes. I always take my car to the country lanes round dunham before work. I have had so much practice on the lanes near me. I would like to think i know exactly how to handle each corner in various conditions. but you never know so you treat them as a new corner each time.

I need some new lanes to go on as the ones you always drive on loose there fun after you have driven them about a hundred times.

the cinq was fun on the lanes. but the bravo is more fun as its quicker. however they have both scarred the hell out of me many times. which just makes me want to drive more often
 
Gav said:
From a sample of 1 (as I've only seen 1 of them), a few years ago I occasionally saw a StreetKa on country lanes. Now it might be because it was being driven by the target market (young lady who goes for looks and doesn't care or notice the performance or handling), but it was slow, very slow. I always caught it up so fast in my Punto, which only had 60bhp and skinny tyres. But then again, I caught up a lot of other cars pretty fast as well - those drivers scared of slight bends...

Drive one yourself,hardly a comparision seeing one is it? Daily we had customers in the showroom saying they are rubbish (all the KA range) but a quickly arranged test drive normally resulted in them buying one!
 
I agree. People who have never driven them always say "It's a Ford, it's crap" etc.
If you actually drive one it handles pretty well. The 1.3 is certainly no ball of flame, but you don't need to slow down for corners!
H
 
I quite like the look of the Street Ka. Never driven a Ka but heard positive things from folks who have. If I wanted a bit of open air fun would go for the cheaper end of the market like MX5 (rag top) or X1/9 (Targa) or even Rabid Cabrio (rag top) cause i'm a glutton for punishment :D
 
tbh in my own opinion if i won one i would sell it and buy a used westfield. thats what i would do. i would not even consider buying one....lol
 
i would'nt say there was anything wrong with a 94bhp 1.6 8v engine, however if it was a 16v its kinda weak. plus its a convertible so its heavy, slow and prob not all the impressive in the corners as most other fords
 
dillinger39 said:
westfield yamaha the one three cars down in black 150bhp in car weighing less than 500kg's.

i know what i would choose

well the way ive seen you drive round bolton it would never see 5th gear!

that car would be wasted on you :p
 
AppleSei said:
well the way ive seen you drive round bolton it would never see 5th gear!

that car would be wasted on you :p

I agree totally...

It might not ever need to see third. :p
 
well unlike you two i have already driven a westfield

and also (licence permiting and money permiting as true driving on real courses for real legal speed) i will be using it to compete in a few months at harewood hill climb, and hopefully next year for three sisters sprinting.

so

firstly british roads are not designed for speeding they are designed for getting from a-b.

secondly you have 50 approx years of motoring and only a certain amount of points before you get your licence removed so you should drive to protect your licence.

thirdly to compete you need no convictions or things on your record to apply for an msa licence.



so i would rather drive slow and cautiously and be allowed to have fun on the track than fast and dangerously, endangering my life and joe publics life. am sure any law abiding driver on here one hundred percent agrees with me. so therefore the way i drive on the track is legal as well as on the road. the limits are there to protect your life and the lives off others.

and plus it aint none of your business how i choose to drive
 
dillinger39 said:
well unlike you two i have already driven a westfield

and also (licence permiting and money permiting as true driving on real courses for real legal speed) i will be using it to compete in a few months at harewood hill climb, and hopefully next year for three sisters sprinting.

so

firstly british roads are not designed for speeding they are designed for getting from a-b.

secondly you have 50 approx years of motoring and only a certain amount of points before you get your licence removed so you should drive to protect your licence.

thirdly to compete you need no convictions or things on your record to apply for an msa licence.



so i would rather drive slow and cautiously and be allowed to have fun on the track than fast and dangerously, endangering my life and joe publics life. am sure any law abiding driver on here one hundred percent agrees with me. so therefore the way i drive on the track is legal as well as on the road. the limits are there to protect your life and the lives off others.

and plus it aint none of your business how i choose to drive

In other words your an old woman driver, which youve just admitted practically :p and you can crash and die on the track as well i wouldnt call it eaxcalty 'safe' driving on a track either :rolleyes: and how do you know i havent driven a westie?
 
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in other words i like to look after my car, me and others.






am not surprised that people in my age band don't belive in this. but i suppose.......i must just be a considerate driver and not a danger to people within 500 yards of my car when ever am near it.
 
Driving slow can be as much of a haxard as driving fast, you can crash and die on the track as well i wouldnt call it eaxcalty 'safe' driving on a track either :rolleyes: and how do you know i havent driven a westie?
 
i didn't know if you have or haven't...have you?

am not going to argue there are people who drive fast and there are people who drive within the law. am the one who drives within the law. how you drive is up to you. but if it is wasted on me atleast its not a hairdressrs car. with as much power as a suped up lawnmower
 
We had a SportKa for about a year and it was a great little car, chassis was IMO on of the best FWD ones I have ever driven and could have easily handled loads more power.. which is probably why we traded it in for a Ford Racing Puma ;)

http://groups.msn.com/TheWonderfulWorldOfLooPoo/spook.msnw

The thing is, these days I think young drivers are brought up on a diet of Max Power magazines thinking FUN=POWER but it's just not true, I consider our FIAT 126 to be one of the most fun cars to drive I have ever owned.

Jonathan
 
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