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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: BazaJT on 16 October 2013, 19:42:06
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A mechanic[should that be technician?]friend of mine returned yesterday from one of the many courses he attends with the news that Ford are going to kill off the Ka,and won't be replacing it.So this will leave the Fiesta as Fords small?car.Apparently it's said Ford are rationalising their range and there is no room for the Ka in their plans.Could it be that they've decided to knock it on the head because it's being out sold by the Fiat 500[same car,slight styling changes and different badges]?
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
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It was a total munter of a car from day one. That they sold any is testimony to the fact that there are a minority for whom cars "aren't really their thing", who will go out and buy the first thing they see with a Ford badge on it because that's what they've always done. ::)
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Its a shame , i really liked those Ka's as well as the bug eyed Scorpio :'(
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Ka did a great job for young drivers and elderly ladies - my 78 year old aunt has a W reg Ka - both still going strong and cheap to run. If I remember correctly Ford gave free insurance on these including 17 year olds - late 90's era.
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
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It's a change to see Ford doing something rational.... :-\
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
Granada Scorpios were my ideal cars from 1980s and up to 2001 - had 4 I think.
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
Granada Scorpios were my ideal cars from 1980s and up to 2001 - had 4 I think.
my first experience was my mates in 2002. it was a G reg and when I say it had all the toys..... wow..... it would put bmw's to shame! EVERYTHING was electric. and I specifically remember the comfort of the big leather seats.
it was also mahoosive! even bigger than the mig. 3.0L iirc
lovely car!!!
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
Granada Scorpios were my ideal cars from 1980s and up to 2001 - had 4 I think.
my first experience was my mates in 2002. it was a G reg and when I say it had all the toys..... wow..... it would put bmw's to shame! EVERYTHING was electric. and I specifically remember the comfort of the big leather seats.
it was also mahoosive! even bigger than the mig. 3.0L iirc
lovely car!!!
I had one with electric rear seats - yes all the toys - with 2 kids and large dog the Hatchback version was unbeatable for those of us who did not want a clumpy looking estate.
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The saloon always looked smart...
http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-pictures/ford-granada-1992-scorpio-24v-a-picture_3251757
Had three, two dark grey, one dark blue. The K reg Cosworth Scorpio saloon in graphite that I had gives the Omega a good run in the 'Best car I ever had' list 8)
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Maybe they will bring back the scorpio or similar large car, I had 2 grandads a 92 2ltr twin cam ghia and one of the very last 2.9 IA scorpio's before the frog eye, it had everything even the 2ltr was a quick car for the size. :)
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
A what? is that a medical procedure? it certainly sounds like it..... ::) ::) Had you said, Cortina, Capri, Escort or Corsaire then you would have earned great respect, but you didn't so........ :P :P :P
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Glad to see it go. They're shite! Well....I only have experience if the Mark I's. But the latest Ka looks shite so that's a good enough reason to drop it
Have you actually driven one Webby?
I've been driven in one. and worked on two. didn't really need to take the reigns to form an opinion. the second one I worked on (which was actually only a couple of weeks ago) was spewing oil......from virtually everywhere.
Don't get me wrong... i'm actually a ford man. we have a fusion. and touch wood its a great car.
I also like the scorpios...... even the bug eyed ones that TG always slam ::) similar to the omega in many ways.
A what? is that a medical procedure? it certainly sounds like it..... ::) ::) Had you said, Cortina, Capri, Escort or Corsaire then you would have earned great respect, but you didn't so........ :P :P :P
;D ;D
Well I didn't want to say anything but I am officially part man, part woman. hence why I struggle with some of the tighter bolts sometimes :-[ ;D ;D ;D
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I had a corsair .... 2.0 HC v4 , with a 3.0 essex v6 transplanted in to it.
oppsing awful to be honest, but i was 17 , and even more stupid than i am today
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The KA wont be a great loss, the Mk1 was a pig awful car where bits fell off in your hand and the engines rattled straight off the end of the production line.
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(http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2010/05/06/01/12/1998_ford_scorpio-pic-8192774798036752960.jpeg)
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Doctor for Mr EMD.....
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Doctor for Mr EMD.....
I like the unusual , thats why i bought 3 Omega's ;D
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Im sure there was an uglier car than the Scorpio made at some time,but I honestly cant think what it might have been. ::) ;D
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They would have done better to keep making the Granada Scorpio !
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They would have done better to keep making the Granada Scorpio !
That would have been more rational..... ;)
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They would have done better to keep making the Granada Scorpio !
That would have been more rational..... ;)
I believe Ford thought that the Mundane was able enough to fill the space that the out going Scorpio left
........ that was according to a lad from across the road that worked for a Ford dealership at the time the Scorpio was killed off :-\
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Doctor for Mr EMD.....
Doctor ?,men in white coats more like,that thing is a munter to look at,although to be fair the interiors were lovely
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Doctor for Mr EMD.....
Doctor ?,men in white coats more like,that thing is a munter to look at,although to be fair the interiors were lovely
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But the look grows on you :) Pity they suffered the same rot problems as the old scorpio :( wheel arches
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Im sure there was an uglier car than the Scorpio made at some time,but I honestly cant think what it might have been. ::) ;D
And the even uglier son of the Scorpio was...................
(http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbimages/zgas/models/id/14879/2002_fiat_multipla.jpg)
;D ;D ;D
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Turbo technics did a twin turbo kit for the 2.9 and it gave it 340 horses. 8) :o :)
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They would have done better to keep making the Granada Scorpio !
Agreed, the only reason they canned the Fugly Frog was that they couldn't sell any.
And there is only one reason that they didn't sell... our beloved Omega, which is the car Ford should have replaced the Mk3 Granada with ::)
A touch ironic really, as in the end the Omega replaced it anyway :-\
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Turbo technics did a twin turbo kit for the 2.9 and it gave it 340 horses. 8) :o :)
Not sure about the 2.9, but certainly, the 2.3 and 2.8 Cologne lumps could also be stroked to 3.7 litres without drama 8)
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Turbo technics did a twin turbo kit for the 2.9 and it gave it 340 horses. 8) :o :)
Lol,just done the heads on a Brooklyns 280 Capri that has the Turbo technics conversion on it,its bloody scary when it comes on boost(and a normal Capri is scary enough) ::) ;)
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A standard 1.6 crossflow was more than enough for that chassis. ;D
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A standard 1.3 crossflow was more than enough for that chassis. ;D
Fixed :y
A mate of mine had one ::) God it was gutless ;D
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I really liked the Frog-Faced Scorpio. I know TG slated it. but their opinion (although amusing) doesn't mean anything to me. was as loaded with goodies as the mig as far as I know
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Probably not a bad car to drive,as you were sat inside it and couldn't see what it looked like. :y ;D
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Probably not a bad car to drive,as you were sat inside it and couldn't see what it looked like. :y ;D
Dad had an Ash Black R reg 2.3 Ultima estate for a spell. The seats were nicer than the earlier ones, but the dash was hideous, and quite cluttered compared to the Granada :-\ he was about to get the body work done when the heater matrix burst over his leg on the A11. On those it really is a dash out job, the guesstimate for fixing it was near twice the body work one, so he scrapped it :-\
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I really liked the Frog-Faced Scorpio. I know TG slated it. but their opinion (although amusing) doesn't mean anything to me. was loaded with goodies more than the mig as far as I know
Fixed that for you. :y ;D The scorpio and the ghia had a real heated screen too. :y
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I really liked the Frog-Faced Scorpio. I know TG slated it. but their opinion (although amusing) doesn't mean anything to me. was loaded with goodies more than the mig as far as I know
Fixed that for you. :y ;D The scorpio and the ghia had a real heated screen too. :y
;D :y
i;'d definitely buy one if i could get one in good nick. not many about though i think
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A mate of mine has a couple of Ultima V6s. Both of them have the wiring loom to the auto box running down the Vee of the engine and over the top of the gearbox. On both of them, the insulation in this section of loom has crumbled away. Engine+box out and lots of soldering to graft in a replacement section of loom. ::)
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I had 2 Granadas, loved them both, also had the frog eyed Scorpio 2.9 Cosworth . That car could shift!!
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I had 2 granada's,a 2.8 scorpio with the full rs factory bodykit,and a 2.8 4x4 scorpio.
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Having had an XR4x4, I always fancied a 4x4 Granada, but never got around to it :-\
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I found the xr4x4 more economical than the 4x4 scorpio,still managed to have them both sideways at times :D :D
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The XR4x4 was a tail happy as an over excited spaniel when booted out of greasy side roads :D
The Granadas were as easy to slide wgen provoked, but a bit wallowy ::) the notable exception being the Cosworth, which had much better body control :y
Had mine lasted more than 3 months :-[ I would have swapped the slush box for the 4x4 running gear...
195bhp and four wheel drive :)
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I really liked the Frog-Faced Scorpio. I know TG slated it. but their opinion (although amusing) doesn't mean anything to me. was loaded with goodies more than the mig as far as I know
Fixed that for you. :y ;D The scorpio and the ghia had a real heated screen too. :y
;D :y
i;'d definitely buy one if i could get one in good nick. not many about though i think
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There's a few about , rotten back wheel arches are common :( Angle grind it all off and replace with new arches .. job jobbed :y