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Old 27-12-2008, 01:49 PM
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Default hey guys wot are ka`s like as a runabout

hey guys just wondered wot they are like as a little runabout, havent got a car at the mo and seen one for 450 quid, its a ka2....
Old 27-12-2008, 02:04 PM
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my missus has got 1,its small,cramped and fuckin gutless powerwise but if you doing a couple of miles a day no mither,but its cheap to insure and run,20quid fuel does her 2weeks
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cool, i just did an online quote with churchill and its only 149 quid insurance, fook me.. i might get it...
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cheap cheap cheap
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cheap enough at that price
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do you reckon its worth 450 on a t reg before i go and get it, hee hee

Old 27-12-2008, 02:15 PM
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i have used my mums one for the last year its fun about town shopping taking kids to school
only thing i dont like is its a bit gutless but its not often i take it up the motorway

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Old 27-12-2008, 02:41 PM
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looks alreet,my missus is a treg,8shades of yellow,a million dints,rusty fuel cap so dat looks alreet ha!
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fucking sure it is i sell 99 ka's at a grand all day long if there tidy and presentable
Old 27-12-2008, 04:10 PM
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Check for rust, but at that price it's a steal.
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looks a bargain at that price mate has it got m.o.t.if so snap it up if its clean
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check the sill's around the filler cap(although it look's good) an the bottom of the a post's. that seem's to be the worst area's that i've seen on em..
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great little things for chucking around
gutless but what do you expect
can be a bit of a cunt to work with but everyday stuffs fine
good buy for that kinda money if its as good as the pics show
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dont believe it, fookin arseholes, well the person selling it, as it was on ebay as a classified ad, in southport same as me, well ive text em rang em, emailed em, then just looked on ebay now and its gone, and i never even got a reply...

fookin coonts...

ye had mot till august
Old 27-12-2008, 06:09 PM
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yea id snap it up admitted check it's not rottin from the inside out, i no a bloke that's just brought a lovely red one i rip it out of him lol but admitted he's only really ever ridden bikes like ninja's n duke's n he say's he loves it, n it handles really well for it's price, even said he'd have my little esco in it but we still haven't had the chance to find out lol
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gutless but handle well so just dont slow down for roundabouts/corners
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lol it normally helps to speak to the seller to see if still available before you start getting excited etc
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Originally Posted by 999
lol it normally helps to speak to the seller to see if still available before you start getting excited etc

hee hee well i tried, still no pissin replies or texts, emails or anything
Old 27-12-2008, 07:57 PM
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theres an orange one in my town 4sale,i think its a standard colour tho.i looked at it and fort ,"colour code them arches and bang some escos rims on it and it would look cool" its only a few hundred quid
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for the money that looks pretty good in the pic id say go for it cant really go too wrong with a ka pretty basic motoring

and can look fooking cool
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