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Should my flatmate get something better than a shitty E30?

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:28 am

so come on take the elbeno challenge
which car would you rather have:
a .ford ka
b .bmw

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cant stop laffin ,oh god
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:31 am

How did i miss this topic ???

Well iv'e had 4 E30s so far and you get good ones and propper piss poor ones.

A bloke at work drives a Ka, and he IS a propper fagott. He cant seem to grasp the fact that they are fun to drive (especialy in the wet)

You could always enter a banger race with it ! Although i dont think it would hold out for too long looking at the build quality.

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:35 am

lol smithy m8 :D :D


jesus what is the pipe at the rear of this bueaty,surely not an exhaust???how does the powerplant aspirate hahahahhaha
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:53 am

elboono wrote:i think we can all guess which car i drive.

How can you define better? there are many things a ford Ka can do better than an E30. consume fuel economically, hold its value, appeal to a mass market.

If its such an awesome car then why did BMW make the decision to stop production?

any idea?
because the only sad enough people to vote for the best
car of the year is girls and faggots!

could you get a more ugly car?

its funny that your slaggin off an e30 compared to a
ford ka(ck)

3 reasons (among many) why an e30
wipes the floor of that car you claim is so amazing

1) look at that awful badge.......ford is made for cheap
budgeting people if your so hooked on ford get one with an
engine that can beat a scooter!

2) why is it that the top fords sell for merely Ԛ£25,000 when
top beemers push way past that! indicating quality i think
hence such a good reputation compared to ford

3) why is it that an 18year old 325i sport (let alone m3)
can still fetch more than a ford ka is new!

they are fun to drive and have more power then
lisa riley cycling up a hill!

how many ka's come with onboard computer?
leather interior? a badge that is respected?

hey lady i drive a ford....... wanna ride?

idiot :x :x :roll:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:53 am

elboono wrote:i think we can all guess which car i drive.

How can you define better? there are many things a ford Ka can do better than an E30. consume fuel economically, hold its value, appeal to a mass market.

If its such an awesome car then why did BMW make the decision to stop production?

any idea?
because the only sad enough people to vote for the best
car of the year is girls and faggots!

could you get a more ugly car?

its funny that your slaggin off an e30 compared to a
ford ka(ck)

3 reasons (among many) why an e30
wipes the floor of that car you claim is so amazing

1) look at that awful badge.......ford is made for cheap
budgeting people if your so hooked on ford get one with an
engine that can beat a scooter!

2) why is it that the top fords sell for merely Ԛ£25,000 when
top beemers push way past that! indicating quality i think
hence such a good reputation compared to ford

3) why is it that an 18year old 325i sport (let alone m3)
can still fetch more than a ford ka is new!

they are fun to drive and have more power then
lisa riley cycling up a hill!

how many ka's come with onboard computer?
leather interior? a badge that is respected?

hey lady i drive a ford....... wanna ride?

idiot :x :x :roll:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:31 am

elboono wrote:sounds like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof.
How the hell do you know what that sounds like 8O 8O 8O :eek: .

Look trust me your flatmate has got it right with his choice of car. Its his choice of flatmate he needs to look into. He is well advised to stay away from the ford ka, its only a new version of a metro just extremely rounded! :mad: Oh and we can't be certain that all gays :pff: like ford ka's but atleast we know its the nechrophiliacs favourite.

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:30 am

How can you define better? there are many things a ford Ka can do better than an E30. consume fuel economically, hold its value, appeal to a mass market.
Dude are you insane? Fords resell values are, literally, cut in half the second you drive it off the lot. I live in Canada, and my grandparents have gone through no less than 5 Fords in 15 years! They are bunk! Terrible, unoriginal, plain, boring, wimpy shit bags.
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:41 am

:jester: :lol: thats amazing
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:46 am

Adam318i wrote:Guys dont even take the bait! :roll:
took the words right out of my mouth mate!!!
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:30 am

Boy i cant even be bothered to read all the posts, but i'm going to put my 2 pennies in. 1st of you cant be very intelligent coming on a E30 forum and slagging off E30's, so i'll try and be as basic as i can so someone of your limited abilities can understand. No the E30 is not the best car in the World, but then nor is a Ka, nor a Lambo, nor a Rari, nor a TVR. Are you following so far pea brain :screwy: The point i'm making here is that what you think is the best car in the World comes down to individual taste. We are here cause we love E30's. You may think they are crap and you're entitled to your own openion, but i bet there are E30's here such as Daryl's, Dips's, Johns M3 and my car, but to name just a few that will actually look too good to sit outside your chave Council Estate flat, so why dont you shut your big gob, put on your Burberry cap, bend over and get stuffed like the bitch that you are MUPPET :moon:

I BET YOU DONT EVEN OWN A CAR TWAT :cursin:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:28 am

Demlotcrew wrote:
elboono wrote:can anyone remember which make of car has just been voted the best car for the 5th or 6th year in a row? is it a BMW? NO. its a Ford i do believe
By who???

Andrew


The only gay in the village of course! :lol:


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Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:39 am

Surely everyone knows that the Ka's engine is light years ahead of the E30's offerings.

I'm pretty sure the 'Endura' motor or whatever it's called started life back in the 50's powering the E93a ford pops, admittedly Ford have modernised it by beefing up the crank and fitting a cross flow head. It's got "oh so refined" overhead valves. A very nice little engine.

The flatmates E30 must be pretty shagged to get a write up as descibed in the first post.

I was going to write a load of other 'tongue in cheek' stuff about the Ford brand of cars but really can't be arsed.
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:44 am

bootyman wrote:Boy i cant even be bothered to read all the posts, but i'm going to put my 2 pennies in. 1st of you cant be very intelligent coming on a E30 forum and slagging off E30's, so i'll try and be as basic as i can so someone of your limited abilities can understand. No the E30 is not the best car in the World, but then nor is a Ka, nor a Lambo, nor a Rari, nor a TVR. Are you following so far pea brain :screwy: The point i'm making here is that what you think is the best car in the World comes down to individual taste. We are here cause we love E30's. You may think they are crap and you're entitled to your own openion, but i bet there are E30's here such as Daryl's, Dips's, Johns M3 and my car, but to name just a few that will actually look too good to sit outside your chave Council Estate flat, so why dont you shut your big gob, put on your Burberry cap, bend over and get stuffed like the bitch that you are MUPPET :moon:


I BET YOU DONT EVEN OWN A CAR TWAT :cursin:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:56 am

If the E30 is so crap why would you bother to search the internet for an E30 forum, sign up and post multiple times (going to the trouble of starting a new thread)? Especially when you have to know full well what the response will be?

Then you lecture people about open mindess while saying that the Ford Ka is the best car in the world and when anyone dissagrees you don't listen. I have no problem with you liking the Ford Ka, I hope everyone has there own opinion on what is their favourite car BUT I don't like it when people try to shove that opinion in my face. I can make up my own mind and so can everyone else.

I don't think any E30 is the best car in the world, but I think they are a very good car to have, especially for how much they cost now.

Here is why I wouldn't buy a Ford Ka:
1) FWD without an LSD
2) Smaller and less interior and boot space than an E30
3) Too little power for what I want
4) Difficult to get decent reliable power from the standard engine without serious and expensive modifications and even when it gets big power see 1.
5) I don't think it could match the handling balance of an E30. I haven't driven one but I know a good E30 can match a lot of "sportscars" in handling and in road tests I have never seen a Ford Ka up high in the handling or handling balance comparisions. Regardless I think it is almost undisputed fact that by being FWD a Ford Ka cannot e balanced on the throttle almost indefinately while sideways through a corner like an E30 can which is what I like.
6) From what I have seen they have no better (in some places worse) build quality than my 20 year old E30.

I should also point out that I have nothing against small cars, I actually like some of the hot hatches, but I don't think the Ka would ever be classed as a hot hatch otherwise why would ford build the tuned up Focus?
I am definately willing to keep an open mind and I hope in the future I get a chance to drive a Ka so I can see what it is like.

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:02 pm

DONT FEED THE TROLLS

oh ok then
elboono wrote: If its such an awesome car then why did BMW make the decision to stop production?

any idea?
What and you believe that Ford with make the Ka indefinately. :mad:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:56 pm

Why are we comparing an E30 to a Ka anyhow?
A comparable car would probably be an Orion. I'll even go as far as to say Orion 1600i Ghia; and where are they all now? At the back of your local paper for Ԛ£50 requiring a lift home, or dissolved away like an old metro. Similarly, where will all the Ka's be when they're 16 years old? I can see the tumbleweed on the 'classic Ka' forum now.

Anyway, the troll left about 100 posts ago and we're all still banging on to ourselves..........
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:30 pm

I think your flatmate needs a new flatmate or needs to move house.
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:05 pm

I think the troll has left now
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:30 pm

think you guys scared him off 8O
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:24 pm

once upon a time

:gives:

the end.

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:31 pm

I got an E30 because it was practical! I was driving 60's cars before :D
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:46 pm

I had the misfortune of having the use of a Ka for a week whilst my car was in the garage before and it was not a nice experience. It felt really plasticky and i was struggling to hit 80mph and that was going downhill :D. Not to mention it felt like it was going to tip over everytime i went round a corner. At the end of the day we all buy different things for different reasons and i'm sure to someone else the Ka is wicked and that's fair enough, but you must be hung like a Humming Bird to come on a E30 forum and start to slag off E30's. Come to think of it, no one should have posetd a reply to this thread. That would have show him what a waste of a sperm he is :D :wink:

Reminds me of that Hungarian bloke slating my car off on that other BM forum and he drove the worst E30 i've possibly ever seen. :wink:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:37 pm

I will now scientifically prove the superiority of the E30 over the Ka

I have with me here my Ka driving friend (who is not a gay that we know) and i will now allow him to take a spin in my 320i..................................................................................................................................(the.............. .elapse.........................................of ..........time).......................................... .............................................

He has just come back and pronounced the E30 as "Quicker, Funner and generally superior in all ways" to his own car. He also said there was a funny smell of petrol but we'll worry about that later.

Here concludes my experiment and provides the empathic and empirical answer to the argument.

E30 pisses :hump: on Ka
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'92 Alpine White e30 318iS Touring
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:09 pm

bootyman wrote:I had the misfortune of having the use of a Ka for a week whilst my car was in the garage before and it was not a nice experience. It felt really plasticky and i was struggling to hit 80mph and that was going downhill :D. Not to mention it felt like it was going to tip over everytime i went round a corner. At the end of the day we all buy different things for different reasons and i'm sure to someone else the Ka is wicked and that's fair enough, but you must be hung like a Humming Bird to come on a E30 forum and start to slag off E30's. Come to think of it, no one should have posetd a reply to this thread. That would have show him what a waste of a sperm he is :D :wink:

Reminds me of that Hungarian bloke slating my car off on that other BM forum and he drove the worst E30 i've possibly ever seen. :wink:
im surprised a big bloke like yourself could even get in a ford ka (ck)

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:30 pm

so whose the unlucky flat mate????

A zoner?? Or was this a hoax?

Show yourself!!!!
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:37 pm

my favorite comment was the one about depreciation!
if you buy a E30 m3 for Ԛ£6000, next year it'll be worth Ԛ£6500
if you buy a Ka for Ԛ£6000, next year it'll be worth Ԛ£4000

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:46 pm

elboono wrote:My flatmate has an E30 and he is worryingly obsesed with it. In my opinion (and it is just my opinion) the E30 is a piece of shit. It drives like a tank and sounds like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof. I think he should trade it in and get something more practical. Does anyone have any ideas what he could get? when i have been out with him i have noticed him looking at Ford Ka's. i think he secretly likes them. Lets be honest, its a much better car after all.

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:49 pm

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elboono wrote:My flatmate has an E30 and he is worryingly obsesed with it. In my opinion (and it is just my opinion) the E30 is a piece of shit. It drives like a tank and sounds like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof. I think he should trade it in and get something more practical. Does anyone have any ideas what he could get? when i have been out with him i have noticed him looking at Ford Ka's. i think he secretly likes them. Lets be honest, its a much better car after all.

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I think you should go and jump under a bus you moron.




Thats what i was thinking......
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:34 pm

Alrighty,,, here is my two penneth!

I have owned a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec, a Mondeo 1.8 Verona, a Mondeo 2.0 Zetec (I still have this) a BMW e36 323 Cab and now a BMW E30 325 Cab.

The Fords are actually well built, and compared the new Mondeo to the E46, they are less common too winkeye
However My Mondeo is fine for running to the shops so the BM doesn't get trolley bashed. perfect for winter with the kids getting in and out, as I don't get the interior of my BM screwed. But the BM wins for pure driving.

Depends what you want. I have driven a Ka and didn't like it, too flimsy and didn't feel comfortable in it. The Fiesta was actually fun to drive and throw around, and for the people who think they depreciate, I bought the Fiesta for Ԛ£6000 brand new (Relative worked for Fords so got good discount) and sold it back to the same dealership a year later for Ԛ£6700 :lol: Not many cars you can do that with.

So to sum it up, horses for courses, Ford engineering is much better now than it used to be (especially the new mondeos).
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:01 pm

elboono wrote:My flatmate has an E30 and he is worryingly obsesed with it. In my opinion (and it is just my opinion) the E30 is a piece of shit. It drives like a tank and sounds like two skeletons having sex on a tin roof. I think he should trade it in and get something more practical. Does anyone have any ideas what he could get? when i have been out with him i have noticed him looking at Ford Ka's. i think he secretly likes them. Lets be honest, its a much better car after all.

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I had a feeling this would be about me when I saw the title! :x

Jon (elboono) I'm not "worryingly obsessed", I just happen to like it. Yes the engine may be a bit tappety, but it needs a service and it's done nearly 190k. Find me a 190,000 mile Ford Ka and we can ask people to make comparisons.

I think this is a little unfair considering the effort I made putting you on the insurance and the fact I let you drive it in the first place.

Needless to say, you won't be driving my car again.

Oh and I haven't been looking at Ford Kas, obviously :roll:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:10 pm

How did i know he was your flat mate?

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:21 pm

haha, this is too funny! hmm, i would agree there are plenty of better cars than an e30, but e30's are very cheap and easy to work on, one of their benefits! also, i wouldn't say a ford ka is one of those that is better...lol

and lol @ holding its value better! 8O
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:27 pm

zay, do u know this muppet?

i say if this guy wants to come on here because he needs daily abuse then let him. i dont mind ripping this clown apart.

jon u boner, stop being a cock.

put the fastest stock focus against the fastest stock e30 and then let me know which car is worth having..

fact is, practically all focuses(or most fords for that matter) will be worth NOTHING in about 10 years if they havnt made it into being washing machines by then

there are still 15 YEAR OLD e30s that are commanding the same amount as 2 OF YOUR CAR!? so get real, get an exchange and mart, and get smart... cock boy :gay:
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:34 pm

johnono wrote:put the fastest stock focus against the fastest stock e30
heheh i *really* don't want to say this but does that include the focus rs? they are quite fast... :o
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:34 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:How did i know he was your flat mate?

Andrew
Same IP address as the internet connection is shared?

I dunno, you tell me....

And yes johnono I have to live with this guy for at least another 5 and a half months.
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