Re: I saw the future today.

Doug Wickstrom wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:17:02 GMT, Jette
> <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> With no children to try to cram into a car, I want something that gets 
>> good petrol consumption in town, can bomb down the motorway (within 
>> the speed limit, thank you), be "nippy" enough at the lights, has good 
>> cornering, can hold me, a passenger, and enough luggage for a week or 
>> a day's shopping at the big outlet mall, yet be easy to fit into a 
>> tight space in the multi-storey car park.    My Focus manages most of 
>> that, but frankly has a lot of wasted space in the back because I 
>> never have more than one passenger and, when I visited friends in 
>> Blackpool, there isn't a lot of room for parking on their street. A 
>> Smart (which is a Mercedes engine after all) would also suit - but 
>> they're expensive to buy new, and (so far) rarely show up second hand 
>> (and when they do, they're still expensive, compared to a Ford) - 
>> people hang onto them (which kind of implies that they're good cars to 
>> drive).
> 
> Is the Ka available there?  Saw them in Brazil.  Handy.

Yes, but when I checked them out a while back, I was NOT impressed 
with the boot (trunk) space.

When I bought my Focus, the salesman said that he had some buyers who 
were put off buying the Focus "because you can't get a full set of 
golf clubs in the boot without putting the back seats down". 
Fortunately I don't play golf and there is plenty of room for a camera 
tripod, folding stool, rucksack, shopping bags, etc.


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Jette Goldie
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