<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>hello eric</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>i am looking for another go-4 and what you mention about the front susp is very interesting to me.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>my 96 had crap forks, i bought new suspension tubes but after spending $1000 they sucked just like the old ones.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>do you know when westward went from ford to hyundai drivetrain? wonder if the new front suspension you mentioned comes with the newer models (i saw some underside pics of a 2007 and it was old style</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>regards</span></div><div><span>jonny</span></div><div><span>ps i am in sonoma ca</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> R. Eric Kahn <kubla@fuse.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:40 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Silly Little Cars] owning a go-4<br> </font> <br>
I have had my Go-4 for about 4 years, have no idea what kind of mileage <br>it gets, my speedo is disconnected so the governor does not work (I <br>drive it on the interstate)<br>after I bought it for $2900 , I discovered the forks were bad so I <br>called westward about replacements (perennial problem with Go-4's) and <br>they had just gone into production with a new style front end, a leading <br>link with a swing arm and coil over shocks which I bought, about $2000 <br>for it, not really hard to put in, and then spend another $200 or so <br>buying the right wheel and caliper since the front end was designed <br>around Hyundai parts and my 2000 is based on the ford festiva <br>drive-train, wheel and caliper did not fit<br><br>I have not taken any rips in it, but drive it all over town here in <br>Cincinnati Ohio, good thing for me is that the city did not use them for <br>very long and has not used them for about 7 years so no one really <br>thinks
about meter maids when they see it, city only ever had 2 of them<br><br>On 12/21/2011 6:17 PM, <br><a ymailto="mailto:silly_little_cars-request@lists.sillylittlecars.com" href="mailto:silly_little_cars-request@lists.sillylittlecars.com">silly_little_cars-request@lists.sillylittlecars.com</a> wrote:<br>> Send Silly_little_cars mailing list submissions to<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com" href="mailto:silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com">silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com</a><br>><br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/listinfo.cgi/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com<br>><br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:silly_little_cars-request@lists.sillylittlecars.com"
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ymailto="mailto:spaceaxe@gmail.com" href="mailto:spaceaxe@gmail.com">spaceaxe@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com" href="mailto:silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com">silly_little_cars@lists.sillylittlecars.com</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] Silly_little_cars Digest, Vol 55,<br>> Issue 12<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAJPojpNbZg3itj0WRnUWba4VbUZmyWq7bupromBvHkMneWrexA@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:CAJPojpNbZg3itj0WRnUWba4VbUZmyWq7bupromBvHkMneWrexA@mail.gmail.com">CAJPojpNbZg3itj0WRnUWba4VbUZmyWq7bupromBvHkMneWrexA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>><br>> Someone asked about owning and driving a Go-4. here are my thoughts.<br>> I have a 1996 with about 23000 miles. I bought it less than a year ago and<br>> have put about 4000 miles on it. I
commute daily in Seattle about 20-some<br>> miles round trip. I've also gone on a few 100 mile plus trips, including<br>> camping.<br>><br>> Pro:<br>> It's fun.<br>> I meet people.<br>> So far no damage. I painted it green and white.<br>> I get to go first on the ferry as a motorcycle. They always put me in front<br>> and I get that great Puget Sound.. NW view.<br>> It's cheaper on the ferry than with my car.<br>> I can squeeze into anything that could be called a parking space.<br>> I can fit through small openings in lines of traffic.<br>> Some parts are easy to access.<br>> I painted the green with a spray can, and it worked just fine. You just<br>> don't take it TOO seriously.<br>> It worked well for camping.<br>> http://shantylife.com/2011/09/04/meter-maid-camping/<br>> Nothing has really broken yet.<br>> I enjoy different. It is.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Con:<br>>
It seems to upset a certain crowd.. on two fronts. They clearly hate meter<br>> maids... and someone with enough whimsy to drive one clearly bothers<br>> them..sometimes in a BIG way. I've met two crazies.<br>> Not just anybody will work on the thing.<br>> That front end is wobbling a bit.<br>> Some parts are hard to access.<br>><br>><br>> Both:<br>> So so mileage. 24 or 25 mpg or so. I really thought it would be better.<br>> But better than my car.<br>> It's like driving a go-cart to work.. in the good and bad sense of that.<br>> I paid.. all told with purchase and transport from California.. about<br>> $3200? Not bad.. but you can get a decent used car that gets about as good<br>> mileage for that.<br>> My boss doesn't enjoy different. It is.<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL:<<a
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