Car hunting with the daughter...

It might be her mechanic just taking advantage of her. It always needs something replaced at the service time ( the old classic "needs new brake rotors" etc) It's low kilometer diesel. If I lived nearby and could look after it maybe different. But they're both office folk, and don't know anything about mechanical stuff. I had two Renault 16s and a volvo 265 over 20 years , but did all the work myself. Never had any problems with those cars, but as a European a car owner you're very much at the mercy of the "specialized mechanics" if you can't do the work yourself. If your not technical my advice is buy toyota.:)

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Originally Posted by Eevo

she bought a ..... jeeeeep!

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Over my dead body :D

JDNSW has a Citroen DS languishing in his car port, but Hyundai, the new Toyota.

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Originally Posted by AndyG

JDNSW has a Citroen DS languishing in his car port, but Hyundai, the new Toyota.

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Not listening, .... fingers in ears ..... LA LA LA LA .... ( imagine me shaking my head say no way) ..... Ok, ok .... Is it an early DS19 with hydraulic gearchange :whistling:

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Originally Posted by simmo

It might be her mechanic just taking advantage of her. It always needs something replaced at the service time ( the old classic "needs new brake rotors" etc) It's low kilometer diesel. If I lived nearby and could look after it maybe different. But they're both office folk, and don't know anything about mechanical stuff. I had two Renault 16s and a volvo 265 over 20 years , but did all the work myself. Never had any problems with those cars, but as a European a car owner you're very much at the mercy of the "specialized mechanics" if you can't do the work yourself. If your not technical my advice is buy toyota.:)

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We could probably do ours ourselves, but to keep the service history of the car, makes for a good quick sale at the price it's worth, so far it has a perfect history, from the dealer services to our current mechanic:D

Baz.

The wife went through this exercise a couple of years ago. She started off fancying a Mazda 2 (which would have been a good choice I think), looked at a Suzuki Swift (which would have been another good choice I think) but decided the boot was too small, she didn't like the Ford Fiesta I recommended, or the Honda Jazz (not sure why) and ended up buying a Yaris. She refused to look at Europeans.
The Yaris has been utterly reliable, but boring. I'm trying to talk her into a Mazda 2 next time, but she's playing coy...

My daughter wants a "bug". I told her that there is no way I'm doing anything on a VW... So she has "settled" on a D2a, hehe...

My work here is done. Well it will be when she has finished TAFE, has a job, saved for the D2a, bought it, moved out..... Oh crap.

My dear old mum has a Honda Jazz and I reckon it is a great little car. As is the swift. Don't reckon you'd go wrong with either. Jazz has a more practical interior. Swift is a bit more sporty.

There is a reason why Hyundai is growing it's market share . And that':BigThumb::BigThumb::BigThumb:s all I need to say

YEP, Hyundai best value for money on the market , we just bought our 2nd & our daughter is on her 3rd. Wanted to buy a Hyundai last new car but wife wanted a Citroen ( Lemon) that was a mistake , had my way this time.