Thread: Car hunting with the daughter...

Originally Posted by Eevo

she bought a ..... jeeeeep!

Over my dead body

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

Originally Posted by AndyG

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

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

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.

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

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's all I need to say