Thread: Downsizing - which one?

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Yaris mate...

Killer reliable, and having seen my mates 18 yo OPEN THE DOOR and walk out of an accident where she T-Boned a Chrysler Voyager @ 100km/h (serious).... They're pretty damn safe!

I'll get some photos...

But yes, my Aunty has had one, 80,000km so far and not one issue aside from service...

Toyota tend to build reliable, generic plastic fart boxes

Can't argue with that.

It's not on your list, but i'll put my vote in for a Toyota Corolla.

I scored a trip to Mackay for work a few months back and got the sedan as my hire car. Was definitely the best small/medium sized car i've been in/driven.
Comfy, good driving position, good list of features and, for a small car, made the highway trip to Proserpine and back a breeze!

I'll put a vote AGAINST the Nissan Tiida. Good rear leg room, but they're an absolute appliance. Horrible, plastic interiors and Ugly as all hell from the outside...

We had ford focus work cars and they were just the pits. they were the most basic of basic models, but it was the little things. Like rock hard seats, air vents that couldn't blow towards the driver, a centre console that loved getting in the way of your right left knee etc. etc.
So i'd be wary of the Fiesta as well...

But it's a new car. doesn't matter what anyone says, go test drive them all and see which one tickles ya fancy

Originally Posted by robzilla

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We had ford focus work cars and they were just the pits. they were the most basic of basic models, but it was the little things. Like rock hard seats, air vents that couldn't blow towards the driver, a centre console that loved getting in the way of your right left knee etc. etc.
So i'd be wary of the Fiesta as well...

But it's a new car. doesn't matter what anyone says, go test drive them all and see which one tickles ya fancy

Oh yeah, not wrong about the hard seats, although I did eight hours straight in one without too much pain.

get the ford.the barina is a chicks car, the suzuki well if you like big butts,mazda and the jazz over priced the getz are not to bad of a little run around car but a bit small if you want 4 adults. the toyota probly not too bad but it is a toyota so no,no plus they have that stupid gauge panel in the middle but at the end of the day the ford is sexy so it has to be that 1

You can have your cake and eat it too.

My Dad has a second hand E270 Merc sedan. 2.7 litre 5 cylinder turbo diesel auto.

Not much more expensice than a new buzzbox. Real car size with real car room.

Genuine 5.2 litres per hundred on the open road, 6 - 7 around town.

I was sceptical at first, but I think it is a great car.

the swift gets my vote, Used the old 3pot 550cc version of it for pizza cars, ran on the sniff of a wet fart and could not be killed.

they havent changed much they're safer than they were back then but not as safe as some other cars nor as roomy inside.

Honda Jazz


4 Cylinders of Japanese Fury 2 and a quarter exhaust CAI and a short shifter
Polish the throttle body with thermoblock gaskets and youll smoke V8s

Not a Buzz Box but a BMW R1200GS will do just fine and in style