Thread: Downsizing - which one?

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Linky no worky

Forget the bland jap stuff. Hopfully this link is now worky.

Dave.


Mercedes-Benz Australia - B-Class - B-Class Sports Tourer & B200 Models

Thanks Dave, Very nice - a little too expensive though .

The bland bit doesn't really worry me - looking for function. I will drive the Series 3 on the weekends to "un-bland" myself.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Toyota tend to build expensive, reliable, generic plastic fart boxes

Fixed it for you, Tombie!

buy a kenworth

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

buy a kenworth

Hahahahaha!!!!
Sounds good!! sounds powerful!!! yay!!

Fiesta is my tip. Reliable, handles well, economical and safe.

Second choice is Yaris.

My girlfriend and I did this just under 2 years ago (the 89 ford falcon ute wasn't very - er - nice )...

We thought the Yaris had the most horrible interior, and importantly the roof seemed to slope on the sides (I couldn't sit in the back sides)... The whole car was tiny inside, and the engine is a little underpowered...

We looked at everything - bought a brand new Suzuki Swift in the end (with S package), despite the fact we had always ridiculed the Hello Kitty crowd that drove them around Uni It's got a perfect interior, great economy/power for the class, and the manual at least is heaps of fun to drive... Head room is crazy - I'm 6'2 and the roof is far, far above me

It's now done 75,000km in 23 months, only complaint is (as someone mentioned here)
the flimsy tyres, replaced two fronts at 35k...

Only other car I really like the look of is the Mazda 2 (although in green it looks like a ninja turtle)

By the way, I haven't seen it in person, but definitely consider the (new) Suzuki Alto...

Cheers Dave

Originally Posted by Dmmos

My girlfriend and I did this just under 2 years ago (the 89 ford falcon ute wasn't very - er - nice )...

We thought the Yaris had the most horrible interior, and importantly the roof seemed to slope on the sides (I couldn't sit in the back sides)... The whole car was tiny inside, and the engine is a little underpowered...

We looked at everything - bought a brand new Suzuki Swift in the end (with S package), despite the fact we had always ridiculed the Hello Kitty crowd that drove them around Uni It's got a perfect interior, great economy/power for the class, and the manual at least is heaps of fun to drive... Head room is crazy - I'm 6'2 and the roof is far, far above me

It's now done 75,000km in 23 months, only complaint is (as someone mentioned here)
the flimsy tyres, replaced two fronts at 35k...

Only other car I really like the look of is the Mazda 2 (although in green it looks like a ninja turtle)

By the way, I haven't seen it in person, but definitely consider the (new) Suzuki Alto...

Cheers Dave

Just a note on tyre wear,
Mine did 20k front and 45k rear on original rubber(soft compound).
Expecting @ 70-80k from replacments.
I only rotate when fitting 2 new tyres as rear non adjustable.

15k service intervals and no cam belt to change

Cheers.