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My wife had a VW Golf for 7 yrs did 50 k and apart from shitting a valve in the gearbox the day I bought it with 17 k on it, which the car sales replaced, about $4k, I think I spent about a grand on it over those 50 KS, thermostats on the cooling system shit themselves, so I couldn't complain
5 grand of repair bills in 70k is way too much, we have a daihatsu and after 100k it needed 4 tyres, thats it.
this sums up your volvo and mongayo god did a shit and volvo or mongayo take your pick made it move i would suggest you buy yourself a copy of the dog and lemon guide ive always been a toyota guy after i was a ford guy way back when they built proper ones i got 600000ks out of my last corolla and it was still going ok when i sold it also if its a europenis shitter and its got low ks on it its because its spent most of its time in workshops
Agree 100%, very happy with mine.Quote:
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Righto no Mondeo
The hunt continues
I have no objection to a Subaru I'll look at them as well
What about a Mitsubishi Galant are they ok?
Just make sure its not a GDI one how much is your budget
Its a second car for the old girl I really don't want to spend any more than 6K cash.
Whats up with the GDI model?
The high pressure pump craps out in them
Cheers.
I'd be looking at a corolla or variant of sw when I was married and had a couple of kids and all their shit to cart round we had a Toyota Camry it did us well
GDI stands for guaranteed dealer income
Yeah Have emailed about two Camrys but both were sold
there is one in Dunedin I'd like but he wants to much 105km and 8k
Probably not bad from what I've seen but I'm not going into debt for a 11-12yr old motor.
I'll stick to my budget.
What about @madmaori 's suby outback. It's got s few ks but at a good price
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Yep you'll get a good car for that price most of the general run of the mill jappas are pretty good as long as you stay away from the odd balls and orphans
Saw that thanks but she wants a sedan
The neighbour has a nice valiant pacer for sale if your interested :D
I'll take it, 6K,
and I'll pay for ownership change :)
Have to agree with staying away from euro trash, my better half jumped up and down untill I gave in and we bought her an Audi A3, 2005 model, what a lemon, had only 70,000km on it and waterpump crapped out, followed by thermostat (i must add a new thermostat was nearly $200, for a bloody thermostat!) plus the interior looks really nice, untill it starts falling apart, the dash covering started to peel away plus plastic surrounds around the bottom of the seats broke off, now its started to use water again so I suspect its done a major and blown headgasket, I cant be bothered with the bloody thing and its been sitting in our garage untill I get up the courage to cut our losses and call a wrecker to come and relieve us of its burden.
I would be looking at something Nissan or Toyota
Oh yea, now she wants a new Mini Cooper........Quote:
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The minis are entertaining. The 5 speed manuals are lemons, google 'midlands' 5speed. The 6 speeds are a Getrag unit and are solid. They do a pile of weird other shit too tho. Mates girlfriend had her radiator replaced under recall (wtf) and less than two years later has split both tanks. I honestly think euros are only made to last 7 years and then implode in every way possibleQuote:
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We are putting an 05 Camry through the AA tomorrow.
So for those who followed and made helpful suggestions, thanks.
I have purchased for my wife the mentioned 2005 Toyota Camry, NZ new, with 107Kms on it.
It was a little more expensive than I originally wanted to spend on a second car, so had to dip into the account I call the gun fund and she calls the saving.
However if I act quickly before the novelty of her having a new car has worn off, I suspect I'll be able to get pretty much any long cardboard box into the house without to much bother.
Cheers.
Good choice the money spent bying the car will be saved on lack of repairs just service it regularly and it will just keep going