New Car

[jtwaring]

This morning at half ten, i went down to the dealer to pick up my new car which i ordered Tuesday.

The idea is that I should get more MPG than my motorhome which i previously had before as my first car.

Anyhow, its a 1.0L Suzuki Alto SZ4, just driven it around town and down the bypass and it seems fairly good, it was suprisingly quiet in the cabin and the 3 cylinder engine is quite good.

Overall im very pleased with it and it will be very cheap to run hopefully(free road tax for first year and £20 next year and it should 60 to gallon compared to 25 from the van)

Anyway, heres some pics:










Cheers

James

[bazking69]

Any trackdays in the pipeline?

[jtwaring]

You never know :P

Maybe one day I could fit a bike engine and strip it.

Or maybe i could stop dreaming.

[Rochester TVR]

Accordng to Autoexpress these retail at £7,960!

So you got this car to save money yeah? Why not just spend £3000 or so on a second hand car? How many years would you have to have this before it actually starts saving you money?

[iamrcb]

What led you to buy one of these? Nothing really wrong with it but its an odd choice.

I thought that the this sort of car was bought by older people wanting a new car for as little money as possible. The I10 is the current fave.

[hooperpride]

I quite like that. For some reason I think lowering it a bit would suit it although you'd probably be daft to do it.

[AyBee]

Rochester TVR said:

Accordng to Autoexpress these retail at £7,960!

So you got this car to save money yeah? Why not just spend £3000 or so on a second hand car? How many years would you have to have this before it actually starts saving you money?

+1, interesting selection seeing as a Fiat Panda would be cheaper and just as good, any reason you selected new rather than saving a few £k and buying a few years old?

[106 gti]

My neighbour has one , and when its ticking over you can't hear it ...., he swears by it as a good ,cheap car .

[jtwaring]

i got it because, although its my car to use, i have to be honest and say my parents bought it and also im on a business insurance meaning im limited to engine size for a few years.

So i had 8 grand to spend on a car, if i spend 6 i dont get the two grand. So all im actually paying is the road tax and fuel. so its actually saving me alot of money.

However i dont get all this for nothing, i do work at my dads business alot for hardly any money but i know that my work it sort of paying for the car and such.

The actual car i really like and i think its better than the hyundiai and has more street cred. And it does help that we know the Suzuki salesman very well

As it is, I can only agree with your friend, its very good at what it does, and is a great cheap car.