Change of car for the Mrs. Help!
Discussion
At present she drives an A class. Worst car we ever owned and the first European. Its 10 years old and has to go for various reasons and here's the problem. She dosent want a 'big' car, her idea of a big car is A3/Golf/Astra which of course they arnt. She also has to have an auto due to having an ankle replacment, because of this the A Class was a compromise being a semi auto, (gear stick and driven like a manual except no clutch peddle). This car also doubles as our main car due to having a se7en in the garage, (totally impracticle toy!), and me having to own a van for my business, (plumber).
We've looked at an Aygo which she quite liked but I didnt. Its too small and only three cylinders, no good for any motorway work which ultimatly the car will have to do. Looked at a Yaris, I liked it, she didnt. Loved the IQ but its way to expensive.
So my question is this; Whats available? Definatly not buying new, cant afford it and even if I could I dont want to take the hit of losing loads of money just driving it off the forcourt. Engine needs to be 1.3-1.4 ish to keep in low RFL bracket.
We've looked at an Aygo which she quite liked but I didnt. Its too small and only three cylinders, no good for any motorway work which ultimatly the car will have to do. Looked at a Yaris, I liked it, she didnt. Loved the IQ but its way to expensive.
So my question is this; Whats available? Definatly not buying new, cant afford it and even if I could I dont want to take the hit of losing loads of money just driving it off the forcourt. Engine needs to be 1.3-1.4 ish to keep in low RFL bracket.
I recently started a thread on which small automatic would be a good car for my Grandparents, with similar reasons to the ones you have stated above.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
From the sounds of the above thread, the Suzuki Swift was a promising option on account of its good gearbox and practical design. I'm currently edging them towards that although they're still unsure about selling their car due to the amount of money it has lost over such a short time (to them at least
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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
From the sounds of the above thread, the Suzuki Swift was a promising option on account of its good gearbox and practical design. I'm currently edging them towards that although they're still unsure about selling their car due to the amount of money it has lost over such a short time (to them at least
)Intersting thread. Forgot to mention we'd looked at the Jazz and she wasnt keen. Havent looked at the Swift. She likes the high driving position of the A Class but as mentioned the build quality of this car is worse then the Rush that I built!! It is a Y reg though so maybe a younger A class will be better? Not sure Merc do the Semi Auto's any more though
We have a Mazda 2 Sport and its a very good little car.
We did extensive test drives of the major cometition (new cars), ruled out:
- Polo (too expensive/bland)
- Ibiza Sport (wheezy 1.4 engine)
- New Corsa (poor visibility and handling)
- Swift (nice drive, but tinnier/cheaper interior than Mazda, was a contender)
- Yaris (nice car, but preferred styling of Mazda and the model we were after was not available in blue!)
The Yaris is a good car though, in terms of female priorities it has lots of internal storage pockets and an adjustable rear bench to provide rear storage/extra legroom.
We did extensive test drives of the major cometition (new cars), ruled out:
- Polo (too expensive/bland)
- Ibiza Sport (wheezy 1.4 engine)
- New Corsa (poor visibility and handling)
- Swift (nice drive, but tinnier/cheaper interior than Mazda, was a contender)
- Yaris (nice car, but preferred styling of Mazda and the model we were after was not available in blue!)
The Yaris is a good car though, in terms of female priorities it has lots of internal storage pockets and an adjustable rear bench to provide rear storage/extra legroom.
iiyama said:
Can you get either with auto? Think the Mazda will be over budget, like the look of it though, (for what it is! Cant get too carried away with any of em!!!)
Both can have CVT boxes, Micra would definitely be in budget, I'm not sure about Mazda2, have a trawl on websites.Both have that slightly higher seating position now popular, so you don't go lower as you get in.
Civic out of the frame, she hates the look of the latest one and tells me its a big car! Micra also a no go due to its looks.
Ill investigate the Mazda a little more for sure and the Jazz. Shes mentioned the C3 but Im reticent to head down the Citroen route unless peeps tell me otherwise....
Ill investigate the Mazda a little more for sure and the Jazz. Shes mentioned the C3 but Im reticent to head down the Citroen route unless peeps tell me otherwise....
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