Calling Suzuki Swift Sport owners!
Discussion
My current steer is a lightly modified S2000, which Ive had for about 5 years. I've no great desire to get shot of it, but, inevitably I will want another car and, inevitably I will want to be better. Which means saving...
So I'm considering selling the Honda now (at a time when I don't want to as such), buying something cheaper to run/tax/insure and running that for a few years whilst I attempt to save for the next rung up the performance ladder - whatever that may be.
I like the idea of a used Swift very much. Nimble, exploitable chassis, generally well regarded, and it seems an '07 can be bought for around 3k. LEts say I sell the honda for 8k, thats a start in the savings pot.
But I've never driven one or run one. Any owners care to comment?
I guess I'm mostly interested in how often you have the fill thing. I currently do ~250miles/week and roughly speaking am at the petrol station every week at a cost of £50-60 to fill up again. How much can I expect to save on fuel alone??
Ta
So I'm considering selling the Honda now (at a time when I don't want to as such), buying something cheaper to run/tax/insure and running that for a few years whilst I attempt to save for the next rung up the performance ladder - whatever that may be.
I like the idea of a used Swift very much. Nimble, exploitable chassis, generally well regarded, and it seems an '07 can be bought for around 3k. LEts say I sell the honda for 8k, thats a start in the savings pot.
But I've never driven one or run one. Any owners care to comment?
I guess I'm mostly interested in how often you have the fill thing. I currently do ~250miles/week and roughly speaking am at the petrol station every week at a cost of £50-60 to fill up again. How much can I expect to save on fuel alone??
Ta
Edited by Helical on Monday 8th October 10:58
NorthernSky said:
This is very, very coincidental. I was looking at Swift (sports) yesterday and this morning as a daily, as also have an S2000 and really shouldn't be putting any wet winter miles on it, so... I guess I'll be following your thread and taking on the advice as well!
From what I've read so far, the mk1 versions can have some interior rattle noise so check for that if you test one out - you won't want this on your commute. 35-40 mpg seems the norm. The mk2 cars from 2012 onwards have a few more HP but are still N/A engines, and apparently get even better fuel economy, more like 45-50 on longer journeys. Road noise is a complaint for the mk1, and as already mentioned the 5th gear isn't ideal, sitting at 70mph at 4,000 rpm means it'll be noisy.
Decent mk2 swift sports start at about 5k for 50-60k mile cars, but obviously this goes against your saving aims. Speaking of which, maybe wait until April/May next year to sell the s2000 and take advantage of the good weather we (might) get?
That really is a coincidence!!From what I've read so far, the mk1 versions can have some interior rattle noise so check for that if you test one out - you won't want this on your commute. 35-40 mpg seems the norm. The mk2 cars from 2012 onwards have a few more HP but are still N/A engines, and apparently get even better fuel economy, more like 45-50 on longer journeys. Road noise is a complaint for the mk1, and as already mentioned the 5th gear isn't ideal, sitting at 70mph at 4,000 rpm means it'll be noisy.
Decent mk2 swift sports start at about 5k for 50-60k mile cars, but obviously this goes against your saving aims. Speaking of which, maybe wait until April/May next year to sell the s2000 and take advantage of the good weather we (might) get?
Edited by NorthernSky on Monday 8th October 12:09
Some good info there - cheers.
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