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kellie 
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 Posted: 14 September 2009 at 2:35pm |
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Ford Taurus 98
Has a huge boot which can also convert to 2 more seats. There is a cubbyhole in the boot too!
Very comfortable, heaps of room but a tiny bit thirsty on petrol.
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Bobbie
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Posted: 14 September 2009 at 3:19pm |
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Oh another thing - pays to find out the cost of insuring the car you're interested in before you go buying it.
DH was looking at a sporty Subaru vs. our Toyota and when he rang up to check insurance costs he found out the Subaru was the most expensive to insure apart from luxury classed cars due to how often they were stolen.
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minik8e
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Posted: 14 September 2009 at 10:25pm |
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I have a 97 Mitsi Mirage 4dr sedan which I have owned for almost 6 years, which I bought when it was imported to NZ. I haven't had any problems with it whatsoever - the only repair I have needed was the sump welded, but that was because I hit a huge rock on our road, which was a rural gravel road. It's cheap to run (approx $40 a fortnight for DH to drive to work and back - 26km return), easy to park and has a decent sized boot.
Now I drive DH's Toyota Landcruiser, which the two capsules JUST fit in, provided we have the front seats all the way forward (luckily I'm short). It is larghe enough to hold all the groceries plus the double pram, and also for a person to sit comfortably in the middle between the capsules. It's really nice to drive, takes about $40 diesel a week and can get up and go when you need it (it's a 4.2L turbo diesel). In saying that, just this last week alone we have spent a considerable amount of money getting it's WOF (new brake pads were the biggest expense) and also some repairs as the electrics were playing up. The tyres ARE expensive, but DH hasn't needed any since he bought the car about 2 and a half years ago, and there's still over 8mm of tread left (which is what it has been for as long as I can remember!!!).
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escadachic
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Posted: 15 September 2009 at 10:32am |
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I have a BMW, 96', 1.8L, auto, 4 dr sedan. Good car, but expensive to repair.
What I would recommend is anything Nissan or Toyota. Those 2 have the best reputation out of all cars.
I have had both a Nissan and Toyota.
Toyota's advantage is they just go and go and go.
Nissan advantage is the have a chain instead of a cambelt, which by the way(the cambelt) can break several times in the cars lifetime and can cause extra damage when it breaks and as for the chain, that never breaks.
They are both very economical to run petrol wise too. And I would fully recommend a manual. As I have always had nothing but trouble with autos. Plus, being auto, they use more fuel.
And if you can afford to, get it checked at the A.A or at a garage and listen to their recommendations!
I did this and decided to buy a certain car anyway and now I wish I had listened to them, inside of buy the car just cause I wanted it.
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WestiesGirl
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Posted: 15 September 2009 at 1:39pm |
I have a 94 Subaru RS Legacy which has given me a bit of grief but I LOVE it to bits. Sadly I need to think about selling it cos its not getting used while we're in Aus 
DH has a Subaru Legacy GTB Wagon and again we LOVE it to bits. Its his pride and joy and only had a few minor issues. Having said that, he has modified it to his liking and looks after it like its gold  (hehe yep were avid Subaru lovers here  )
Here in Aus we have a 06 Huyndai Getz which apart from regular services has cost us sweet FA  . It cost about $45 to fill and we get about 500 - 600kms out of a full tank. The only problem is its not a family car, its far too small.
If we were to buy a new car today it would be the new Subaru or a Toyota.
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weegee
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Posted: 15 September 2009 at 2:10pm |
me three on the old starlet energiser bunny... sometimes I miss that car! (usually when I'm passing a car park our toyota caldina station wagon won't fit into!)
Lots of people have said this by now but my mechanic uncle told me once that you can't go wrong with a toyota or nissan. I do know a few people who've had the transmission go on their mitsi so wouldn't touch one with a barge pole.
Thanks for starting this thread, it's starting to look like we'll have to get a new car sometime soon too (there's nothing wrong with the caldina, but DH's car is a company car).
Oh and that carjam site is awesome, thanks whoever it was on the previous page that posted it! (although I looked up my old Starlet and looks like it finally died )
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queenb
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Posted: 17 September 2009 at 6:55am |
hmmm yeah mitsi's and their transmissions. our legnum has been in the shop for over 2 weeks while we find one. GRRRRR 
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Princess_mummy
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Posted: 17 September 2009 at 5:11pm |
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Agree with everyone else, stay away from the Mitsi's! My mum had one, she paid 11k for it (from a dealer), 2 weeks later she had already spent another 5 getting it fixed. She traded it in the next week for a Nissan which she never had a problem with for the 5 years she had it. She then passed it on to me and I never had to do anything to it in the 2 years I had it either.
I now drive a 2000 Toyota caldina wagon and I love it to pieces. I bought it the day it went on to the lot, it had only done 51,000ks. Its really economical, drives beautifully and goes like stink if I need it to, and best of all, IF anything ever goes wrong with it it won't be hard to get parts etc. Only problem is that it has a cam belt (my nissan was chain-driven) which has to be changed every 100,000ks, but I'm only up to 67,000 lol. A friend has had her caldina for 12 years, its done 200,000+ k's and she's never paid a cent apart from tires and WOF.
In my opinion, you can't go past a Nissan or a Toyota.
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