Spec is very impressive, long warranty (6years or something), four seater with good size boot and as Blackcab says thousands cheaper than equivalent Euro & Jap trash.
Cheers, Pewe
Wife has a 7 year old golf, owned from new but now starting to show its age, she said she wanted a new golf same spec as she has now .... went to
garage, told them what I wanted ... bearing in mind this was £12000 7 years ago ... same car today is £19000 nearly !
so she said how about a mini .... went to have a look ... decent spec mini .... £17k ...
so ... the search continued .. Found a new hyundai .. longer warranty, same spec ( sort of ) not bad looking car, free serviceing for 2 years and £10k
cheaper than the golf , £8k cheaper than the mini .... I was always a bit of a car snob but with savings like that you can't turn it down I dont
think
plus they offered us £2800 in part ex .. I was expecting a private sale of about £3000 - massive thumbs up for Hyundai
Uncle's just bought a Hyundai and is totally made up with it.
Spec is very impressive, long warranty (6years or something), four seater with good size boot and as Blackcab says thousands cheaper than equivalent
Euro & Jap trash.
Cheers, Pewe
I never thought I would consider a Hyundai .. but they are pretty well built, the plastics used are pretty good, its got same if not better spec as
golf ...
Engine is a 1.4 and is pretty punchy ( she does about 6 miles a day )
the best feature though in my eyes is the saving that is basically a family holiday for the next 4 years ..... or a substantial wedge in my R300 fund
new car for wife ..... thought for a moment that was a new scrappage scheme
I had an S Coupe Turbo, which was ok, but a bitch to sell. This was a few years ago mind, and the new coupe is very nice and pretty quick too apparently.
have you thought at looking at seat / Skoda as some of these are golf's floorplan running gear.
regards
Agriv8
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Originally posted by Agriv8
have you thought at looking at seat / Skoda as some of these are golf's floorplan running gear.
regards
Agriv8
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Engine is a 1.4 and is pretty punchy ( she does about 6 miles a day )
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Originally posted by Blackcab
Engine is a 1.4 and is pretty punchy ( she does about 6 miles a day )
Without being contraversial, does she need a car at all? 6 miles a day?! Can she not lift share/cycle/walk/bus? It seems crazy to buy a [new] car that is doing such a tiny mileage each day. The wear on the engine always running with cold oil wont be good. I know the suggestion won't go down well, but can you manage with one less car?
Fiat 500, brilliant girlie car
Yeah, I thought you were offering her in trade
If you buy a Korean car, then you deserve what you get. The initial build might be OK, but the longevity will not be. There is actually no concept
of quality in the entire country, nor is there any creativity (I'm actually penning this from there -- I'm working here as an technical
adviser). Look up the word catchpenny, and you have discovered the philosophy behind virtually every domestically produced product. It's
stunning really, to see it first hand.
[Edited on 15/10/09 by kennyrayandersen]
Take a look at a Honda Jazz. Wife drives one and we think it is a great car
Cheers
Fred W B