Buying a used car for £1000. Don't want to be ripped off.

mkirkby

mrcol1000 wrote: »

The engine that went in had 35k on it and was reconditioned.

Highly unlikely I would have thought; a 40 year old ford maybe but who would bother reconditioning a 35k Hyundai engine?

At 35k it's only just run in; there'd be nothing to recondition!

scaredofdebt

mrcol1000 wrote: »

The engine that went in had 35k on it and was reconditioned. The mileage when the new engine went in was about 90K

Thanks.

My point was that if the old engine only made it to 90k then the new one potentially might go wrong in another ~40k or so when it's done the same mileage.

However, it could also be that previous owners didn't service it correctly or didn't drive sympathetically should we say!

Anyway, I hope it serves you well for many miles!

sillygoose

mrcol1000 wrote: »

The engine that went in had 35k on it and was reconditioned. The mileage when the new engine went in was about 90K

It could easily have been recon as it had a fault, owner let the oil run dry - nothing a few bearings wouldn't have fixed.

For the record I think you have done pretty OK, Korean cars are built pretty much like Japanese cars its just that the designs lagged a bit (although now they are easily on a par with any brand)

Had two Kia's (Hyundai's sister) from new until a good old life. Matrix is a very flexible vehicle.

It makes me laugh these threads, you always get people getting upset and saying nothing wrong with Renaults or whatever my one (1!) did 8 billion miles, never went wrong..... Totally pointless posts!!! there are 10's of millions of cars in the UK alone and one persons experience, even if they had the same car 5 times over is meaningless. As people mentioned the fleet surveys are the best indicator, some look at a couple of million cars and Jap's still rules, Korean is catching quick, German is mediocre and volume like Ford, Vauxhall and the French still lower down.

sun-n-moon

German is mediocre and volume like Ford, Vauxhall and the French still lower down.

I think you will find Vauxhall and Ford can be found in the top ten most reliable fleet cars. Japs still out front though.

1. Honda Accord (2008-present) 98.5%
2. Honda Jazz (2008-present) 98.2%
3. Daihatsu Sirion (2005-present) 97.5%
4. Hyundai i30 (2007-present) 96.8%
5. Ford Fiesta (2008-present) 96.2%

The Ford Focus might have the biggest sales figures in the UK, but Vauxhall’s Astra has been revealed as the most reliable fleet car on the road, according to Warranty Direct.


Depends who you ask of course and how they work the data.

sillygoose

sun-n-moon wrote: »

I think you will find Vauxhall and Ford can be found in the top ten most reliable fleet cars. Japs still out front though.

1. Honda Accord (2008-present) 98.5%
2. Honda Jazz (2008-present) 98.2%
3. Daihatsu Sirion (2005-present) 97.5%
4. Hyundai i30 (2007-present) 96.8%
5. Ford Fiesta (2008-present) 96.2%

The Ford Focus might have the biggest sales figures in the UK, but Vauxhall’s Astra has been revealed as the most reliable fleet car on the road, according to Warranty Direct.


Depends who you ask of course and how they work the data.

Very true! although the op was generally shopping for car from up to a decade ago, things have changed around a bit last few years -apart from Land Rovers