Automatic car buy options

Mercdriver

hollie.weimeraner wrote: »

My son has an auto Quashqai and it's great although it is diesel. Nice quality car but your budget may be prohibitive.


We have a couple of Toyota Hybrids which are great especially the Auris estate.

I drove an Auris Hybrid estate in Italy. It was meant to have been an upgrade by Avis from a BMW 220D. Great for space, but the car gave a great impersonation of a dying fly. It was way too whiney. I have driven other Toyota petrol autos in New Zealand - the Corolla non hybrid which is the Auris and a small camper van. Never again. No guts to it at all.

bigisi

facade wrote: »

and remember, there is usually a reason why a car is second hand

Yes and it's usually that someone has used it before and decided to change.

Jeez, talk about over exaggeration.

facade

bigisi wrote: »

Yes and it's usually that someone has used it before and decided to change.

Of course it is


I assume that you haven't read many of the threads on here about the cars that people sold because they fancied a change then :rotfl:


There is always something wrong with a second hand car. You hope it is just the balloon was more than it was worth, they really have been given a company car, they are too ashamed to have a 14 plate car on the drive etc., but in my experience, it isn't.

hollie.weimeraner

Mercdriver wrote: »

I drove an Auris Hybrid estate in Italy. It was meant to have been an upgrade by Avis from a BMW 220D. Great for space, but the car gave a great impersonation of a dying fly. It was way too whiney. I have driven other Toyota petrol autos in New Zealand - the Corolla non hybrid which is the Auris and a small camper van. Never again. No guts to it at all.

Can't see how the Auris was an upgrade to the BM definitely a downgrade. As far as the noise is concerned that's just the CVT transmission which I find OK

ratrace

op. mk2 Skoda fabia estate 1.6 petrol auto, my old man has one owned it 3 years without any issues with it, its the proper torque converter not the dsg which are prone to fail, it is a bit heavy on fuel i think he gets 30mpg around i was thinking to get it converted on lpg but as he only does 5,000 miles a year its not really worth it, tax is a bit high £240 a year



Hope that helps

gord115

What about a Nissan leaf. Ideal for low mileages like yours and very reliable. Also very practical.

Grandad99

I have always owned old second hand cars, never bought anything less than 10 years old.

I have the chance to buy an 06 Hyundai Matrix 1.6 petrol automatic and wonder where it sits in the very detailed upthread description of the various types of automatic systems.

Mileage is 67,000. Being retired with a wife who finds travelling difficult I do about 4,000 miles a year on just local trips. This would be my first automatic car.

At £800 could this be a good buy for me?

buglawton

Any issue with the auto box with a car valued at around £800 could make the car a write off. The 4 people I know of who owned older autos (one not so old actually) had serious auto box issues. A test drive may not reveal an auto issue that only happens after driving a longer while. Good old fashioned torque converters are thought to be the most reliable/easiest to have fixed.

Grandad99

Thanks buglawton.

I presume from what you say that the car has an auto box.

50Twuncle

Goudy wrote: »

Suzuki now do a proper TC for their Vitaras, Swifts and Baleno as well.

Suzuki Swifts have had TC boxes for at least 13 years - I have had 3 of them, and now drive a Baleno with a TC box - my wife also has a Swift with a TC box
You can't go far wrong with a Automatic Swift !