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Which Small car? |
Ford Focus LX |
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38% |
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Honda Civic SE |
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50% |
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Vauxhall Astra SXi |
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11% |
[ 2 ] |
Other |
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0% |
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iCraig |
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iCraig World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:50 - 17 Apr 2006 Post subject: New Small 'family' Car |
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Right just thought I'd ask this on here cos you lot are a knowledgeable bunch.
My Brother is in the market for getting a new car to replace his 2001 VW Golf, which is beginning to turn into a money pit with him just paying out £600+ for a service and repair and for a 5 year old, 50k car its just not on. And it seems to be getting alot of electrical gremlins recently too.
So he has been looking at new cars around the same size as the golf, he wants new so he will have the piece of mind of the 3 year warranty, also being the first owner means he can treat it well and service it how it should, something which you don't get with a used car and also he wants finance and he is very interested in PCP.
He doesn't do a major amount of miles and keeps his cars in great condition so PCP will be a good idea for him as he wants to change his cars every 2 years anyway.
My basic question is what should he go for, so far he has test driven a Ford Focus, which he liked and a new Honda Civic which he loved.
So which have people owned, what did they like, what didn't they like, was it reliable etc etc?
Thanks In Advance,
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Posted: 23:00 - 17 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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From all accounts the new Civic is head and shoulders above the competition.
My Type R rocks, parts and servicing for Honda is cheapish, easily accesible and bulletprodf ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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ash t World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:02 - 17 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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Ford focus, common as they are, are brilliant cars.
My mum did 60k miles in hers without a single slight problem at all. They shift aswell.
They are comfortable, reliable, and arent ugly like most cars you see thesedays!
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Posted: 23:09 - 17 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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As a little thing to be aware of is that Honda DO NOT do deals with the prices of their cars
Ford / Vauxhall / Renault / Peogeut etc all do 'cash back' and money off, ergo good deals, however, they depreciate like anything
Its swings and roundabouts with cars (and bikes for that matter) ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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Posted: 00:13 - 18 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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Focus or Civic are worth considering. Is he after a petrol or diesel? ____________________ Northern Irish? www.nibikers.com |
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Posted: 23:38 - 18 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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Japanese reliability is legendary as is the honda name. The civic would be the car of choice for me if it was to be brand new...Focus's are common as much anyway |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 18 years, 15 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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