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He he, sorry, I should of clarified that; they fold like tin foil in a crash, but the engine (and mechanical parts in general) seem to cope very well with negligence. I ran one without a drop of oil for 200 miles and it gave me 20,000 miles further trouble-free service. It was then written off by someone crashing into it comparatively low speed.
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Yeap ... no point trying to get a fast car, unless you spend mega money it's still going to be slow.
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* OK, so the Maverick isn't badged as a Nissan, but the only things Ford made were the badges, the rest is Nissan Terrano 2. Before that I owned an old '95 Micra that was trouble-free, and a few years ago an '89 Bluebird I put huge mileage on and never serviced... and it refused to die. The two Jap built ones I had were rust-buckets ('77 140J and a '79 120Y Coupe) |
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Thanks for everything so far!
Right at the moment I'm seriously considering a early 2000's vw golf 1.4 (approx 50k mileage) or to a lesser extent a newer ford fiesta - both around £3k. What do you guys think - are golfs still reliable?
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That Golf wont pull the skin off a rice pudding. MKIV's are heavy and the motor doesnt have a huge amount of power, so it'll be slow and not very good on fuel either as you'll just end canning it all the time to get any decent speed out of it.
You want 1.6 or preferably a 1.8 if you can afford the insurance. Or even better a diesel. Cant really speak for the fiesta dont have much experience of the ones your looking at.
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Get the fiesta. AS fizz says, the MkIV golf wieghts about the same as Jupiter and the 1.4 has the power of a B&D strimmer. Even the 1.8t isnt exatcly mind blowing.
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As for the golf, it is a decent motor, the 1.4 is woefully underpowered but the 1.6 isnt much better either. a diesel model is your best bet for poke. However they are spectaculrly overpriced for what you get and they are as basic as a turkish prison cell inside (bar the pretty blue lights). Servicing can get a bit pricey too when the miles creep up as parts are still reasonably expensive and they reccomend a cam belt change at 40-50k miles which can sting you to the tune of £400-£500 quid cos its a nightmare to access. That said you could do a lot worse than a golf and it does have a good image. |
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