Jakey
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Going to look at one with my mother tomorrow. They seem a nice car for the money and apparently have Vauxhall engines and use a lot of other GM parts.
This is the car in question CLICKY
Anybody had any experience with them?
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dan_m1les
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The tax bracket is horrendous! One of the reasons they are so cheap! Also as far as I remember it's a carb'd engine?
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Jakey
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Tax is £260 for the year so not to bad.
Can't find anything about a carb'd engine.
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Adam-D
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ive had a experience with one.
i stuffed a omega estate into a parked one last year. rear bumpers and impact bars are plastic and shatter everywhere. .. .
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AndyKent
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Dad had a chevrolet tacuma - quite possibly the worst car I've ever been in.
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Dad had a chevrolet tacuma - quite possibly the worst car I've ever been in.
Elaborate?
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John
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There must be something else available thats a bit better.
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Jakey
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We've had no experience with them so we're only going for a look. All the other Picasso, Zaffira or Scenics for a similar price have 100,000+ miles and are 10+ years old.
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pow
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I'd rather an older Mk2 Scenic tbh Jakey boy. 1.6 Petrol if she's not doing moon milage, must be loads about. Will do 35MPG all day long and it's in that £190 band.
[Edited on 06-02-2012 by pow]
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Adam-D
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i would go for a zaffy
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Jakey
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Any reasons why though Adam or Pow?
I tell people about the car, they like the sound of it.
Tell them it's a Daewoo and everybody hates.
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pow
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Dad did over 250,000 in 2 scenics and they were rock solid, never went wrong. Even tried to drive one of them over a Z3 years ago, came off with a crack on the bumper.
The are brilliant spacy cars and don't seem to cost an arm and a leg to run.
Just think it'll be easier to get rid of aids than that
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Adam-D
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daewoo isnt a bad car. just bland, not the easyst to get bits for.
zaffy, go for older shape. i hate the new one
dad has had both, ive driven both, older one is better.
but get a bigger engine'd one, the small engine ones run out of puff fully loaded
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pow
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eBay has a spattering of 80k Scenic Monaco's (top spec, climate, leather, cd changer) for under 1.5k
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Jakey
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Just can't seem to find any Zafs or Scenics under £1500 with less than 100,000 on the clock.
My mum doesn't do more than 6k a year. She just wants a higher car that can get her from a to b without paying tons and be reliable.
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Jakey
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I'll have a butcheroo Pow, cheers.
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pow
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-RENAULT-MEGANE-SCENIC-PRIV-MONACO-GREY-leather-air-con-x2-sunroof-TAX-MOT-/130633155889?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6a57c531
2.0 but the IDE engine is smooth as fuck.
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pow
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I have a soft spot for these as Dad taught me how to drive in one of these! They ar e agood family car, plus, I don't think they look at all offensive.
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AndyKent
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Dad had a chevrolet tacuma - quite possibly the worst car I've ever been in.
His was a 1.6 - slow, shit fuel consumption, noisy, crap plastics inside, lost value like a stone. Oh and the engine blew up at 40,000 miles despite regular servicing.
I literally could see no redeeming features.
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NovaGTE2
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How about a Nissan Almera Tino; quite nice t drive and can get a good spec for good price
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Anty
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mazda premacy ?
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T21SVJ
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quote:
Originally posted by NovaGTE2
How about a Nissan Almera Tino; quite nice t drive and can get a good spec for good price
this guy speaks sense
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Jakey
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That car is miiiilesss away Pow. Don't wanna travel hours away for a car that's only being used as a runaround.
Will have a look at the Nissan and Mazda thanks lads.
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Jakey
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Good call on the Tino. Good priced with low miles, just not many about locally.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Guy at my work has a Chevy Tacuma for sale. Has been damaged repaired. 57 plate with 18k for £1500
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