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The perfect daily driver!

Want to keep your Skyline safely locked up at home? Sick of your 1000kw monster's fuel bills and grabby clutch in heavy traffic?

If you're looking for a small car that is good on fuel, has enough poke to get it where you need it, handles well and is a notch above the usual Hyundai and Kia 'quality', you can't go past this!

When we bought it we had looked around for weeks trying to find a nice tidy example. This one was a clear standout. Straight, clean, original, we even got them to put it up on the hoist so my brother (a mechanic) could check underneath. We could not fault it.

It mainly does the daily commute between work and home, which is basically Brisbane CBD-northside and back, so mostly peak hour town driving with a little bit of highway. It returns 9-10L/100km consistently, even with the occasional spurt to get around someone, and with the crappy traffic that Gympie Rd throws at us every single day. Out on the highway it's geared a bit short (3000rpm @ 100km/h) but still gives somewhere around 7-8L/100km.

Basic specs:

  • 1998 model
  • Mazda 323 Astina, Shades
  • ~5 months rego
  • 4 door hatchback. The last of the hardtop pillarless shape!
  • 5 seats (5th seat is probably a bit of a squeeze for adults)
  • 1.8L 4cyl
  • 5 speed manual
  • 130,000km
  • Soft bolstered seats (no bench seats here!)
  • Factory 5-spoke alloys
  • Near-new tyres, heaps of tread
  • Tinted windows (not dark but cuts out UV)
  • Power windows
  • Power steering
  • Aircon
  • Driver's airbag
  • Regularly serviced

Why am I selling it if it's so great? Simple really, I'm getting a lease vehicle through work because the option has recently become available - I'm upgrading. If that wasn't the case I would be keeping this thing because it does exactly what we bought it for so well.

If you're interested please contact me via PM or by posting in this thread, or on <removed>. I'm asking $8,750 ono, which IMHO is a bargain for this car.

The car is on the north side of Brisbane. I'm not interested in shipping it unless it's definitely worth my while, I'd prefer to sell it to someone who will drive it away.

Cheers

Marc

Edit: This car is now advertised on Car Sales.

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