Reliable Daily?

[flatlinerz]

oh wait its an EF.. Yeah probably past its useby date

just about any car is reliable if its serviced properly so your question is pretyy silly.. What sort of car do you want. Id be getting an SP20 mazda or SR2 ford for about 10k personally if you still want a hatch that is

actually just saw a sss pulsar hatch for 6500 looked nice, post some pics later

well I always serviced the civic every 5,000kms due to it being old it had nothing but problems....sss pulsar go hard from what I read might have to look into it

[bluey33]

what sort of "in town" driving is it? if it is on motorways,, expressways, etc then you will get dramatically better economy than someone in stop/start traffic.

Tulla to Brighton daily

Driving to SYDNEY get 700km to tank. Best mate didn't believe me till he used it.

[mad082]

so i'm guessing there is freeway driving in that. doesn't really count as "in town". 80kmh and above becomes highway driving.

i filled up my commodore tonight. i did 625kms before the fuel light came on. put in 57L (75L tank).

[ARTZ]

is that freeway, noosa and back yeah. Our honda gets about that around town and as much as 800 per 55lt on the highway. My bt50 does 650 to 700 per 55lt.

[sinistaGTR]

Another vote for the old corollas lol. I used to own a $400 79 model that i drove for 3 years when i used to own my old R33...so cheap to run and it never stopped no matter how hard you drove it.

[iseekool]

get a magna

...with a cat back

You should be looking for a big aussie 6, since you are doing highway ks.

A smaller car eg. civic/corolla/pulsar will not really save you much fuel for highway use. But for urban use, definately.

You also need to factor in servicing and parts - Commodore and Falcon will always be the cheapest to service, negating the service costs for a smaller car.

[evil_weevil]

click my sig

open to offers

[whoppersandwich]

I'm looking at buying a daily in a few months too, don't really need one atm coz I walk to work. I've heard N15's were pretty decent and the GA16 is pretty reliable too - anyone think any different?

[simpletool]

this unless you actually MEANT reliable....then no. Fiat 850

[simpletool]

N15 is an excellent choice.

[iseekool]

I'm looking at buying a daily in a few months too, don't really need one atm coz I walk to work. I've heard N15's were pretty decent and the GA16 is pretty reliable too - anyone think any different?

I can say these cars are bullet proof, never any problems.

Workmate has one (5 speed manual), clocked up 280,000km, original owner.

One of my friends has one (4 speed auto), clocked up 310,000km, second owner.

They just get the cars regularly serviced.

[Kris..]

R31............................./thread

[conan7772]

Alfa Romeo Montreal

and you can't get any parts for them.

go on I dare ya ...

[mad082]

is that freeway, noosa and back yeah. Our honda gets about that around town and as much as 800 per 55lt on the highway. My bt50 does 650 to 700 per 55lt.

mostly highway, but it's far from being a flat trip. about 2.5kms from work heading home there is a 1.2km long hill that is just under 10%, and since the car has to be in 3rd it does increase the fuel usage, espeically since the car is still coming up to temp and on cold start enrichment. best i've gotten out of the commodore so far was 8.76L/100kms. the best out of the pulsar was 6.5L/100kms on a trip, but generally it is in the mid 7's to low 8's, but that's driving normally and not being a granny.

...with a cat back

You should be looking for a big aussie 6, since you are doing highway ks.

A smaller car eg. civic/corolla/pulsar will not really save you much fuel for highway use. But for urban use, definately.

You also need to factor in servicing and parts - Commodore and Falcon will always be the cheapest to service, negating the service costs for a smaller car.

LOL.

as for not getting much better economy, yeah on a highway trip you will save anywhere from 1 to 2L/100kms, which is bugger all, but round town the economy difference will be double that.

N15 is an excellent choice.

+1. the missus car (my old car) is a n15 SSS. very nice car to drive, decent on fuel. goes pretty good, and hasn't missed a beat in the 8 years we've had it. i got the commodore because we needed a second car and i wanted something cheap and comfy (can't beat aussie cars for seat comfort) to rack up the kms on (125km round trip to work everyday).

[DR 32R]

get a magna

I've got a Magna all wheel drive, amazing handling, very low running and insurance costs, a keeper and I mean it. Mentioned to me by a colleague who worked with police when they ran them and liked them.

[zebra]

Needs a cat back.

Then Marc will be your best friend

[mad082]

Needs a cat back.

Then Marc will be your best friend

nah, it's awd. real men drive fwd ones, LOL

[zebra]

I spy with my little eye something beginning with C.O.M.E Racings 400 inch Alloy holden V8

[mad082]

it's also rwd. i remember when it was first built

[zebra]

and has a Turbo400 auto trans