I need a car for sub $20,000 only to keep while under warranty.
Mazda 3 or Corolla?
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
Flip a coin is probably your best bet.😂
What is the cost of a base model camry?
Supports Aussie industry that way,... just a thought.
depending on purchase price Toyotas seem to have bewtter resale value
1303Steve wrote:depending on purchase price Toyotas seem to have bewtter resale value
The base models are both $20k drive away no more to pay plus on road costs!
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
I work at a Toyota dealership so i guess i,m a little bias but as Steve said the Corolla will get you better resale value.
However both cars will give you trouble free motoring.
Cheers Col
Enter vlad01 stage left😂
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
I know two people one with a Mazda 3 and one with a Corolla. They both are happy and have had no problems. It will come down to your preference and the salesmans attitude.
helbus wrote:I know two people one with a Mazda 3 and one with a Corolla. They both are happy and have had no problems. It will come down to your preference and the salesmans attitude.
yep i hear those mazdas are pretty good. no one has ever complained about them in terms of reliability or price. Shame they are really ugly though
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toyota are ok, they used to be way better 10+ years ago, still not bad for a buzz box. I find them corolla not very well thought out cars, the older corolla are heaps better imho.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
donn wrote:Enter vlad01 stage left😂
lol what?
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
I am in the car game for a living and as the dury says they are both very good
My thoughts is that the Toyota is a better car but I purchased my wife a new Skoda Fabia Monte carlo last year and it is a great car so far touch wood
After researching I could not find a negative comment on Skoda as they are 3rd oldest car manufaturer in the world
It has all the options fitted as well as 5 yr warranty and sporty looking
donn wrote:Enter vlad01 stage left😂
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Toyota!!!
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends"
I would buy the Polo instead.
Yogie
Advertised on a Skoda Carsales page.
"We are a Rural dealership located 1 hour from Melbourne and Sydney. "
Does that mean a Skoda can travel from Melbourne to Sydney in 2 hours?
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
Skoda 0-100 in 10.1 seconds
Polo 0-100 in 12.1 seconds
Probably a bit slow for my use. They would be great for a city car, but I need to comute Southern Highlands-Sydney-Port Macquarie.
Lack of country dealer support and resale value rules them out.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
Phill I can't imagine yoiu driving a non-VW Group vehicle. If you can stretch your budget to $21,490, look at the VW Polo 66TDI. 1.6-litre TDI engine, 5-speed manual. 4.7 L/100 km. It won the NRMA Best Cars award 2012 for Best Light Car.
http://www.australiasbestcars.com.au/2012/light_over.htm
Can't really say there's a 'lack of country VW dealers' any more. There is a VW dealer in the Southern Highlands - Moss Vale Volkswagen. There are 10 VW dealers in Sydney. There is a VW dealer in Gosford (Central Coast Motor Group); Newcastle (Kloster Volkswagen Hamilton); and Port Macquarie (John Oxley Volkswagen).
There is a VW dealer in the Southern Highlands, however I refuse to go back there ....after my last experience with them.😬
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
HappyDaze wrote:There is a VW dealer in the Southern Highlands, however I refuse to go back there ....after my last experience with them.😬
Same with the Port Maquarie one.
😬I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
Phil74Camper wrote:Plook at the VW Polo 66TDI. 1.6-litre TDI engine, 5-speed manual. 4.7 L/100 km. It won the NRMA Best Cars award 2012 for Best Light Car.
$25k
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0-100 in 11.9
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No cruise control
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Made in China
👎I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
stick with toyota or mazda. even a mazda 2
maybe even a hyundai I20 😊
I lot of the new little VW are blowing up motors 🥲
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
AA003 wrote:Phil74Camper wrote:Plook at the VW Polo 66TDI. 1.6-litre TDI engine, 5-speed manual. 4.7 L/100 km. It won the NRMA Best Cars award 2012 for Best Light Car.
$25k
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0-100 in 11.9
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No cruise control
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Made in China
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😂😂😂
I can buy a $500 car that can out do all that.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
ian.mezz wrote:stick with toyota or mazda. even a mazda 2
maybe even a hyundai I20 😊
I lot of the new little VW are blowing up motors 🥲
aren't can also having problem with injectors failing too?
what about KIA. I drove 2012 model few months back, was a ripper little buzz box. Was one of their sports hatchbacks? Anyway put the hyundai and toyotas of similar market to shame.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
1966 type 3 wrote:I am in the car game for a living and as the dury says they are both very good
My thoughts is that the Toyota is a better car but I purchased my wife a new Skoda Fabia Monte carlo last year and it is a great car so far touch wood
After researching I could not find a negative comment on Skoda as they are 3rd oldest car manufaturer in the world
It has all the options fitted as well as 5 yr warranty and sporty looking
No matter how you say it, that car will have very poor resale value.
Phil also look at prices at country dealers, they can often do better than city dealers as their overheads are much lower, we saved a lot of money buying our Prado on the Gold Coast
Come on Phil when have you ever been 0-100 in 11.9 😂 😂 😂
Now... what was I doing again 🤪 🤪
AA003 wrote:Phil74Camper wrote:Plook at the VW Polo 66TDI. 1.6-litre TDI engine, 5-speed manual. 4.7 L/100 km. It won the NRMA Best Cars award 2012 for Best Light Car.
$25k
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0-100 in 11.9
👎
No cruise control
👎
Made in China
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Not made in china... and cruise control is standard...
I own a driving school, so all our cars get a pretty hard time. Ive done over 100k in two years and been fantastic.
It was cheaper to buy in Tweed Heads and drive it to sydney for the dual controls and warb did the signs. It felt very much like driving a large vehicle, and fuel was amazing.
The big difference is, they still feel like brand new cars, the quality is soo much better.
Ive had corollas and swifts, both which felt really old at 80k and two years.
VW customer service is shit, but the dealer has been fantastic, infact even if i didnt buy another VW, id have to buy another brand of car they sell, i wouldnt go any where else...
byronbus wrote:Not made in china...
Where are they made then?
Do you have a VIN?
and cruise control is standard...
Not on the cheap diesel model
The big difference is, they still feel like brand new cars, the quality is soo much better.
Yes VWs are always like that.
Also VW servicing is cheaper.
This purchase is an economic practical choice.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
go with the corolla good reliable car and will give good re sale the mazda is good too but the re sale just isnt there
Phill the Australian Polos come from Uitenhage, South Africa. The VIN code for factory is U. Some of the earlier Polo GTIs were sourced from Martorell, Spain (VIN code R).
The only Chinese-made Polo sold here was the booted Polo Classic from 2003. No longer available. They didn't sell many and I have never seen one, so I don't know what its VIN factory code would be. I'd like to know though.
Maybe you would be better off with a 2-3 year old Golf if you want some bells and whistles that the Polos don't have, for under 20K.
I don't know why 0-100 is an issue. What does the T3 Syncro do it in?
Phil74Camper wrote:Phill the Australian Polos come from Uitenhage, South Africa. The VIN code for factory is U.
Just as bad. SA VWs are rubbish.
Maybe you would be better off with a 2-3 year old Golf if you want some bells and whistles that the Polos don't have, for under 20K.
Warranty
I don't know why 0-100 is an issue. What does the T3 Syncro do it in?
That's why I need another car.
Syncro 0-100 in 23 seconds.
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(This is just a temporary vehicle)
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂
I have yet to hear someone say 'I wish I hadn't bought a Toyota"
Lucky Phil wrote:I have yet to hear someone say 'I wish I hadn't bought a Toyota"
All I can say is I glad I reconsidered after driving a new one. They are no where as good as the 90s Toyota's
my boss said if there was vw equivalent to the kluger he would of got that instead. After 130k on the clock the old kluger is getting a bit clunky.
what about nissan? haven't heard anyone mention them? they are suppose to be really good right?
been in a few old ones and they were good, only new one I have been is is a GTR and yes of course it was good, the speed of those make up for everything else.
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71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
