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ChrisThomas

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Any suggestions welcome, but:

R180k budget.
  • Diesel
  • Automatic
  • Less than 100k km

Preferably a more luxury sedan, but I'm open to suggestions,

The only cars I know I don't want are Polo's and Opel's.


What do you guys suggest?
 
Renault Duster DCi second hand (not the petrol) - why auto? think they only make manual - not sure - but go check it out anyway.

go check one out - you wont be disappointed.
 
neilronaldson said:
Renault Duster DCi second hand (not the petrol) - why auto? think they only make manual - not sure - but go check it out anyway.

go check one out - you wont be disappointed.
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They're only manual unfortunately.

Check out the 3 series, A4 and C Class if you want a German car. Also have a look at the new Mazdas... The 2.0 petrol is quite good on fuel and may be good enough to not need to go diesel
 
ahoudet said:
They're only manual unfortunately.

Check out the 3 series, A4 and C Class if you want a German car. Also have a look at the new Mazdas... The 2.0 petrol is quite good on fuel and may be good enough to not need to go diesel
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thanks - doesn't have to be a diesel, but will need to get around 7l/100km mixed with a lot of highway cruising
 
ChrisThomas said:
thanks - doesn't have to be a diesel, but will need to get around 7l/100km mixed with a lot of highway cruising
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I got less than 6.5 on my last tank. Previous shape 2014 Mazda 3 1.6 with mixed driving. With lots of traffic I got a max of 7l/100 km.

I've heard that the new engines are quite a lot more economical as well... Definitely worth a look. They're really nice to drive and the interior quality is amazing.
 
I would get any car that's not GM. Audi A4 is good, gets around 7l/100km with town/highway cruising. If town only, it can go up to 11. This is petrol though, I won't recommend getting Diesel.
 
FiestaST said:
Hang a sec...didn't you have the recently purchased...Adam?
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I do! Love the car, but I have a very bad back at the tender age of 21 I've had a collapsed disc as well as 2 other bulging discs.

Since buying the Adam the problem has gotten 10x worse with sitting in traffic, if I drive my mom's 2010 1 series I don't deal with half as much pain, these Adam seats are killing me slowly...
 
ChrisThomas said:
I do! Love the car, but I have a very bad back at the tender age of 21 I've had a collapsed disc as well as 2 other bulging discs.

Since buying the Adam the problem has gotten 10x worse with sitting in traffic, if I drive my mom's 2010 1 series I don't deal with half as much pain, these Adam seats are killing me slowly...
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Then surely your criteria in your first post should be "need to test drive first to see if seats will carry on killing me slowly or not"?
 
ahoudet said:
I got less than 6.5 on my last tank. Previous shape 2014 Mazda 3 1.6 with mixed driving. With lots of traffic I got a max of 7l/100 km.

I've heard that the new engines are quite a lot more economical as well... Definitely worth a look. They're really nice to drive and the interior quality is amazing.
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I do like mazda, will look into it!
 
Splinter said:
Then surely your criteria in your first post should be "need to test drive first to see if seats will carry on killing me slowly or not"?
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Sure, but that's why I said I was leaning more towards a luxury sedan, I'd have to test any car for the seats, as what is comfortable for others might be agony for me, so I am just looking for suggestions at this point.
 
ChrisThomas said:
I do! Love the car, but I have a very bad back at the tender age of 21 I've had a collapsed disc as well as 2 other bulging discs.

Since buying the Adam the problem has gotten 10x worse with sitting in traffic, if I drive my mom's 2010 1 series I don't deal with half as much pain, these Adam seats are killing me slowly...
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OUCH! I have a compressed L1 (20%) and the bit of pain I go through in early winter has me losing my mind, I cannot even begin to imagine what you're going through.

You know what cars have incredible seats? Volvos, most cushioned cars (seats and suspension) around. Maybe look for a 2012 S40 or even C30? Truly comfortable cars
 
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