First car decision

Gtx Gaming said:
Indeed the i20 has hard to push pedals for some reason, if you spending hours in it everyday, its not very nice.

Its fine otherwise, and very cheap to maintain.

After an year or so my legs was in so much pain I could not sleep anymore, sold the car 2 days afterwards.
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Are you referring to the clutch pedal? The one on my i30 is hard as well and the bite point is quite low so it's not the most comfy in stop-go traffic
 
bromster said:
No way. That reasoning is perfectly sound. Buying your first car out of the box at 25 is financial suicide.

Hyundai have good warranties so the mileage isn't critical. Of the two, I'd take the i20 if the year model was within 1 year of the i10. That way you'll still have a fair bit of warranty remaining.

My company hired an i20 for me on my last work visit to Joburg. It was sluggish at altitude, but I really enjoyed the interior actually. This model had Bluetooth etc as well
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I wasn't necessarily talking about this 25 year old. I was talking in general.
 
PhireSide said:
Are you referring to the clutch pedal? The one on my i30 is hard as well and the bite point is quite low so it's not the most comfy in stop-go traffic
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Indeed the clutch was a pain, but overall the other pedals required a lot of pushing lol

Was very tedious in bumper to bumper traffic.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
This is the strangest comment I have seen in a long time. Lets just say if you are uncomfy in a i20 you will be very uncomfy in an i10. i10 is the cheapest car Hyundai makes so it doesn't have half the comforts of an i20.
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That's not necessarily how things work, the 1.6 had 91kW, Hyundai could have tuned the suspension to be more on the sporty side, while a much cheaper i10 could be softer and more comfortable.
 
NeonNinja said:
Who said I need to save, 20% in this case?
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Geez dude. I did say if you have too much money you can get a new car.
Or if you care about image/status more than making sound financial decisions, and driving someone elses old car might just damage your ego.
 
rietrot said:
Geez dude. I did say if you have too much money you can get a new car.
Or if you care about image/status more than making sound financial decisions, and driving someone elses old car might just damage your ego.
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You dont need "too much money". You just need sufficient.
 
Gunner182 said:
Elaborate...
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My car is 4 years old now, 168000. I have had to replace the clutch 2 times, the radiator fan, fuel intake valves and then they installed it incorrectly. With the clutch - ever since I got the car the clutch had been tight. They told me it was normal. It would last a year and then burn out. Of course it was not covered and they claimed it was the way I drove. Funny that my previous cars never needed that replacing until near the end of 8 years and I drove the one for 10 and the other for 15 years. This last installation was not tight - and it is 1,6 years already. My CVs were making a noise when I turned while reversing. They said there was no problem and that it wasn't the CV joints. They replaced a lot of other things and I still had the problem. I have just had them replaced and and no more noise. Bushels needed replacing too. Twice after servicing, something major would go wrong. So now it goes to the little garage up the road. Which is a pity - I have the Ecosport Titanium and really love it. But I am reluctant to get another Ford. Oh yes - when I first got the car, the battery would keep dying. They would test the battery and tell me it was fine. They tested the alternator, belts - everything fine. It was my imagination that I had to jumpstart my car several times a week. I eventually bought a portable jumpstart unit. I replaced the battery elsewhere even though it was under warranty - never had to jumpstart my car since.
 
pinball wizard said:
Find a 1.6. The 1.4 is a tad underpowered. The 1.6 is very well specced as well.
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Don't know if the i20 still comes in 1.2, if it does, don't get that. Test drove one about 4 years ago for the wife, the car could barely make it up a steep hill in first. My wife ended up with a Spark and that could handle it a lot better.
 
Lupus said:
Don't know if the i20 still comes in 1.2, if it does, don't get that. Test drove one about 4 years ago for the wife, the car could barely make it up a steep hill in first. My wife ended up with a Spark and that could handle it a lot better.
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New model still comes in a 1.2.
 
KT-B said:
My car is 4 years old now, 168000. I have had to replace the clutch 2 times, the radiator fan, fuel intake valves and then they installed it incorrectly. With the clutch - ever since I got the car the clutch had been tight. They told me it was normal. It would last a year and then burn out. Of course it was not covered and they claimed it was the way I drove. Funny that my previous cars never needed that replacing until near the end of 8 years and I drove the one for 10 and the other for 15 years. This last installation was not tight - and it is 1,6 years already. My CVs were making a noise when I turned while reversing. They said there was no problem and that it wasn't the CV joints. They replaced a lot of other things and I still had the problem. I have just had them replaced and and no more noise. Bushels needed replacing too. Twice after servicing, something major would go wrong. So now it goes to the little garage up the road. Which is a pity - I have the Ecosport Titanium and really love it. But I am reluctant to get another Ford. Oh yes - when I first got the car, the battery would keep dying. They would test the battery and tell me it was fine. They tested the alternator, belts - everything fine. It was my imagination that I had to jumpstart my car several times a week. I eventually bought a portable jumpstart unit. I replaced the battery elsewhere even though it was under warranty - never had to jumpstart my car since.
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Now that you mention it. I have a Fiesta, 4 years old, about 82000km on the clock, Auto. I took my car for a service couple weeks back and ever since I've got this knocking sound when I go over bumps or sounds like something sliding when I turn. Took it back and they said it was my left front shock. I had an accident couple months back on that sound so it made sense, insurance paid, but the knocking sound is still there and I don't have time to take it back as I need my car.

I'll write them an email in next week again to check it out.

Sorry OP for hijacking your thread.
 
KT-B said:
My car is 4 years old now, 168000.
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I'm always amazed at the mileage people rack up.
My current car is a 2011 and has just gone over 100 000km
The previous car was 12 years old when I sold it and only had 144 000km on it.
 
I can vouch for the weird pedal discomfort issues with the manual i20. I usually drive an i10 but I drove a friend's i20 for about 2 weeks recently. For some reason the cowling under the steering wheel digs into your left shin while operating the clutch. I wasn't driving for long distances but I can imagine this would be very annoying if you spend long hours in slow moving traffic. Initially I thought it was just because of my height but my wife, who is quite short, also drove the car and complained of the same issue.
 
Gtx Gaming said:
Indeed the i20 has hard to push pedals for some reason, if you spending hours in it everyday, its not very nice.

Its fine otherwise, and very cheap to maintain.

After an year or so my legs was in so much pain I could not sleep anymore, sold the car 2 days afterwards.
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Which one did you drive?

I drove the Mk1 (very hard pedals in the auto)

Owned the Mk1 facelift and drove both the manual and auto. Definitely comfy and the pedals in both manual and auto were soft.

I only drove the new one in manual but can imagine it would have been improved.
 
My mom also has arthritis, would recommend an automatic Polo, has enough power at altitude and reasonable comfortable at a decent price. It would be best if you bought a 1 year old to save on costs.
 
pinball wizard said:
I'm always amazed at the mileage people rack up.
My current car is a 2011 and has just gone over 100 000km
The previous car was 12 years old when I sold it and only had 144 000km on it.
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I go everywhere. Love driving. And sometimes I train a couple of hours away and drive there.
 
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