How Old Is Your Car? And What Is The Mileage?

[catman37]

Car Make and Model : Toyota Rav4 Diesel VX
Age : 11 Years
Milage : 203000KM
Plan : Keep driving until major problems start

 

[orin76]

2001 Opel Corsa 1.6 GSi
293000 km
Still at least 5 more years left in her

 

[squirrell]

Car Make and Model : Toyota Auris 1.6 RS
Age : 12 Years
Milage : 269000KM
Plan : She's still going strong, no plans to replace any time soon

 

[Smugs]

Car Make and Model : NP200 1.5 dci
Age : 2 Years
Milage : 58875KM
Plan : Keep driving until major problems start.

 

[pb41]

Car Make and Model : Volvo S40 T5 manual
Age : 13 Years
Milage : 232 000km
Plan : Still goes well with no issues. May change for a AWD SUV in 18 months time.

 

[MirageF1]

Car Make and Model : Ford Figo 2014 Ambiente
Age : 5 Years
Milage : 82,000 km

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

Car Make and Model : SAAB 93 Cabriolet
Age : 18 Years
Milage : 145kKM
Plan : Keep it.


Car Make and Model : Chrysler Grand Cherokee
Age : 18 Years
Milage : 202kKM
Plan : Currently has a slight engine tap, keep sending it until it blows up.


Car Make and Model : Renault Captur
Age : 2.5 years
Milage : 50kKM
Plan: Drive it another year, then get the new Clio.

 

[WesleyDB]

Car: Toyota conquest
Age: 26 years old
Mileage: 260000
Plans: considering getting a small suv soon, like a duster. Keeping the conquest until the wheels run off.

 

[TheChamp]

Car: Toyota conquest
Age: 26 years old
Mileage: 260000
Plans: considering getting a small suv soon, like a duster. Keeping the conquest until the wheels run off.

Injector? My colleague has the 1.6i, with over 400 000 km, engine still as is from the factory.

 

[Not_original]

Car :Toyota Tazz 2001
Mileage 240k
Plans :drive it till the wheels fall off, put it back on and drive some more

 

[WesleyDB]

Injector? My colleague has the 1.6i, with over 400 000 km, engine still as is from the factory.

1.3 carb.

 

[blaaislaai]

Car: Hyundai i20 N-series sport
Age: 3 years
Mileage 46000
Plans: keep for at least another 5 years

 

[Radioboy]

Car: Hyundai Verloster 1.6 N/A
Age: 6 years
Mileage: 75k
Plans: Until it dies - Been treating me well thus far.

 

[TheChamp]

Car: Hyundai i20 N-series sport
Age: 3 years
Mileage 46000
Plans: keep for at least another 5 years

How does it with its enhanced 1.4l deal with irritating Polo Vivos on the road? Decisively?

 

[Sinbad]

Ml320, 22 years old, 282000km

Plans: depending on outcome of valuation, flogging it off to replace with a 2009 Cayenne gts, 115000km in the next few weeks.

 

[Priapus]

Ml320, 22 years old, 282000km

Plans: depending on outcome of valuation, flogging it off to replace with a 2009 Cayenne gts, 115000km in the next few weeks.

Why get another car if you're leaving SA?

Car: Seat Leon Cupra - 2008
Age: 12 years
Mileage: 248k
Plans: Drive it till the wheels fall off -then make it a race car

 

[genetic]

Car: Hyundai Verloster 1.6 N/A

My condolences.

 

[Sinbad]

Why get another car if you're leaving SA?

Car: Seat Leon Cupra - 2008
Age: 12 years
Mileage: 248k
Plans: Drive it till the wheels fall off -then make it a race car

Will cost 2k usd to get it to new zealand

With this Corona ****, no idea when actual move will come to pass. Until then I'm going to live my life.

 

[Radioboy]

My condolences.

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[genetic]

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A sporty Korean tinbox...

The brochure talks about ‘sporty acceleration’ and a ‘true racing driver experience’, but that’s like calling me slim and handsome. It’s b*ll*cks. This is one of the dreariest cars I’ve ever driven.

The Veloster does none of these things. The styling doesn’t work at all. It’s silly. And because of the split rear screen, you can’t see what’s behind you. Don’t get me started on the doors, either. No, actually, do get me started. What were they thinking of?

But it’s the drive that’s worse, because there is not a single thing that leaps out and holds your attention. The engine is an engine. The gearbox is a gearbox. The steering is electric, but not in a good way, and the touchscreen ‘media centre’ mentioned in the brochure is a radio.

Hyundai has made this car using all of the lessons it’s learned over the years about long warranties and good quality. But what the company doesn’t understand is that when you make a car that’s supposed to be interesting, it needs to be interesting.

It needs to make a sporty noise, or look good, or corner well. It needs to have a feel, a certain unquantifiable something that sets it apart from the herd. An invisible beckoning finger. A come-hither look in its headlights. It needs to feel like it was made by an enthusiast, someone who likes cars, someone who understands the mechanics of James’s sausage. Because, if it doesn’t, what you end up with is a Veloster. An accountant in a clown suit.

Clarkson on the Hyundai Veloster

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