Looking at getting a new car

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Colin62

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You do realise that this is a South African forum, and that most of us don't have a clue what is available in NZ?
 
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Is the Holden Barina the Chev Sonic?

I'd take the Lancer.
 
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NomNom said:
Looking at getting a new car, which of the two would you choose and why? Otherwise any other recommendation available in New Zealand.

PC Technician that has done 10K Km's in 6 months.

http://www.mmnz.co.nz/lancer/gsr/

http://www.holden.co.nz/cars/barina/range/cdx

Looking at performance/brand/features :)
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Just get something small and cheap if you're gonna be doing that many kms. Something that's popular that side so that value still holds a bit.

ie, nothing french.
 
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Colin62 said:
You do realise that this is a South African forum, and that most of us don't have a clue what is available in NZ?
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That is some assumption there mate...in particular...the "don't have a clue" part.

A true car enthusiast does not restrict himself to cars only available in his boarder.
 
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NomNom said:
Looking at getting a new car, which of the two would you choose and why? Otherwise any other recommendation available in New Zealand.

PC Technician that has done 10K Km's in 6 months.

http://www.mmnz.co.nz/lancer/gsr/

http://www.holden.co.nz/cars/barina/range/cdx

Looking at performance/brand/features :)
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The Lancer in the 1st link is a 2L N/A Lancer you get in SA. The GSR model has a 6-speed CVT.

The Barina RS Turbo is the exact same Chev Sonic RS in SA.

Now between the 2 unusual /non direct choices I would go for the Sonic/Barina if you don't value/need the space of the Lancer.

Sonic/Barina= more modern; smart infotainment system; a small capacity turbo motor vs large size N/A in Lancer & it looks fairly good.
 
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Chevron said:
Just get something small and cheap if you're gonna be doing that many kms. Something that's popular that side so that value still holds a bit.

ie, nothing french.
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10K km in six months is in no way high mileage.
 
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FiestaST said:
That is some assumption there mate...in particular...the "don't have a clue" part.

A true car enthusiast does not restrict himself to cars only available in his boarder.
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Did you read all the words? The one I'm thinking of in particular is the word "most".

Oh, and a boarder is someone who lives with you. And even if you used the right word, which is "border", the sentence still makes no sense.
 
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Colin62 said:
Did you read all the words? The one I'm thinking of in particular is the word "most".

Oh, and a boarder is someone who lives with you. And even if you used the right word, which is "border", the sentence still makes no sense.
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Noted

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Nevertheless I gave my 2c of his vehicle choices even though I don't reside in NZ.
 
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Colin62 said:
You do realise that this is a South African forum, and that most of us don't have a clue what is available in NZ?
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I had no idea, sorry. :rolleyes:

abzo said:
Is the Holden Barina the Chev Sonic?

I'd take the Lancer.
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I guess so, I know very little about cars :(


Gtx Gaming said:
http://www.toyota.co.nz/our-range/corolla/corolla-hatch/specifications/gx/

What about a corolla hatch?

Corolla's are good in south africa ,they should be good in NZ also.
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Looks good thanks, now I have 3 to choose from :( :)


Thanks for the replies, I guess I'm going to have to test drive them and look at them more closely to decide.
 
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MIA7171 said:
I would look at Mazda3 instead. Below I have provided a link where you can read some car review in your country and do your own research.

http://www.aa.co.nz/cars/car-reviews/ (New Zealand car review)

http://www.caradvice.com.au/car-reviews/ (This is a Australia car review, their availability of cars is similar to New Zealand)
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I had a look at it, unfortunatly I just don't like it, but thanks for looking.

I am now looking at the Holden Cruze Equipe Hatch http://www.holden.co.nz/cars/cruze/range/equipe-hatch

It's on special at the moment for $25K which is pretty good considering normal price is $32K and had better audio speech recognition than the Barina CDX
 
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Have you taken some cars for a test drive to see which one suites you the most?
 
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NomNom said:
Reliability, fuel economy and most importantly a built in fridge.
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Why not get a sheep to ride? It doesn't have a fridge, but you can slice snacks off the hindquarter.
 
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