SUV Advice for Motoring "Noob"

The Honda, Toyota and Cumquat are all very good choices.
If you want something that would last go Jap, Honda's are very reliable, but do not try and work on it yourself, where you can take a Toyota apart with two spanners and one screwdriver you need a entire wall of tools to work on a Honda.
As for the Cumquat, as said before it shares parts with a Renault, not bad cars but do you really want a car that has any relation to any French car? They are horrid, badly built and notoriously unreliable
 
bwana said:
Got a Mokka the other week to replace my Captiva and after a few thousand kms I'm loving it... so does my wife, which is why I'm driving her Spark today :o
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The Mokka is very good but probably is not right for Silkman, it's much smaller than the vehicles he mentioned.
 
Sugarman said:
The Honda, Toyota and Cumquat are all very good choices.
If you want something that would last go Jap, Honda's are very reliable, but do not try and work on it yourself, where you can take a Toyota apart with two spanners and one screwdriver you need a entire wall of tools to work on a Honda.
As for the Cumquat, as said before it shares parts with a Renault, not bad cars but do you really want a car that has any relation to any French car? They are horrid, badly built and notoriously unreliable
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**** me. At least the OP admits he knows nothing about cars.
 
Sugarman said:
The Honda, Toyota and Cumquat are all very good choices.
If you want something that would last go Jap, Honda's are very reliable, but do not try and work on it yourself, where you can take a Toyota apart with two spanners and one screwdriver you need a entire wall of tools to work on a Honda.
As for the Cumquat, as said before it shares parts with a Renault, not bad cars but do you really want a car that has any relation to any French car? They are horrid, badly built and notoriously unreliable
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Why are Honda's difficult to work on, my Crv is the easiest engine to work on out of all the vehicles I've owned?
 
Thanks for all the advice guys. Didn't know that you can add R5000 to extend RAV warranty.
Don't personally like Renault at all so not considering it. Out of all, I like the Honda- but it's most expensive and from what you guys saying much mor eexpensive to maintain after the service plan runs out :(
 
airborne said:
Why are Honda's difficult to work on, my Crv is the easiest engine to work on out of all the vehicles I've owned?
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I can only think of the Jazz that can be difficult to work on. It's true though Toyota is a breeze to work on, although generally I would say most Japanese cars are easy to work on.
 
Hamster said:
Lemme guess, you saw one break down 10 years ago :rolleyes:
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Hahahaha.

Leo_ said:
I second the CX-5.
You can get a 2017 2.0 Dynamic (facelift) for around R380k demo.

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It's only a 3 year warranty though - But I've heard Mazda's are generally reliable. Also I'm sure it doesn't cost that much to increase it to a 5 year warranty.
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I would also vote the CX-5 and if you buy from EagleMazda, they extend the service plan and warranty with another 2 year/unlimited KM.
 
SharkBait said:
Hahahaha.



I would also vote the CX-5 and if you buy from EagleMazda, they extend the service plan and warranty with another 2 year/unlimited KM.
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Are they not the one who had specials where the advertised price include the on the road costs? it would be nice not to be scammed for a change.
 
thechamp said:
I can only think of the Jazz that can be difficult to work on. It's true though Toyota is a breeze to work on, although generally I would say most Japanese cars are easy to work on.
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All the vehicles in that segment have their engines crammed into a minute engine bay and are very hard to work on, that was one reason I avoided getting one, the thought of having to work in those confined spaces.
 
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