Daimo B
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Just really a question for my boss. His wife is looking at one of those little 600cc turbo matiz jobbies. Only a T reg, but does anyone know of anything to look out for on these little cars?? Any foe pars i should advise him to lookout for?
Ta 
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jr
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i didnt think they were a turbo ?
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Daimo B
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I thought they were a 600cc turbo?
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Joe
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Not that I know of, thought they were just a 900-ish cc car. decent enough cars to be fair and can be had dirt cheap.
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Daimo B
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Just checked, or not...
Sure they were. Hmmm must be thinking of a smart car?
Ahh well, not much that can really go wrong then on something so small 
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CorsaSport14
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stay away from it, we had one for our dump car at work that come in part ex, with 37k on the clock.
Went bang on the motorway, overheated and expansion tank burst, i think all the little contact points on the distributer all wore down and it wouldnt start, gearbox fucked up, wouldnt change into lower gears without a real struggle, electrics went onit,,,
There slow and roll like anything loads of understeer, horrible horrible things.
From my expierence id stay well away from them, nothing but hassle and problems
[Edited on 20-08-2008 by CorsaSport14]
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Daimo B
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This is for a housewife with 2 small children.
Doesn't need speed, or great handling, just a cheap little car for under £1k.
800cc NA engine, how far wrong could I be, least they are 3cyclinders
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Baskey
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did they use any vauxhal parts like other daewoo's?
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sand-eel
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a mate of my sisters has one and it went on fire all of a sudden so look for fire damage or fire coming out it when you go to look for one.
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CorsaSport14
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
This is for a housewife with 2 small children.
Doesn't need speed, or great handling, just a cheap little car for under £1k.
800cc NA engine, how far wrong could I be, least they are 3cyclinders
i wouldnt put my kids in it thats for sure. 
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Hammer
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Worst car i've ever driven by miles; feels extremely unsafe, the pedals feel as if they're going to snap when you push on them, the gearbox is clunky and cheap feeling, the handbrake is terrible and it doesn't go round corners. You also get poor mpg as it's pedal to the floor in every single gear, my mate used his sisters for years and it used to cost him a fair bit in fuel for what it was.
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Neo
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cousin of a member on here's overheated too...seems to be a common fault
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Just really a question for my boss. His wife is looking at one of those little 600cc turbo matiz jobbies. Only a T reg, but does anyone know of anything to look out for on these little cars?? Any foe pars i should advise him to lookout for?
Ta
800cc 3 cyl 50bhp and 1000cc 4 cyl 64bhp
no turbo as far as i recall
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bubble
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my mate john has one, done 130k ish, does 150 mile to a tenner, he paid £700 for it 2 years ago n still goin today.
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Dave A
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vw lupo may be a good alternative for a small car?
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Daimo B
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Finding about 45-55mpg.
SL - Already covered that 
Dave - Too expensive, think shes only got like £800 as her other car was rammed and written off.
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Colin
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Take it he doesnt like his wife or kids much
Tell your boss not to be so tight
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Daimo B
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You try running a house, 2 kids, a wife, and 2 cars, on 1 persons salary
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Colin
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I plan to at some point
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Daimo B
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But but your gonna be a rich bugger earning muchos cash on the rigs
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Carl
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I've been a passenger in one , horrible things, felt like you could possibly fall out of the door when going around a corner they seemed that flimsy and shit.
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Graham88
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Horrible cars.
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dannymccann
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600CC turbo would that daihatsu 'sports' car the Copen would it not?
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mart08uk
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they sound dangerous.
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Ren
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Regardless of how good it might be on MPG etc, you mentioned that her other car was rammed... well I doubt a Matiz would stand up to any kind of punishment, and I wouldnt risk buying one for 800 if kids were involved.
For 800, he should just get an fiesta/corsa etc. Same on fuel, and alot safer
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