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Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:31 pm
#1854598
Looking to replace Mrs A's 17 year old Hyundai Getz 1.3 Automatic.
This car has been sooo reliable its not true, in 12 years of ownership the only none 'wear and tear' replacement has been an airbag warning light switch. OK, it only runs about 5k miles a year but in some respects that is more demanding because most of the time it is journeys of less than 5 miles.
Problem is that tin worm is starting to make an appearance and Mrs A is now regularly transporting our first grandchild around in her car. It has Isofix, which is good for the child seat, but it lacks many other features such as multiple air bags, air-conditioning and remote locking ... to name but a few.
We are very well acquainted with running small autos, we've been doing it nearly 40 years, but looking for a replacement is proving difficult. The main problem is that there are so many auto-boxes out there that are simply dreadful and unreliable. I'm trying to find a small auto that runs a traditional torque converter with slush box ... the vast majority have moved onto one of the many 'new' technologies, which from what I can see are almost exclusively designed to be problematic and unreliable.
The only small auto's still running 'traditional' auto boxes appear to be be Hyundai/Kia, well up to a couple of years ago, which is OK as we're not looking to buy anything new (budget around £9k)
So, any suggestions for small(ish) auto's running reliable auto transmissions? The reason we've held on to the present car for 12 years is that I knew that finding a replacement would be difficult. And my experience over the last couple of weeks is that all I can find is Hyundai iX20 or Kia Venga, which are essentially the same car, and very much the successors of the car we want to replace.
Small autos are a bit 'niche' I know, but thought it might be worth asking here .... my own current car arrived as a result of posting here ... so thought I'd try my luck again ....
This car has been sooo reliable its not true, in 12 years of ownership the only none 'wear and tear' replacement has been an airbag warning light switch. OK, it only runs about 5k miles a year but in some respects that is more demanding because most of the time it is journeys of less than 5 miles.
Problem is that tin worm is starting to make an appearance and Mrs A is now regularly transporting our first grandchild around in her car. It has Isofix, which is good for the child seat, but it lacks many other features such as multiple air bags, air-conditioning and remote locking ... to name but a few.
We are very well acquainted with running small autos, we've been doing it nearly 40 years, but looking for a replacement is proving difficult. The main problem is that there are so many auto-boxes out there that are simply dreadful and unreliable. I'm trying to find a small auto that runs a traditional torque converter with slush box ... the vast majority have moved onto one of the many 'new' technologies, which from what I can see are almost exclusively designed to be problematic and unreliable.
The only small auto's still running 'traditional' auto boxes appear to be be Hyundai/Kia, well up to a couple of years ago, which is OK as we're not looking to buy anything new (budget around £9k)
So, any suggestions for small(ish) auto's running reliable auto transmissions? The reason we've held on to the present car for 12 years is that I knew that finding a replacement would be difficult. And my experience over the last couple of weeks is that all I can find is Hyundai iX20 or Kia Venga, which are essentially the same car, and very much the successors of the car we want to replace.
Small autos are a bit 'niche' I know, but thought it might be worth asking here .... my own current car arrived as a result of posting here ... so thought I'd try my luck again ....
