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What car to buy [Advice needed]

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    #32
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,238 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    ninty9er wrote:
    Something like this. I think the range between "bite" and cutting out in the Opel clutch makes the ideal for learners. most of the other cars mentioned have a very limited range in clutch control (especially Yaris and Fiesta).

    The Astra also came in a 1.2. Beware that many are 1.4 advertised incorrectly though when keeping insurance costs in mind

    The 1.2 litre is too slugish for the heavy body of the Astra, one of the reasons they are so rare. It is no less economical than the 1.4 litre either. Best avoided, if you want the 1.2 litre then stick with the Corsa.


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    #33
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    IncredibleHulk wrote:
    Good point I think it is like doctors who see a bad reaction to a drug and themn do not prescribe it again. What of all the folk who took it without problem.

    It's more apt to compare FIAT to a drug that has bad side effects on a large percentage of the population, so much so that people in the medical profession wouldn't take it themselves, or give it to their family. What doesn't help is the people who haven't had side effects playing down the claims of people who have seen bad things happen ver and over!


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    #34
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    bazz26 wrote:
    The 1.2 litre is too slugish for the heavy body of the Astra, one of the reasons they are so rare. It is no less economical than the 1.4 litre either. Best avoided, if you want the 1.2 litre then stick with the Corsa.


    Which is why it's good for a learner...sluggish isn't always bad


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    #35
    IncredibleHulk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 633 ✭✭✭IncredibleHulk


    colm_mcm wrote:
    It's more apt to compare FIAT to a drug that has bad side effects on a large percentage of the population, so much so that people in the medical profession wouldn't take it themselves, or give it to their family. What doesn't help is the people who haven't had side effects playing down the claims of people who have seen bad things happen ver and over!


    Clever Car Buying by Eddie Cunningham, the Irish Independent Motoring Correspondent, does not say Punto is rubbish. When I googled reviews on the web of Punto not all were bad


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