by "Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
Published 12/30/2017 at 11:10
by "Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
Published 12/30/2017 at 11:10
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I couldn’t end the year without buying one more car.
Luckily, my brother in law needed a new car since his current work car is falling to pieces.
We went through some ads, checked some prices, went to check out a nicely priced Hyundai i30 station wagon, and he bought it.
Nothing spectacular, just like the car itself.
Stats:
First registered 11/2009
1.6 crdi (90hp)
90.000km
12 months warranty
Trailer hitch
Very good condition
5.400€
Goal was a cheap, safe, reliable car.
It’s far from exciting, but hey, I got to go buy a car. A nice side effect is that my sister, nephew and niece won’t drive around in a car I consider more dangerous than my Chevy.
"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
12/30/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 1
I owned an ‘11 Elantra Touring (US market i30SW) with the 2.0 petrol engine (because America), it was a great car. Super reliable, comfortable, not too quick, but handled very well, lots of room in the rear seat and hatch, good load handling, the suspension was tuned correctly so that it still felt nice with a full load. Great brakes too, except the damn drum-inside-a-disc parking brake was a PITA to replace the shoes on. I hauled more heavy, bulky, weird crap in that car than most pickup-truck owners do (including a lawn tractor INSIDE the car...), AND pissed off the WRX-Bros at Autocross. I kinda miss it. It was sort of the platonic ideal of a useful, efficient, reliable, non-boring car.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
12/30/2017 at 12:33, STARS: 0
Just curious, how many cars did you buy this year?
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/30/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 0
Sounds perfect for my sister’sfamily then :)
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/30/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 3
For me: I bought a first Mégane RS that I brought back for title issues, then a 208 GTI, another Mégane RS, and a 505 V6 parts car.
I bought a Crossgolf for my parents, a Mazda 6 wagon for my sister’s boyfriend, an i30 wagon for my other sister’s husband.
So that’s 7, I’ll try to do better next year :)
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
12/30/2017 at 13:24, STARS: 1
It’s clear who you get the exciting cars for, haha.
That’s a decent number though , I bought exactly 0 haha.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/30/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 1
Yeah I rarely buy fun cars for others :)
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
12/30/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0
Driving through Quebec a few years ago I saw one of those towing a good sized four wheeler.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/30/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 1
It’s rated for 1.500kg over here, not bad for a car under 100hp
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
12/31/2017 at 04:01, STARS: 0
What did they drive before? This is recent-ish, somewhat decent and you didn’t pay overly much, but it doesn’t get any more boring.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/31/2017 at 05:44, STARS: 0
Indeed, it’s nothing exciting.
It’s replacing a forrest green 306 wagon, which is a bit more interesting but has a lot of issues. It was a work car, and lived a hard life.
Their main car is an equally boring Mazda 5, but my brother in law in currently restoring his old 2CV Charleston
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
12/31/2017 at 06:12, STARS: 0
The 306 is getting on in age, so if it’s led a hard life than I can imagine it’s coming to its end. Too bad though, they were great cars for those with a low budget. Probably drives more dynamically than that Hyundai too.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
12/31/2017 at 06:56, STARS: 1
They’ve had it for about 14 years.
It was already on it’s way to the junkyard when they picked it up. It had thrown a rod through the engine wall, and was a bit rough.
My dad put a used engine in it. That was about 200.000km ago I think. It cost them next to nothing over the years.