What car would you buy?

[Corollaman]

Greetings tuners,

I am thinking of buying a new ride but I would like some opinions,

If you had to choose a mid sized sedan or a station wagon based on the following criteria, what would you choose? Auto or manual, it doesn't matter. Neither does the brand.


1. Safety
2. Ride quality and general comfort
3. Resale value after 3-4 years
4. Ease of maintenance ie cost and availability of parts
5. Fuel Economy
6. Cost

As much as i hate to admit it, speed is not an issue. As long as it could go 120km/h i happy. And the cost of maintaining something exotic is out of the question.

What would you buy? Would you go brand new or foreign/local used?

I was considering a pickup as well? Would it make sense to buy one, considering the above factors?

Opinions appreciated
thanks
Avin.

[olton]

1st hit - Corolla Fielder Wagon (RORO)



Thought about a Peugeot 307Sw, but it won't do too well on resale, maintenance and initial cost.

[TurboDrive]

Ditto

[Corollaman]

Interesting

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

same here...hands down ...local or roro

[Raziel]

Brand doesn't matter ???

Point is, in our market, if you want reliability and resale value = Toyota or Nissan

My opinion on the pickup is, while a good diesel pickup would be nice, you very rarely can get a good price on a pickup, either local used or RORO, too much commercial demand.

[Xman]

Corolla.....is maintenance really necessary (built tough)......very good re-sale value....Toyota known for best suspensions in the world...

only ting is that the car is not much of a looker....

[Corollaman]

Brand doesn't matter ???

When i said brand does not matter, it meant that i not biased toward any one brand of car. SO, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, etc etc it makes no difference.

[crazybalhead]

Boy buy a wingroad or a corolla wagon, yuh cyah go wrong.

I wouldn't buy a used pick up so easy nah.

The disadvantages with a pickup are, bad diesl (in Trinidad) meaning smoke and maintenance
Bad ride not too comfortable.

Good points, excellent mileage, (meh pops does always laff at me when I tell him how much money I spend in gas, he has a frontier and spends less than half of that.

So I would say yuh tending towards one of the first two.

Then again yuh could never go wrong with a lil civic for resale value and reliability!

[Picasso]

Check meh avitar check meh signature

Nissan_Shift_Great cars

[Corollaman]

crazybalhead,

I hear yuh!


One thing though, how come every one going for the wagons? Is it because of the extra storage space?

[Xman]

One thing though, how come every one going for the wagons? Is it because of the extra storage space?

Boy I have a corolla wagon...I have a 5 cubic foot box ( 2 12's) and could still pack 12 cases off carib in d back....or two coolers...and ah doh have to drop d back seat.....

and if I have to drop it ah could hold real sheit.....

I have the car for 1 and 1/2 years no fault........while somebody I know bought a b15 at the same time with less than half the KM and velocity joints gone through already..

Ah mean it have things ah doh like but the good outweighs the bad.......no bias

[[X]~Outlaw]

corolla local roro it dosent matter.......rolla

[Jimbo]

Xman, you can't compare a Fielder to a B15/Wingroad. Those cars are not of the same calibre.

Fielder is a damn good car, best wagon on the market right now I would say

[Picasso]

I agree but I am a young fella and them Bulging eyes in fron calle lights reminds me of the old school bugy and that kind of ugliness should be shot and killed........Change the lights and I will sell meh wingroad

[seanf3000]

^^daz probably why Toyota selling alot of them with eyelids.

[hehh]

is resale on roro good ? or do ppl stay away from that ? cuz in that case it is foreign used then locally used...

[Computerman]

1st hit - Corolla Fielder Wagon (RORO)

Based on your criteria I have to agree. Personally I would have bought a Protege 5 Wagon 2.0 Tiptronic, but its just that I am partial to Mazda.

[tourniquet]

what engine do you guys get with these down there? 2zz? also, do you get the 4wd models as well?

[sleepertercel]

Well it's unanimous...fielder wagon....or if u doh like the wagon the corolla sedan...bess ride imho

[bleedingfreak]

Man just buy the pickup nah! I seriously considering trading my car for a pickup

[speadfreak]

You cant go rong Wiyh a toyota RUNX

[Anton]

only ting is that the car is not much of a looker....

I find them attractive enough. The sportier options do show a different side to the 'rolla

[Xman]

The sportier options do show a different side to the 'rolla

It always surprises me hoe the sportier or fully loaded version of any car does look 100% different (better) than the stock....

[Corollaman]

Yeah boy. I found the eyelids in particular really did the trick

[blu-rolla]

what engine do you guys get with these down there? 2zz? also, do you get the 4wd models as well?

it have a few 2zz's but thats RORO. local toyota doesn't even give the 1zz, at least without a special order. they have the crappy 1nzFE.
now i'm not saying the 1nz isn't a good engine..................if you're a 60 year old grandmother

[seanf3000]

^^eh heh boi........i haven't bounced up anyone with a 2zz in a fielder yet....just the couple of runxs or so.

Lots of people wouldn't want to pay the diff in price for the 1zz compared to the 1nz.....but i did anyway.

But i'm happy enough with the 1zz for the while, but if i have to replace it...it would be with the 2zz aerotourer.

[Picasso]

aiight aiight repeat after me S L O W Y O T A.......
now quicker now SLOWYOTA

SLOWYOTA

perfect now dont buy one

[seanf3000]

^^^eh heh......daz what you feel!!!

[Picasso]

yeah I go say it again SLOWYOTA