R50/53 What would you do? 2006 trade for 2007/8?
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This is a tough question as its hard to feel good about a car, no matter how much you like it, if it has issues. Personally, I'd give it more time, especially since you have warranty left. Maybe you can get it all sorted out. If not ...and you run out of patience, think about selling /trading then.
Like others here, I am a big R53 fan, but don't much care for the R56. If my car was to give me enough trouble to make me need to get rid of it, I'd search for a low mileage '06 ...and if I could not find one I'd start looking at other cars ...I'm sad to say.
Like others here, I am a big R53 fan, but don't much care for the R56. If my car was to give me enough trouble to make me need to get rid of it, I'd search for a low mileage '06 ...and if I could not find one I'd start looking at other cars ...I'm sad to say.
I have test-driven a couple of, and had a couple of R56 loaners - both MCs and MCSs in both stick and auto, and I wasn't enthralled with any of them. Aside from them resembling my '05, they were 'just another car.'
If I was in the same situation, that is, wrestling with an 'upgrade' decision, I would either:
1. keep the R53/50, or
2. look to purchase a completely different car
That new Fiat 500(?) would be something I'd look at, just for the sake of looking at it. The R56 is not in my realm of possibility.
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My dad has a Prius, not a bad car, strangely though its quite hard to get into the car as the roofline is quite low. I am 40 and my dad 67, both under 5 foot 11 (me) and 5 foot 7 (him) the seats are quite high and the roofline low, its just a strange thing on what I found to be an otherwise really nice car, Oh and the ride is bumpy as all heck in the back, must be the low rolling resistance tyres.
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They might ride like trucks, but at least they are ugly.
When I was in high school I played football. Our coach used to tell us "you guys might be small, but at least you are slow.
That recollection made me think of the Prius.
When I was in high school I played football. Our coach used to tell us "you guys might be small, but at least you are slow.
That recollection made me think of the Prius.
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Funny, I was looking at the Fiat 500 but it is insanely small inside and a bit of a chicks car. Not the cheapest things over here either.
I should just calm down and keep this thing, I mean even if it drops a 1000 pound repair on me when its out of warrantee its still cheaper than the loss I will take trying to get into another car. The sick thing is that I lost a bundle on a 20k mile Rav4 that I traded in for it and that car never gave me a single problem, well it did shift like the shifter was metal rod in a bucket of rocks but thats how they all are I am told.
Maybe I am too picky, I should get a honda....Peter
I should just calm down and keep this thing, I mean even if it drops a 1000 pound repair on me when its out of warrantee its still cheaper than the loss I will take trying to get into another car. The sick thing is that I lost a bundle on a 20k mile Rav4 that I traded in for it and that car never gave me a single problem, well it did shift like the shifter was metal rod in a bucket of rocks but thats how they all are I am told.
Maybe I am too picky, I should get a honda....Peter
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I think the 1st gen was much better, this was so bad I just could not stand it, also as i wanted a mini for 8 years it just had to go. Even the Toyo service manager said they shift like that.
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