Chevrolet lacetti

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gbb

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
I can only add my sister in law had a Chevrolet Matiz.....never missed a beat in the 5 or 6 years they had it and TBF, still ran and looked alright when she got rid when it was 9 years old.
 
fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Just check out the fuel consumption of the chevvy. Was speaking to a chap who had one of the MPVs and his average was about 20 mpg. Terrible on fuel
 
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Piemaster

Piemaster

Guru
Location
UK City of Culture
I've been shopping. Went to look at a Ford C-Max on a dealers website unfortunately even though it was showing as in stock they's sold it and site was out of date. They had another but was way over budget.
Also went and had a look at a lacetti. Despite all the warnings it's thought it was 'ok' for £2k and for what it will be used for, we're rarely in it for long enough for it to matter only doing circa 4k miles per year. Reckon the price also reflects some badge snobbery. Rear luggage space isn't much better than the 156 though, it would still probably mean losing both seat to get a bike in (cycling forum alert!) though guessing a bit as I didn't have a bike with me.

So on to prospect no.3. I've just bought a Skoda Roomster. Clever rear seats and lots of vertical room should mean getting a bike in it easy. Seats up should cover the Uni run. I'm pretty sure sons beer fridge will fit seats up ok. Practical and will be cheaper to run than the 156, but....all seems very motobility. I've got the Spider in the garage as an antidote when I need an Alfa fix.
 
w00hoo_kent

w00hoo_kent

One of the 64K
Location
Maidstone or Greenwich
Interesting about the Roomster, currently running a Toyota Corolla Verso which would have fitted the bill I'd imagine (I presume they do automatics, mine's petrol but manual). Plenty of room with the seats down and can take three people and a bike in relative comfort.
 
gbb

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
[QUOTE 3317304, member: 45"]Not great performance or safety with the Matiz.

Mind you, I had a Daihatsu Charade which must be the smallest car in the world and appeared to be made from laminated tin-foil, so I'm not one who should talk about car safety.[/QUOTE]
Agree re the performance. 3 cylinder engine I think, ok for town but she did say she wouldnt miss the lethargic acceleration.
I hired a Charade in 2005ish in Cyprus. Christ that thing went like the clappers...seriously.
 
OP
OP
Piemaster

Piemaster

Guru
Location
UK City of Culture
gbb said:
Agree re the performance. 3 cylinder engine I think, ok for town but she did say she wouldnt miss the lethargic acceleration.
I hired a Charade in 2005ish in Cyprus. Christ that thing went like the clappers...seriously.
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We had a Perdoua Nippa for a while, it's still in the family somewhere, same car. The Daihatsu Charade production line was moved to Malaysia, the 3-cylinder engine still had 'Daihatsu' on the rocker cover. Teeny little 3-cylinder engine just loved revs and good round town, well, up to about 30mph anyway, mostly because it was made from biscuit tins and weighed nothing. Really did hark back to proper Minis. Was so narrow I could touch passenger window just by sticking left arm out- there wasn't many gaps it wouldn't go through. It also amused me in car parks to tuck right into a bay between two large cars, then watch as I walked away to see how many others would think the bay was empty and start to pull into it :evil:
I was mocked at work for buying it by another guy who had just bought a performance hatchback - "What fun could you have in that?".
Pointed out I could have bought another 2 of them and had a race grid for what he'd paid.
 
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