Advice please on reliable autos

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Sun 10 Dec 2006 20:49
Advice please on reliable autos - baffled1
I need to find a mid sized car for a disabled friend - max budget 2k.My thinking is a mid-late nineties Corolla or similar.Please post your thoughts on dependable autoboxes as I have little experience of them. Thanks.
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Sun 10 Dec 2006 20:52
Advice please on reliable autos - jase1
When it comes to autoboxes the Japanese lead the way, no question. The thing is though that a lot of European, US and Korean firms are using Jatco and Aisin boxes as well these days. At the age you're talking about, however, I'd go Japanese to be safe -- a lot of European autoboxes are troublesome and they aren't cheap or straightforward to fix when they do go.

A late-90s Corolla would be just about as reliable as a car of that age can be if it's been maintained properly.
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Sun 10 Dec 2006 20:56
Advice please on reliable autos - Micky
">Corolla<"

And Almera. It's finding them at a reasonable price that's the problem, small autos command a premium.

Avoid ford.
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Sun 10 Dec 2006 20:57
Advice please on reliable autos - Micky
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Sun 10 Dec 2006 21:24
Advice please on reliable autos - Ruperts Trooper
The bullet-proof Japanese-built Aisin-Warner (owned by Toyota) autoboxes are also fitted to European brands like Volvo, Saab and VAUXHALL. Apart from VAG's DSG box, other European autoboxes do seem to have a fragile reputation.
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Wed 20 Dec 2006 18:06
Advice please on reliable autos - baffled1
Have found her a nice late Honda Concerto - thanks for your advice everyone
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Sat 23 Dec 2006 12:04
Advice please on reliable autos - baffled1
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Sat 23 Dec 2006 16:12
Advice please on reliable autos - mike hannon
eh?
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Sat 23 Dec 2006 18:07
Advice please on reliable autos - prm72
He said .
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Sat 23 Dec 2006 19:57
Advice please on reliable autos - Dynamic Dave
eh?


The 'dot' was another way of bumping the message back up the list, but quite why the OP has done this after announcing he's found a car....
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