Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants to
be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants to
be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants to
be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
I've not driven the manual one, only the autos and hybrids, but the
post-2011 Yaris is fairly nice IMHO. The 2006-11 one is OK too.
The auto transmissions aren't brilliant but I think the manual would be
fine.
Theo wrote:
I've not driven the manual one, only the autos and hybrids, but the
post-2011 Yaris is fairly nice IMHO. The 2006-11 one is OK too.
The auto transmissions aren't brilliant but I think the manual would be
fine.
I have a 2019 manual Yaris in Australia.
It's the hardest car to drive I've owned in my 55 years of driving.
The throttle is designed for an automatic. It resists pressure until a certain point, and then yields.
Taking off from traffic lights often means either stalling or racing the engine. Getting the throttle/clutch balance right is an art with this car.
If this was the only car I drove I might get used to it. But I regularly drive other manuals too, and have always owned manuals.
Theo wrote:
I've not driven the manual one, only the autos and hybrids, but the post-2011 Yaris is fairly nice IMHO. The 2006-11 one is OK too.
The auto transmissions aren't brilliant but I think the manual would be fine.
I have a 2019 manual Yaris in Australia.
It's the hardest car to drive I've owned in my 55 years of driving.
The throttle is designed for an automatic. It resists pressure until a certain point, and then yields.
The UK one is the XP130 - is that the Australian one too?
On 14/09/2021 19:45, john west wrote:
Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants
to be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
IME faster traffic on the outside lane is typically going at 80 - 90 mph.
The traffic cameras are getting better every year. Used to be grainy
black and white now decent quality colour. There was a TV item about
traffic control a few years ago and they said one day we will be able to
get number plates. Then every camera becomes an average speed camera by
using the time stamps on the video and measured distance between the
cameras.
On 15/09/2021 14:25, newshound wrote:
On 14/09/2021 19:45, john west wrote:
Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants
to be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
IME faster traffic on the outside lane is typically going at 80 - 90 mph.
It depends on the motorway and how many speed cameras:)
On 18/09/2021 15:00, alan_m wrote:
On 15/09/2021 14:25, newshound wrote:
On 14/09/2021 19:45, john west wrote:It depends on the motorway and how many speed cameras:)
Young person wants a small car for regular motorway driving and wants
to be able to keep up with faster traffic on the outside lane.
Needs to be manual and petrol.
They like: polo, yaris or suzuki swift.
Looking to keep the initial buying price fairly low. (also including
ease of spares and repairs)
Grateful for suggestions off the top of your head as to the one you
would choose please.
IME faster traffic on the outside lane is typically going at 80 - 90 mph. >>
The traffic cameras are getting better every year. Used to be grainy
black and white now decent quality colour. There was a TV item about
traffic control a few years ago and they said one day we will be able to
get number plates. Then every camera becomes an average speed camera by
using the time stamps on the video and measured distance between the
cameras.
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