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  • Inexpensive car for young driver

    From john west@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 20:58:52 2022
    Which would you say is a better bet for an inexpensive oldish small car
    for a new young driver to buy? A Yaris or a Polo ?

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to john west on Sun Mar 6 21:20:39 2022
    john west <mail.invalid456@mail.invalid> wrote:
    Which would you say is a better bet for an inexpensive oldish small car
    for a new young driver to buy? A Yaris or a Polo ?


    Toyotas seem to go on forever. The three cylinder VW/Skoda engines seem to
    have some issues at higher mileages.

    Tim

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  • From Adrian Caspersz@21:1/5 to john west on Mon Mar 7 10:30:30 2022
    On 06/03/2022 20:58, john west wrote:
    Which would you say is a better bet for an inexpensive oldish small car
    for a new young driver to buy?  A Yaris or a Polo ?

    A few youtubers have some content on this

    Top 10 Best First Cars Under £3,000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Y2bTqjvh8

    (Ignore the dodgy insurance fronting advice)

    Top 10 CHEAP & MODERN First Cars with CHEAP INSURANCE (NO BLACK BOX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBHPjrhs-l8

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  • From john west@21:1/5 to Adrian Caspersz on Mon Apr 4 18:29:30 2022
    On 07/03/2022 10:30, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
    On 06/03/2022 20:58, john west wrote:
    Which would you say is a better bet for an inexpensive oldish small
    car for a new young driver to buy?  A Yaris or a Polo ?

    A few youtubers have some content on this

    Top 10 Best First Cars Under £3,000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Y2bTqjvh8

    (Ignore the dodgy insurance fronting advice)

    Top 10 CHEAP & MODERN First Cars with CHEAP INSURANCE (NO BLACK BOX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBHPjrhs-l8


    After watching the video link above ' 10 Best first cars' the second
    best car he chose was was the Suzuki Swift.
    He cautions at 6 min 50seconds about avoiding ones with a whining
    gearbox or pedal thrust bearing noise on the clutch.
    Are these known problems with the Swift ? I have always thought Suzuki
    to be long lasting.

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