Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:53 pm, by: Justin Camilleri(Just)
Hello guys,
I am posting this on behalf of my parents. They need help buying a used car. They have a 92 Cressida which at the moment is on it's way out. The motor has a problem and we do not know what it is. A year ago it had a blown head gasket rebuild and can only assume the dodgy mechanics that worked on it somehow stuffed something up because the car loses power from 2000 revs an beyond and has never been the same since. Or it could be something else. Diagnostic test came up with the knock sensor. Replaced it and still comes up with the electrical warning. We have taken it to 2 auto electricians and 1 mechanic. Had then taken it to another mechanic to tell us that it has oil leaking into spark plugs, engine bypass hose cracked, no.2 injector leaking, suspect intake manifold leak, and the head failed a TK test.
They can't afford to repair all these things and hope the best that the problem goes away. So they are looking to spend no more than $3000 on another used car. I'm asking you guys what you think is a better more reliable car for them. Of course the motor of the next car is a concern to us and must be reliable as we don't wan't anymore problems occurring. They don't have much cash as they are paying off land they purchased in tassie. Hope you guys understand. Cheers.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 03:37 pm, by: Cameron Stanley(Camskea)
I fuel economy is a factor and space is not...then I would recommend a suzuki swift. I have a 5speed 88 hatch, it runs on the smell of an oily rag, has been reliable, I regularly travel up to 400k a week just to work, I use the oil I take out of my soarer in it and have had no problems for over a year, and if something does go wrong they are easy to work on, parts are cheap and easy to find..... I paid 2 Grand for mine with new clutch (think they come in auto too)has air con, and came with lots of service history.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 12:24 pm, by: Justin Camilleri(Just)
Yeah, Ok I was thinking the Camry V6 too with the 1mz-fe over the 3vz-fe. Other choice of car was a Nissan Maxima V6, which I noticed the VQ engine has been in Ward's 10 Best Engines for 13 years straight. We will be checking out some cars next weekend.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 06:43 pm, by: Owen Williams(Owen_87)
4th for the camry ...can get a early / mid 90s model for that price have seen first hand the reliability of them. it doesnt matter if shes got 180k on her when you buy one either
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 10:03 pm, by: David Goldthorpe(Sprocket82)
Justin, I can vouch for the Maxima. Had a 97 30G model for 3 years and it was a great luxury car for the money. The V6 has great pickup for an engine its size. Reliable as hell. Good on fuel. And the ride quality was the best of any car I've ever driven. If only they were rear-wheel drive, I would have kept mine...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 07:19 pm, by: Garion Gibson(Gordy)
I vouch for the Camry too, I had a wide body 93 4cyl which a mate now owns and its only needed one new alternator in the last 3 years and has over 260klms on the clock. Bought it for 3k and sold it for 3k
Mike Beck Goo Roo New Zealand Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 09:16 pm, by: Michael Crimp(Zen1953)
Camry: but I also have a 99 VT Acclaim Wagon that I have had since 10k km and has now got 290k km. Had it serviced every 10k km and I reckon it has another 200k in it at least. Nothing on repairs apart from service items.
I would not Recommend my Merc or my 32 as being cheap reliable motoring but they have been so much fun and I wouldn't part with any of them.
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 08:24 am, by: Ryan Posselt(Yakusaryan)
10th for the camry!? is that where we're up to... Camrys arn't particularly pretty but they do theyr'e job well: Safe, reliable, fuel efficient, and can squeeze 5 burly blokes in there with only a little squeeze
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