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Post by WDB on Jun 11, 2018 10:54:32 GMT
Yes. I know which I'd choose.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 17, 2018 1:58:14 GMT
4 days rental in Queensland last week. Was offered the choice between a Corolla or an i30. Chose the Corolla! They must be growing on me..! I guess the familiarity is welcome too. Maybe I will end up buying one sometime in the future!
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Post by WDB on Jun 17, 2018 11:26:19 GMT
Or you could just subscribe to a Corolla Club: get a card that unlocks a Corolla wherever you happen to be, and charges your account for the hours or miles you use. Works for bikes, so why not?
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 29, 2018 3:33:19 GMT
Spent 2 days this week in a Nissan Pulsar... the Corolla wannabee that costs 10% less. 1.8 petrol CVT auto. Rented the very same car about 6 months and 20,000km ago! Still on the same tyres too, with the fronts looking close to illegal hmmm 😲. I did mention it to the desk when I returned the (very cheap old-style) key...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 18:00:21 GMT
Cornwall. 24 hours. Kia Picanto 1.0 triple. So far 75 miles, 48 mpg.
Not quite as lively as the C1, Aygo, 108 clones but fast enough except up hills. Odd driving position exacerbated by the lack of seat height adjustment or steering wheel extension (in/ out). But I could see me in one for local trips.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 13:51:24 GMT
145 miles at 48mpg. Likeable little car but lacking in oomph up hills and it needs lots of revs up hills and low gears.
Easy gearchange, reasonable steering, but noisy tyres on surfaces that are billiard table smooth.
Better than the Corsa we had last year but not as good as the Polo the year before but that is only to be expected.
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 10, 2018 9:14:25 GMT
2 more days rental in.... Yep another Corolla. And I am starting to think that I will end up buying one one day! Comfy seat, good ride/suspension, nippy 1.8 petrol and smooth cvt. Just driven 250 miles in total comfort. Toyota have brainwashed me..!
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 24, 2018 5:43:06 GMT
Yay, not a Corolla! Got 9 days in a Buick Verano. It'll do. Another GM recently discontinued failure I believe. 2.4l 6-speed auto. Max speed around here is 45mph anyway, so kind of academic...
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Post by WDB on Jul 24, 2018 5:55:16 GMT
The Buick Verano is a front engine, front-wheel drive layout, four-door, five passenger, entry-level luxury compact car manufactured by General Motors. Not sure how it can be both. Is it an actual US product or a rebadged Asian one? And where are you anyway? 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 14:53:55 GMT
A quick Google of the images suggests it is a remodelled Korean jobby; possibly with Astra overtones?
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Post by tyrednexited on Jul 24, 2018 15:49:45 GMT
....... a remodelled Korean jobby........... ...Humph would probably consider that an unfortunate choice of wording.....
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 25, 2018 15:50:52 GMT
It's a Focus-sized sedan, with a big chrome grille on the nose. Comfy leather seats. Am in Maui; don't intend driving it more than 150 miles over the week anyway.
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Post by Rob on Jul 25, 2018 17:23:34 GMT
When I was on Maui I booked a small sedan. They tried to get me to pay to upgrade to the convertible version. I pointed out (a) I was not paying more, (b) I didn't intend driving in the sun with the roof down all the time if I got one and (c) I was going to drive few miles. In the end I got upgraded to a massive Ford saloon. And I had one case and no passengers. ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 20:42:48 GMT
Why would they ask you to pay to upgrade? On the assumption that you have reserved a car of the size required, if you wanted something bigger, you would have reserved it and if they nothing of the size you reserved in stock, then they should give you something bigger for free.
I once reserved a minivan (MPV) in San Francisco. The office had one in when I got there and tried to palm me off with a Honda CR-V size 4WD which they said was an upgrade. I laughed at them and said if I wanted a 4x4 I would have ordered one, but we were a family of five and needed lots of space....
I walked out, rented from elsewhere and got the money back and more. Idiots...
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Post by Rob on Jul 25, 2018 23:48:56 GMT
They were trying it on. They did not have the car I ordered so tried to get me to want to upgrade to the convertible version. I told them no. After some time they gave me a bigger car which I did not need or want. Made the drive around the north island coast road even more fraught ;-)
Same trip some other relatives were doing the CA part of the holiday (it was a wedding) and they ordered a car that in theory would take 4 people and 4 cases.... well they got a 2 door coupe with nowhere near enough room. Before they really needed the space we took them back and swapped the car for a mini van.
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