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Jesk
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gawd would not touch that piece of s**t with a barge pole!!! IIRC they don't even have an OHC engine!! like driving around in a 1970's model car mechanically with a body shape that will look futuristic and ugly in 1000 years time. there is one down the street from me that proves how bad their build quality is too - bits hanging off the POS everywhere.... |
I'm with you there, and alot also get leaking heater boxes and their unit is really quite odd, they feel even cheaper inside to my festiva (despite being newer) and dont get anyone started on their styling (or lack thereof) |
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daniel000
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anyone changed the HU on the excel
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daniel000
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daniel000
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daniel000
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howsie
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| best bang for your buck is toyota corolla. Having had festiva's, lasers, excels, daewoo lanos and a corolla in the family i have to say the corolla had better build quality, better performance and better resale value |
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FordFairmont
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Corolla would be ok, but anything before 2000 model looks like a dinosaur, and 2000 models are fetching waay too much.
Weve decided to look for a Mazda 323 Protege 97'...... beautiful little cars & cant complain about the Mazda build quality, plenty of features..... i sound like a car salesman 
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mystro
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early hyundai accent!!!!
has the x3 1.5 twin cam which uses a porsche ecu, airbag,power windows
heaps of quality cheap bolt on body/ power mods available,can use excell parts
has mistsi engine, so has heaps of engine options fit wise
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mystro
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| howsie wrote: | | best bang for your buck is toyota corolla. Having had festiva's, lasers, excels, daewoo lanos and a corolla in the family i have to say the corolla had better build quality, better performance and better resale value |
from memory the x3 excell sprint was runout selling new for 10990 with full kit floor mats,year free insurance ,3 year bumper to bumper warranty
and a holiday
get on car sales ,ebay whatever today over ten years down the track and they still advertise mid km models for 4+grand
what better resale could you want then that! |
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FordFairmont
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Just to follow up on this thread, we ended up with a Mazda 323 Protege late '99 model..... paid only $5600  (market value up to $8000)
1.6L DOHC engine
Driver's airbag
6 stack CD player
air-con
power steering
14" alloys
chrome door handles & T-bar button lol
wind up windows 
Plenty boot space.... fits 5 x 16" rims
smooth ride, can launch over speed bumps dont feel a thing
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