Oh man those cars sound pricey as anything. I have to agree I’m not a fan of new care, the Hondas and Toyotas in Pakistan may look aesthetically pleasing but honestly the are all the same - no character.
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Yeah, old car is not just a car, it's a passion, it's a personality, it's that right amount of gas couple with the clutch that make it go (You will know if you drove any old car before) and it's not just a car, it's your friend, it's your family.Oh man those cars sound pricey as anything. I have to agree I’m not a fan of new care, the Hondas and Toyotas in Pakistan may look aesthetically pleasing but honestly the are all the same - no character.
That’s why I love old cars, maybe it’s because of the cars my grandfather and father drove, who knows.
And yes I’ve seen those Cuban cars, amazing
Which engine have they put in it ? Toyota 2C diesel ?
Yes sir.
Hunch was correct
There is a cheaper one for 7lakh with 1.6 petrol engine. But 1.6 is trash, I would have preferred if it was a v6 petrol instead.Hunch was correct
dude, that was a joke here, people joke that Nova is No Go (va is third person of "ir") to make fun of the car. I am a Native Spanish speaker too.
Your analysis is spot on but you do know that cars have gone expensive in NSW due to supply/demand issues. I didn't want to buy a 2006 Civic for $11k driven above 150k km. The median price was $8.5k for crappy specimens. Another was selling 2006 Civic 22k km driven only for not less than $13k. Toyotas were more expensive, as they always are. they have good resale. So add $1k extra for Toyota for all civic models. I had calculated my commute to be 30 km one way without any highway and just 10% of 80 kmph speed zone, 35% of 70 kmph speed zone and all the rest was either 60 kmph or 50 kmph. This meant standing in traffic for one hour each way. So I was travelling 60 km each day for commute and staying 2 hours in traffic. The only corolla that I was getting less than $10k had manual windows, rest were above $11k in better condition. So either I dished out $10k or above upfront and then spent gradually on it for up coming issues here and there or I bought a cheaper car with few more issues but a car that runs. So I got this civic way cheaper than $10k that runs and I travel 60 km everyday without any issues. If i sort out its issues I mentioned before then i would have spent roughly $9-10k in total including buying price. I had to compromise on engine, I wanted 1.8, but 2.0 is fine though I do try to squeeze as many kms out of it as I can through sensible driving. Sydney is hilly so revving up on roads is effortless with it on the northern side.
The braking somehow became better too. Still yeah catching up to 134 bhp was not possible.
The trick with 2001-2003 (cat eyes) and 2004-2006 (eagle eyes ) civic was to drive in D3 for acceleration
In Pakistan, when XLi first came out. It had 95 Bhp where as the next gen had 85 bhp with 1.3 L engines both in XLi and GLi while City's 1.3 Bhp had jumped up to 95 in next model so City had become faster than Corolla where as people attributed this to Corolla's weight wrongly. Back then XLi's brakes were an issue and when Army was given XLi as staff cars, the drivers started complaining on brakes issue. I tested XLi thoroughly of course haha, never had an accident on it though drove it like crazy. Now SE Saloon was different thing. I sat in it and felt the comfort for the first time in 2003+ model Corolla. The brakes were good. It failed in Pakistan coz it couldn't run on CNG. ALtis's brakes were even better for that model. It was at this time that Eagle eyes broke Corolla's market. Later Reborn came and at first people were apprehensive of 1800 cc engine but it took over after 2007 and Corolla's GLi became famous coz of powered windows though ABS was introduced later in GLi while its 1300 was economical though still lesser than City's 1.3. Lancer was comfortable than both but never gained a solid foothold. After 2005, due to CNG, 2.0Ds market was broken. The 2.0D saloons that were standing in peoples home, were just taken out on long trips. It was a trend back then to keep a bigger Corolla like XLi, GLi or 2.0D with a smaller every day runner car or older model of corolla/mehran/alto/Margalla/khyber. Diesel had jumped up from Rs 10 and petrol was gearing above Rs 35 in early 2000's around 2002-3. At that time, 2.0D was a trend and if you drove it on a long route, then you were practically driving free at Rs 10/Liter and awesome economy that the car gave.
In Australia, it was 1.8 for Corolla while 1.7 for Civic so not much variety. I bought my Elantra from country side in Australia so I got the car cheaper. When I arrived in Australia, buying a demo car was gold pot, low Kms, newer shape/model, priced to sell. The trend that driving a brand new out of dealership broke the price immediately, pushed me also towards low km second hand cars which were always in good condition. While competing between Camry 2010, Accord Euro, and Maxima 2011, I was stunned when I sat in Maxima (called Teana in rest of world, the J32). I wanted Euro badly, it was sporty but Maxima had so many features and it was way more comfortable than Camry or Accord. I bought it with low kms. It was gentle on highways and I was a fan of Nissan GTR but I realized then that Pakistani mechanics have played havoc with Nissans in Pakistan and were instrumental in breaking its market to zero. As Altima came out, I sold Maxima. I never had a problem once with Maxima.
This reborn is probably the last car Im buying second hand. I wanted a car without lease as daily commuter so the Civic sits in garage now. The next ones, even the SUV would be through lease. There are just so many Prados on roads here, newer models. Mostly Arab aunties driving them with kids screaming in back seats.
I just didnt have the guts to take Fortuner off road in Pakistan. I did drive easily through flooded underpasses in monsoon and the broken roads, but to think of taking it into mud and dunes, I just couldnt. I remember once driving Fortuner through a flooded road and a guy in Bolan started honking at me. It was then I realized that as I was cruising in flooded water, I was creating strong ripples, I slowed down at once, Fortuner was effortless to drive.
I was always reminded of RKR. I think thats coz I had seen and experienced RKR in exercise areas and through fields and mud tracks and sands and mountains. The CJs were retiring back then so couldn't get same experience though I think CJs are cheaper and more fun to tweak.
