Toyota Aygo.

CMOS

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How are they? The reviews seem to like it, But would like some more feedback on this car.

Thinking of buying it new, Since the value seems to hold quite well, It's only like £1000 difference to be honest.

How is the drive in the city?
How is the drive on the motorway?
How is the fuel economy?
How is it overall?

Thank you in advance.
 
CMOS said:
Thinking of buying it new, Since the value seems to hold quite well, It's only like £1000 difference to be honest.
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That's £1000 you could have in your back pocket.

CMOS said:
How is the drive in the city?
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Nippy enough I guess
CMOS said:
How is the drive on the motorway?
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Poor
CMOS said:
How is the fuel economy?
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Depends what you expect from the little 1L engine, pretty good if you're not thrashing it I guess but in stop start traffic it won't be as brilliant as everyone makes out
CMOS said:
How is it overall?
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Tinny.
Get a Focus. ;)
CMOS said:
Thank you in advance.
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You're welcome.
 
CMOS said:
How are they? The reviews seem to like it, But would like some more feedback on this car.

Thinking of buying it new, Since the value seems to hold quite well, It's only like £1000 difference to be honest.

How is the drive in the city?
How is the drive on the motorway?
How is the fuel economy?
How is it overall?

Thank you in advance.
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Pretty good and easy to park.

Okay but as above is a little tinny.

The missus does about 400 miles a week in hers and it returns about 55mpg

Nice car i would look for an lpg one with AC when replacing hers next year.
 
its a 3 cyclinder engine iirc?! 68bhp aint half bad for that!

they are nippy perfect little town cars. great economy and great for cheap motoring!
 
ive got a C1, not slow really :p It does the job for me. Can happily mooch along at 90 on the motorway if you give it a bit lol


I live in Ashford so fairly built up and a lot of stop start and it returns 50MPG.

Not that bad to be honest, could be bigger.
 
AMD643000+H said:
ive got a C1, not slow really :p It does the job for me. Can happily mooch along at 90 on the motorway if you give it a bit lol


I live in Ashford so fairly built up and a lot of stop start and it returns 50MPG.

Not that bad to be honest, could be bigger.
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I'm also a proud C1 owner. Cheap to run and pretty nippy for what they are. Road tax is uber cheap too.

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Dash is a bit ugly though.
 
Great as a town runabout, if a little small. Horrible as an only car that you have to use for all your driving.

Fuel economy isn't much better really than cars in the next size up (eg Micra, Yaris etc) with the smaller engines, which are a little more comfortable and slightly better on the motorway (Still wouldn't want to take our Micra on a long haul, but it's a second car, we take the S3 if we're not trundling around locally).

As for buying new, compromise and buy a pre-registered one if you want the new car feeling, can save you a bit of cash as you normally miss the initial depreciation but still get your full warranty.

Are you planning on having it as your only car?
 
I test drove all 3 of the cars in one day around 4 or so months ago (aygo,107,c1) and would say the Aygo did feel little better to drive and was of a better quality than the other 2 even though they are all technicaly the same car.

Its a nice little car and cheap to run from its specs, nippy enough if your not a petrol head and plenty of room considering its small size, im 6foot 2 and I had plenty of room to drive it.

Why not go take a test drive your self ? just go to a deal and ask can you take a test drive, can get abit more of a hands on idea with the car then.

Im still in two minds wheather to get one of them or go for something more beefier.
 
[TW]Fox;11961587 said:
Always an eye brow raiser this.

Must have absolute super cheap to run car. Have £7k to spend... err..
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Or alternatively

Want a new car, like low running costs.

Cars are something very few people buy in a purely rational, logical manner based only on finanical figures.
 
When the car is something so utterly like a dishwasher as the Toyota Aygo, it should be bought in a logical manner purely on financial figures. You don't buy the most beautiful washing machine, you buy the most efficient purchase. The Aygo is a washing machine.
 
[TW]Fox;11961705 said:
When the car is something so utterly like a dishwasher as the Toyota Aygo, it should be bought in a logical manner purely on financial figures. You don't buy the most beautiful washing machine, you buy the most efficient purchase. The Aygo is a washing machine.
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It is being bought in just that way, assuming you ignore the existance of used cars (like most people buying dishwashers ignore the second hand market), and stick with new or pre-registered (aka ex display) cars.

If you want to treat cars like a domestic appliance, the analogy goes a lot further than just 'choose the cheapest'. Many car supermarkets, and even some dealers if they stock a lot of pre-reg cars, are like going to a big electrical supermarket to buy a dishwasher, you have the brand new stuff you can order, the ex display or end of line stuff that sits there and so on.

The big thing you can't get is why some people ignore the used car market, the simple answer is that they don't want a used car, just like someone buying a dishwasher doesn't want one out of the back of the paper, even though it's a lot cheaper.
 
Dolph said:
The big thing you can't get is why some people ignore the used car market, the simple answer is that they don't want a used car, just like someone buying a dishwasher doesn't want one out of the back of the paper, even though it's a lot cheaper.
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I just cant get it :(

I've also failed in my mission to prevent the GF's parents buying a brand new Fiesta 1.4 TDCi to do 7k a year in. And to think they've commented that MY car is 'unneccesary, pointless and financially reckless'
 
Citroen C2's are decent enough to drive around city and the motorway, their pretty reliable too and if you get a diesel very economical (the diesels arent actually noisy and tinny as youd imagine their pretty good).
 
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