Donna had a C1, great little car, no issues here. Super basic motoring 
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Not big though and a bit noisy, but it’s refreshingly honest and costs next to nothing to run.
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Hopefully on the road again Thursday.
Not what I was looking for,but seems to tick all the boxes.
Little 1.2 Hyundai i10
£30 a year tax
50mpg
78,000
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Good cars. My i40 estate has over 209K on it as Grandads taxi up and down to the Cotswolds.
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don’t buy any of the japanese cars around this age. I guarantee that Hyundai will be absolutely rotten underneath. I went to look at loads when a friend of mine wanted a cheap first car. Every Hyundai, Honda Jazz, Yaris and Micra, was absolutely crusty underneath. They didn’t galvanise the cars, and salty UK roads get a foot hold.
did you look under it? the last 1.2 i10 i went to look at from around 2010 was mostly constructed from rust.
I’ve not seen it in the flesh yet.
I’ve been looking at loads online,this is the only one that hasn’t had any advisories for rust or anything else for the last 5 mots.
All the others I’ve looked at have had plenty,mainly brakes,subframes etc including Vauxhall,ford,Citroen c1 etc
I’ll look at it Thursday and see how it looks
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yep get a good look at the sills and where some of the structural parts such as subframe mount to the body. I walked away from all the i10’s i saw. You’re down south though, which will help. Scottish weather is much worse for these things!
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Hyundai aren’t Japanese. Jenny has a 2012 Kia Picanto, (Which is the same .thing) no problems with it, it flies through the MOT every year. Very economical to run.
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Yes I’m aware of the Hyundai / Kia bond, I was including the Koreans as they have the same rust issues. I’ve welded more than one, and had to saw the rusty wishbones out of others!
Road salt seems to be applied more freely up here, I think. Absolutely eats cars that are light on underbody protection.
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We also have a generally wetter Climate which doesn’t help.
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I have a 2013 Peugeot 107 made in the same factory It’s fine for 4 hour journeys really is.
My daughter ran a 2011 Hyundai i20 for 4 years with absolutely no problems, or costs, other than usual consumables.
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It’s Stu - cars live short, miserable lives at his hands; rust is gonna have to work fast…
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He thinks oil is a Parakeet secretion.
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Can’t believe the arse wipe has sold it. I said to him Monday do you want £50 deposit to hold it til Thursday as he wasn’t about til then.
Oh well,back to the drawing board
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That’s poor show!
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WAC!
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Ok. New one for me a Perodua Myvi
I thought she was a character in phantom of the opera,but turns out it’s a 1.3 car
Anyone have any experience?
Wouldn’t you be better off staying with a well known brand, that has plenty of spares available?
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