Susuki Swift?

ronnoc, Sep 22, 12:37am
I am sick of spending so much on gas in my current vehicle (Territory) so am looking at a swift, any one got one! Jow do you find it!
kevymtnz, Sep 22, 12:44am
1600cc rental 300kms 18L pretty good i thought
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incar., Sep 22, 12:58am
ring juicy rentals down town Auckland, i have inspected a few there in the last week, they are updating to 2012 Suzuki Swifts models, i think they are selling around 150 odd cars, great cars, rear wheel bearings normally need replacing around 80k
berg, Sep 22, 2:00am
Have a Swift Sport. Closing on 140,000kms and have not done anything to it other than standard 15,000km servicing. Gets 6.4ltrs per 100kms fuel average, tyres at 83,000kms, brake pads barely worn and yep, it gets driven quick (got the tickets to proove it).
It rides a little harsh and the trim has a few little rattles but the best referance I can give, we will be replacing it with another Swift sport.
bellky, Sep 22, 2:24am
That's awesome berg.
vtecintegra, Sep 22, 2:35am
You'll get really different opinions depending on who you ask.

By the way as another example my mothers Swift Sport is sitting on 7.4l/100km average although its used almost exclusively in low speed stop start driving. Also the first set of front tyres lasted somewhat less than 20,000kms (not the cars fault, just the type of usage it gets)
bwg11, Sep 22, 7:02am
Wifes 2012 CVT Sport has averaged 8.1 litres/100 kms over its first 4000 kms. Not great but it gets driven quite hard.
ceebee2, Sep 23, 6:08am
Bit of a pain with no spare wheel though!
kazbanz, Sep 23, 6:36am
short version. They are now reasonable to buy price wise. Cheap to run and maintain.(you'll be expecting an extra 1 in front of the petrol price) but expensive for accident repairs.
slarty45, Sep 23, 6:39am
Swift has a spare.
Swift Sport has air compressor and tyre foam. Sport exhaust = less room under boot floor for spare.

Current car has a spare but never used it so far. Same with previous car, unused.
carstauranga001, Sep 23, 6:40am
I don't get concerned about repair costs. That is the insurance companies problem.