Assist Idea's Petrol Turbo Medium Sized Manual Car

zephyrheaven, Oct 24, 12:57pm
Dad's 06 Forester is starting to show its age & they need a smaller car, anyone recommend a small turbo petrol car 06 & upward!
Has to be higher clearance like a rav etc but the old man wont drive an auto (why people hang onto that old notion is beyond me - driving in Chch is insane these days let alone in a manual)

TIA

audi_s_ate, Oct 24, 10:26pm
High, medium size and turbo - tough criteria! Lift kit on a MPS mazda 3!

audi_s_ate, Oct 24, 10:29pm
http://www.volkswagen.co.nz/nz/en/models0/Polo/CrossPolo.html (from Jazz) The only one which genuinely fits that critirea I can think of (if you count dsg as manual) Can't say i'd recommend it though.

audi_s_ate, Oct 24, 10:29pm
http://www.volkswagen.co.nz/nz/en/models0/Polo/CrossPolo.html (from Jazz haha) The only one which genuinely fits that critirea I can think of (if you count dsg as manual) Can't say i'd recommend it though.

trouser, Oct 24, 11:27pm
skoda yeti!

monaro17, Oct 24, 11:36pm
Ford Kuga!

motorboy2011, Oct 24, 11:52pm
Rvr turbo!

usdefault, Oct 25, 12:24am
RVR Turbo!

His 06 Forester is showing age, now you want to put him into something much older!

zephyrheaven, Oct 25, 1:21pm
I wont give him any ideas Pete! He is a bloody old hoon as it is ha. He likes the Yeti's but as far as I can tell they are all auto (DSG!) & he wont go there - mum wishes he would cos he leaves every set of lights like its the Christmas Tree at Meremere!!

NZTools, Oct 25, 1:26pm
Haha. Just tell him the DSG can change gear far faster than he ever could in a manual, which means faster 0-50 times.

mantagsi, Oct 26, 1:05am
A 2006 car showing its age! *looks out window, '90 bike, '97 wagon, '67 car* how depressing, I am in the automotive stone age. Wish I had a 2006 car to observe the aging process closely! :P

zephyrheaven, Oct 26, 5:10am
True above, cant find a coil sprung 4 litre diff both ends fourby that can flex like my 80 series 1991 Toyota - some things were best built before bureaucracy

johnf_456, Oct 26, 5:52am
Likewise amongst our 90's fleet of vehicles one even has a carburetor.