Which to I get for wife and is 1.5 axela ok for general use with some open road
tamarillo,
Jun 16, 8:13pm
Hold it, one thread you're asking for a two liter now smaller cars? Of these two Mazda every time. The Nissan is cheap for a reason. But as per other thread do give us more to go on!
oliver6,
Jun 16, 8:37pm
My wife has a 1.8 Tiida and it is great, round town or on the open road. Well appointed and handles extremely well.
stevo2,
Jun 17, 3:46am
The Mazda is a FAR better car than the Tiida but I think you may be disappointed if you were to get the 1.5lt. The 2lt or 2.3lt are very good. We have had our 2.3lt for 8years.
widespec,
Jun 17, 4:15am
Tiida panels look like they have been hammered to get the gaps right, Engines sounds like its made of plastic when under load but to the untrained eye or ear she's a winner
fordcrzy,
Jun 17, 5:22am
Tiida. totally inept incapable driver aboard. these cars are the scurge of nz roads. crap cheaply made cars. drivers of these usually describe them as "zippy" and "peppy" well compared to thier old 1984 diahatsu charade. maybe.
kazbanz,
Jun 17, 6:51am
Steptoe--you are on a hiding to nothing. SIZE wise there is nothing between them maybee 5-10cm So Id say don't bother trying to work it out for her and have her drive both Incidently the Toyota Runx/Allex/Corolla 5 door hatch are also the same size till 2006 then its the Aurus/corolla from 2006 on
dublo,
Jun 17, 7:05am
Our only Tiida experience has been with 2005 - 2007 (approx.) automatic rentals in Christchurch. Lively enough in town work but very hard, choppy ride on the rough roads, ok ride and handling on open roads but had to use the 4-speed box manually in hilly country - let the revs drop below 4500 and there was NO power! And don't drop anything small down between the seats - major contortions and long pliers required to retrieve it! The ONLY feature we liked about the car was the intermittent windscreen wiper action - you could set the rate of wipes to whatever was needed at the time!
msigg,
Jun 17, 3:47pm
The axela is the slightly better car, the tiida is a good car, if they were no good then the rental compaines would not have them, they are not my cup of tea, each to their own.
stevo2,
Jun 17, 3:53pm
When I cant sleep at night, I lie in bed and think about Tiida's. After about 3 minutes- zzzzzzzzzzzz
fordcrzy,
Jun 17, 4:01pm
Nissan went bankrupt in 1999. how do you think they dragged themselves back from the brink? they built cheap $#!tty cars that had minimal developement and even cheaper materials that were expensive to service at the dealers to maximise margins. Nissans idea of "handling dynamics" was put a spring and a wheel on each corner and if they kinda work. job done. people who buy Tiidas would put more thought into buying a toaster. nasty nasty cars.
tgray,
Jun 17, 5:09pm
Mazda's the one
gman35,
Jun 17, 5:21pm
Mazda 3''s drive great. We have an '05 SP23 which is a 2.3 litre. They are not the quietest around because the sound insulation is appalling, although the wider 17" tyres on our one would not help. I do not think a 1.5 litre one would be able to even move out of it's own way though , so go at least for a 2.0 litre as otherwise the open road driving experience would be woefull, possibly bordering on dangerous in regards to passing etc.
dbolton,
Jun 17, 6:07pm
I agree with Gman35. I had a 2.0 litre and tyre noise was so bad due to the lack of insulation I only kept it for 6months then sold it. couldn't put up with it any more however it did drive well with good economy. Toyota Corolla is much better
cammey,
Jun 17, 6:21pm
So Ford and GM never went cap in hand to the government and their bankers ?
LOL OK.
gman35,
Jun 17, 6:34pm
Don't think Ford did.
fordcrzy,
Jun 17, 7:27pm
Gm was bailed out. nissan wasnt. they had to trade thier way back by building rubbish and hoping no-one would notice
rozendaal,
Jun 17, 9:10pm
Nissan was bailed out by Renault and when you look at the Tiida it looks more like a Renault of the time.
cammey,
Jun 1, 11:06am
Ford didn't file for bankruptcy protection. But they got a 25% tariff slapped on imports of anything that threatened their main product lines and a $5.9B handout.
Since the public registrations are closed, you must have an invite from a current member to be able to register and post in this thread.
Have an account? Login here.