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    Quote Originally Posted by Block G Raptor View Post
    although they are deceptively big inside (My daughter was concieved on the back seat of my ex's )
    At least that's the excuse you gave for why everything else looked so small!
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    Buying a Car

    I'm buying a car from an independent dealer, MCS Artane. Would anyone have any views on this crowd or where one could find a forum where car dealers are discussed?
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    Try boards.ie, reasonable Motoring forum there...
    http://www.forastrust.ie/

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete View Post
    Try boards.ie, reasonable Motoring forum there...
    Cheers Pete, getting a ready for the new season and a couple of trips up North


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    Jaysus, people are mad suspicious these days!
    What happened to getting a first impression of someone and going with your gut instinct?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dricky View Post
    I'm buying a car from an independent dealer, MCS Artane. Would anyone have any views on this crowd or where one could find a forum where car dealers are discussed?
    I'll ask around later to see what they are like for ya!
    Who Cares?!

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    bought a new Mazda 3 1.4 H/B comfort SE yesterday. It was the 12th car I took out for a test0 drive since the start of the year and it felt great, plus he gave me €4,500 off the asking price even though I hadnt a trade in! Anyone else here driving one?

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    Not keen on Mazdas myself as parts are very expensive although suppose less of an issue with new car. Could mean would when comes to sell again though.
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    Parts are expensive because they are very reliable. The soon to be mother inlaw had one (mazda 323F glx) and she never had to put in any new parts for the 10 years she had it! There is a 5 year warranty with the car to so wont be worrying about that for a while.

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    [QUOTE=Terry;621581]Parts are expensive because they are very reliable./QUOTE]

    I accept that & all Japanese parts used to be expensive. However I don't believe Toyota charge anything like as much & probably most reliable of all motors.

    Anyway reliability less of an issue these days as even european cars close to japanese levels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete View Post
    Anyway reliability less of an issue these days as even european cars close to japanese levels.
    That's because they're all the same cars now.
    The Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and the Toyota Aygo are all the same car, with different bodies, bulit in the same factory in the Czech Republic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peadar View Post
    That's because they're all the same cars now.
    The Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and the Toyota Aygo are all the same car, with different bodies, bulit in the same factory in the Czech Republic.
    Read last week that one of the Saabs has a Fiat engine. Apparently Fiat engines actually reliable (some experiences would seem to prove otherwise) its just the rest of the car that falls apart.
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    FIAT always make great engines!
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