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Thread ID: 143401	2016-12-28 03:03:00	Ex-Rental cars	bk T (215)	PC World Chat

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1430284	2016-12-28 03:03:00	My car (Nissan Wingroad 2006 model) has developed intermittent engine shuts down issues recently; I could restarted it the first time but the second and third time it fails to restart. AA came to my rescue, when the mechanic came, he restarted it the first time, but it fails to restart after that, and has to be towed to the workshop two times. Problem is, when it's at the workshop, they started it fine and couldn't recreate the engine shut down problem. I let them kept the car for 3 days and still couldn't recreate the shutting down. They suggested it may be the fuel pump and I instructed them to replace it. The don't guaranty it though. Anyway, took back the car just before Christmas, drove it for the past couple of days and unfortunately, the engine shuts down again today! AA again came to my rescue and just got it towed back to my home as the workshop won't open until 9th Jan 2017. Since the workshop people couldn't find out the fault, I give up and am now looking for another car. I am now lookking at these two cars, 1. Toyota Corolla 1.8L Hatch, Silver (www.manukau.toyota.co.nz) 2014 has done 56K asking price: $18,888 2. Toyota Corolla 1.8L Hatch, Red (www.manukau.toyota.co.nz), 2014 has done 42K asking price: $19,888 They are all ex-rental cars, though. What do you folks think of ex-rental cars? What are your opinions /views? Cheers	bk T (215)
1430285	2016-12-28 05:05:00	My last two cars were (are) ex-rental Corollas, "Signature Class", bought from Toyota dealer. The first (manual 1998 model) went for 14 years without any problems but in the last 6 months the gears started to show their age, so I traded it in at the beginning of 2014 for the present model, 2010 auto 1.8 Hatch. This one shows all the signs of being just as reliable as the first. I hadn't appreciated how the technology had advanced between the two purchases and I have had to get used to driving a car that's smarter than me. I think buying from Toyota is the safest thing to do.	Jayess64 (8703)
1430286	2016-12-28 05:20:00	A corolla with that kind of mileage is a pretty safe purchase, last corolla I had was purchased at 35K and traded in at 160K having only need a fan belt and water pump pulley and cam belt (just to be safe, not because it failed) in that time (not counting things like oil changes and tyres etc). The Engine and gearbox were still running as good as new when I traded it in. If I was trying to find something bad to say about corollas the worst I can come up with is they are a bit bland and boring. Rental cars do tend to get some rough treatment but they also get serviced and repaired regularly, something you can't trust private owners to do. On the other hand the 2 rental corollas that Jeremy Clarkson drove in NZ would be best avoided, watch that episode and you'll see why :)	dugimodo (138)
1430287	2016-12-28 05:25:00	I would imagine that vehicle would have a on-board computer. Take it to a service centre that can access the computer and diagnose the fault.	Driftwood (5551)
1430288	2016-12-28 06:07:00	Thanks Jayess64 and dugimodo for your positive views. Driftwood: I always send my car to Nissan for service; and the last time (not many days ago) I sent it to the same workshop (Nissan Service center at Ron Driver Place in Botany), their computer found no error codes and their mechanic couldn't re-create the fault after using it for 3 days.:confused: Sadly, I was unable to get them to look at my car in the first instance earlier today (although I was only about 2 km away from them) as they are having their X'mas holidays - they only start work on 9th Jan 2017. I doubt Toyata will accept trade-in for my car at this condition.	bk T (215)
1430289	2016-12-28 06:11:00	Leave colour preferences aside, do you people think that the difference of $1,000 is worth while to get the red Corolla at about 10k lower mileage?	bk T (215)
1430290	2016-12-28 06:51:00	Probably not. Anyway, I think if I came home with a red car my wife could get the wrong idea. Leave colour preferences aside, do you people think that the difference of $1,000 is worth while to get the red Corolla at about 10k lower mileage?	Jayess64 (8703)
1430291	2016-12-28 06:55:00	My car (Nissan Wingroad 2006 model) has developed intermittent engine shuts down issues recently; I could restarted it the first time but the second and third time it fails to restart. AA came to my rescue, when the mechanic came, he restarted it the first time, but it fails to restart after that, and has to be towed to the workshop two times. Problem is, when it's at the workshop, they started it fine and couldn't recreate the engine shut down problem. I let them kept the car for 3 days and still couldn't recreate the shutting down. They suggested it may be the fuel pump and I instructed them to replace it. The don't guaranty it though. Anyway, took back the car just before Christmas, drove it for the past couple of days and unfortunately, the engine shuts down again today! AA again came to my rescue and just got it towed back to my home as the workshop won't open until 9th Jan 2017. Since the workshop people couldn't find out the fault, I give up and am now looking for another car. I am now lookking at these two cars, 1. Toyota Corolla 1.8L Hatch, Silver (www.manukau.toyota.co.nz) 2014 has done 56K asking price: $18,888 2. Toyota Corolla 1.8L Hatch, Red (www.manukau.toyota.co.nz), 2014 has done 42K asking price: $19,888 They are all ex-rental cars, though. What do you folks think of ex-rental cars? What are your opinions /views? Cheers Ex rentals are good. We service our vehicles every 10,000 km. They may look well used but if they are a Toyota they will still have a lot of life left in them.	Webdevguy (17166)
1430292	2016-12-28 07:02:00	I bought an ex rental 1995 Honda US Wagon. I ran it for 10 years during which time it had a set of tyres, cam belt, water pump and brake pads. It never let me down and I only sold it to get a smaller car. Rental cars are checked over every time that they are returned, they have to be reliable. They are sold when they are a certain age, or have a certain number of k's on them, as a company policy, not because the car is no longer reliable. Years ago I bought an ex Taxi Peugeot 403, it gave good service for 20 years and only died when some idiot ran into it when parked in the street.	mzee (3324)
1430293	2016-12-28 07:17:00	How many K's do you do in a year? for me it's only 5-6k on average so that $1k is equal to a couple years of extra life. I think it's worth it. On the other hand if you plan on keeping it until it's worn out it probably won't make much difference.	dugimodo (138)
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