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[phill]

I average 19k miles a year sadly

Petrol much cheaper over there than here lol Even then, that's 20 years to keep the car... I'd be very surprised if it lasted 10 years... I'd love a change in car, but I can't afford what I'd really like yet and I need to move home, so, basically I'm just waiting and saving up as much as I can...

 

[kurosagi01]

It's an idea. You can turbo a 1L anything

Turbo anything for the right price.

If you had a max budget of $22,000 USD (17,000 quid or so) what would you buy for long term commuting to work use?

I am losing my mind trying to find a new car to get to work with. 2022 Honda Civic, lot of those in stock near me, and a couple 2022 Toyota Corolla's in stock near me. I wouldn't mind something that lets me sit a little higher either, like a subcompact SUV, lot of those in that price range, but most of them have turbo engines, and I want this vehicle to last me 400k plus miles. I intend to take very good care of it and do everything the manual it comes with says to do on upkeep.



I heard on the Joe Rogan podcast that some computer engineers reverse engineered some of the tiktok algorithm, kids in other countries get feeds of scientific experiments and other positive things, in America they get feeds of gender and race stuff. Not sure if there is anything to it, but scary stuff if there is.

I bought the GT86 around that price range lol.
It honestly depends on your requirements, if you're after something newer or something reasonably old(around 2010+) and the size of car you need.
There is nothing wrong with getting a turbo car if its been built with a turbo.
If you're doing upto 20k a miles in the UK I would probably be recommending like a 1.0-1.5L turbo car, or even 2.0L depending on your commute.
Cars I guess I would suggest is:
Honda Civic 1.5L turbo
Toyota Corolla(not sure what they offer)
Mazda3 2.0L with skyActiv engine
Mazda CX-3/CX-5 2.0L with skyActiv engine
Nissan Juke Nismo 1.6L turbo - Not to everyone taste but they are pretty nice
Hyundai i30 1.6L Turbo

Personally a Civic, but the ones I've owned in the past they didn't have a good range of torque so you always ended up revving the engines to pieces to get anywhere, but being a Honda, never a problem with them I think a Corolla has been described as a micro or a fridge in the past, so I'm guessing they aren't the best in the world for being involved but it depends if you want a drivers car or an A to B car....
400k miles on a car? I doubt you'd ever keep it that long... Even with a 40k a year for 10 years would you get close...

My Seat Cupra R I have, I had at just under 40k and that's coming up 10 years ago now, I've just gone over 121k in it.... I don't average 10k miles a year, so I'm not sure I'd have a car that would have parts available that long

Your Cupra R is probably worth more than what you've paid for in the coming years.

 

[Space Lynx]

I wish there was a budget electric car with like a 250 mile range for 20 grand even, nothing fancy. just point A to point B. would save me a fortune on gas cause electricity is dirt cheap where i live.

the chevy bolt 2022 comes close, at 32000 but with a 7500 tax credit. 259 mile range. but you can't buy them anywhere as they have all been recalled

maybe I could do a 2022 Nissan Leaf. I don't know, they seem like junk to me. I don't trust Nissan and its got a crappy like 120 mile range on it.

 

[kurosagi01]

I wish there was a budget electric car with like a 250 mile range for 20 grand even, nothing fancy. just point A to point B. would save me a fortune on gas cause electricity is dirt cheap where i live.

the chevy bolt 2022 comes close, at 32000 but with a 7500 tax credit. 259 mile range. but you can't buy them anywhere as they have all been recalled

maybe I could do a 2022 Nissan Leaf. I don't know, they seem like junk to me. I don't trust Nissan and its got a crappy like 120 mile range on it.

All the petrol cars i've listed should be able to do 300 miles on full tank no problem at all.

Forgot to mention other bits I may do to my car long term(replacing worn out parts)
Coilovers(Or TRD sportivo suspension kit)
Polybushes
Control arms, drop links
Close ratio final drive(mainly when I decide to get the clutch+ flywheel replaced)
Better brakes

 

[Space Lynx]

@kurosagi01 I know some people in my area that had Subaru vehicles last them 300-400k miles.

What do you think of the 2022 Subaru Impreza (base model automatic) 36mpg highway and i think 27 city. I can get one brand new for $20,500 at 1.9% financed for 48 months, no down required. I'm really leaning towards it, think I might call this week and just tell them lets do it. Japanese made, assembled in USA. Gives me a lot of comfort knowing it was all Japan forged. AWD is nice since I live in winter area. 36 mpg vs 40 mpg on the Civic really isn't much different, plus Civic is 2-3 grand more.

 

[kurosagi01]

@kurosagi01 I know some people in my area that had Subaru vehicles last them 300-400k miles.

What do you think of the 2022 Subaru Impreza (base model automatic) 36mpg highway and i think 27 city. I can get one brand new for $20,500 at 1.9% financed for 48 months, no down required. I'm really leaning towards it, think I might call this week and just tell them lets do it. Japanese made, assembled in USA. Gives me a lot of comfort knowing it was all Japan forged. AWD is nice since I live in winter area. 36 mpg vs 40 mpg on the Civic really isn't much different, plus Civic is 2-3 grand more.

Engine looks pretty weak to me and its a slightly heavier car, the fuel economy may be slightly worse than the Civic by like maybe 2-3mpg.
Entirely up to you really, boxer engines are reliable as long as you keep them maintained.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Speaking of subaru's and maintenance. I watched a video of a 'hill climb' contest but they were in big sand pit with the 'hills' being big sand dunes. This guy rolls up with a 90s Subaru Forester whereas everyone had pickup trucks like Ford F-150s or 250's etc etc...

The comments under the video are pretty self-explanatory but there was a really really good one that has been buried there somewhere about driver of the Subaru driving up the hill to see if he could see the hill that everyone else was talking about.

Easy win for the Subaru though. probably due to better weight distribution and 4WD where as pickups are front heavy. Ford F-series do have 4WD cars but ive not been able to confirm if any of the pickups had it. Though you would think they would if the owners are doing hill climb contests.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That's par for the course with Subaru. The older later 80's and early 90's model had and excellent power/weight ratio because even though the engines were smaller, the overall vehicle weight was low. And most of them had 4WD and turbo stock.. I miss my old legacy..

 

[Caring1]

I reckon an old VW Beetle could do that hill too.
All the weight over the drive wheels and they just keep going.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I reckon an old VW Beetle could do that hill too.

Only the dune buggy models. A street model wouldn't even make it to that hill, let alone up it.

 

[kurosagi01]

Man this Samsung Odyssey G5 is by far one of my least favourite hardware i've bought from Samsung in terms of reliability.
The button is super fiddly and its either stop working properly or it doesn't work at all and also this is the second time now the monitor just randomly refuses to power on and then it does.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Nowt wrong with the Impreza, why do think famers used them, until they became "cool". Just shows you don't need a stupid massive 5L motor up front.

afaik Beetles are actually water tight too, can float.
https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/527-why-do-volkswagen-beetles-float

 

[Space Lynx]

Nowt wrong with the Impreza, why do think famers used them, until they became "cool". Just shows you don't need a stupid massive 5L motor up front.

afaik Beetles are actually water tight too, can float.
https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/527-why-do-volkswagen-beetles-float

Only $1999 brand new. hot damn those were the days! i wonder what that is today adjusted for inflation

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Only $1999 brand new. hot damn those were the days! i wonder what that is today adjusted for inflation

About $12520 today

 

[seth1911]

Best style out of uk are DnB and Grime

 

[Space Lynx]

About $12520 today

i guess CEO's back then didn't need yacht club memberships. neat times we live in

 

[Caring1]

Only $1999 brand new. hot damn those were the days! i wonder what that is today adjusted for inflation

There was an option for a drop down propellor attachment for early dune buggies that drove directly off the crankshaft of the engine.

 

[INSTG8R]

Man this Samsung Odyssey G5 is by far one of my least favourite hardware i've bought from Samsung in terms of reliability.
The button is super fiddly and its either stop working properly or it doesn't work at all and also this is the second time now the monitor just randomly refuses to power on and then it does.

I also have this monitor for a couple months now and have generally been very satisfied with it. Until today someone mentioned it’s been a very troublesome monitor so I actually started reading up…I regret knowing what I know now and this is just another thing to add to the possible issues I may encounter. I’m definitely sorry to read about your issue…

 

[kurosagi01]

I also have this monitor for a couple months now and have generally been very satisfied with it. Until today someone mentioned it’s been a very troublesome monitor so I actually started reading up…I regret knowing what I know now and this is just another thing to add to the possible issues I may encounter. I’m definitely sorry to read about your issue…

Its mad really, my older bro has the G7 and it's been faultless for him so far. I've read people has had problem with that single button on the G5,G7 and G9 so its not just the G5 with the odd issue.
Despite that it is a good monitor for the money, there isn't any other monitor that i've found in the UK that is 1000R with 3440x1440 resolution for the same money.
I was close to ordering the MSI MPG 343CQR as that is also a 3440x1440 1000R monitor as a replacement(until the G5 started working again), the power and navigation buttons are separate as well but the price of it is £250 more than what I originally paid for the G5.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

What the hell is wrong with people??

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Real numb nuts in the OCUK forum, used the words fecked and pussy and get a 3 day ban ffs

 

[lexluthermiester]

Real numb nuts in the OCUK forum, used the words fecked and pussy and get a 3 day ban ffs

Yeah, you really should hold back on that kind of language here too. Forum rules apply...
General Site Policies;
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/forum-guidelines.197329/

Lounge Policies;

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/the-rules-of-this-forum.232441/

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Think i might find one where they allow it as long as it's not at someone or excessive.

 

[the54thvoid]

I'd say coarse language is best used infrequently, and not to abuse others (even from other forums). So, in hindsight, I'll edit a previous post.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

The work feck is hardly even swearing, that's why i use it instead of f*ck, also why it was allowed on father ted. Now OCUK have decided to block it because of me, i should get a medal. I don't swear a lot on here, only when i get really pissed off, which usually ends up with me having an enforced holiday.