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Wise to buy Hyundai Atoz 2000?

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  • 15-02-2010 9:52pm
    #1
    simply simple
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭


    Friends,

    I am thinking to buy Hyundai Atoz 2000, is it wise? Anybody of you have any comments on reliability of this car?

    Thanks


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    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,707 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    reminds me of my school reports

    could do better


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    #3
    simply simple
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭simply simple


    what do u exactly mean by that, shud i avoid buying it?this will be my first car,dont know much of driving will be taking lessons soon,will this be advisable as first car


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    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Oh christ my mother used to have one of them. She only wanted a small car to get about in but jaysus even this yoke was to small for her. I wouldnt feel safe at all in one if there was a breeze out at all. Light as feck, better off going for the getz, mother has one of them now and loves it.


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    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    lowest common denominator motoring to be honest, makes public transport seem comfortable


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    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    not a great car to be honest... actualy its pile of ....... (fill in appropriate swear word)

    whats your budget?
    max engine size you want to go?
    what you look for in a car?
    what you expect your annual milage to be....

    gives us that and some here will be able to offer better suggestions for you...


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    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    simply simple wrote: »
    Friends,

    I am thinking to buy Hyundai Atoz 2000, is it wise? Anybody of you have any comments on reliability of this car?

    Thanks

    no

    buy a bike instead, or a proper car.

    a fiesta zetec would wipe the arse of that


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,383 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Mechanically they're simple and they're not known to be unreliable. They continued to be built pretty much unchanged till 2008.

    They're not that hot to drive, safety is poor and they look awful. There are much better options out there.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,816 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Don't do it, the Atoz is crap. For owning a reliable small car on a shoestring budget, buy a mid to late '90s Nissan Micra with a long NCT


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    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,481 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    This line on honestJohn.co.uk about sums it up :
    Looks like a wardrobe on castors


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    #11
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,707 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    how much do you plan to spend
    ?


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    Tigger
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    simply simple wrote: »
    what do u exactly mean by that, shud i avoid buying it?this will be my first car,dont know much of driving will be taking lessons soon,will this be advisable as first car

    no
    give us more info and we'll help you find a suitable car


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Fiesta or Micra. There's so much wrong with the Atoz you could write a book. The single worst car I've ever driven (thank fook it wasn't mine)


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    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,264 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    If you’re an African lady who likes to wear large head dresses when going you your church on a Sunday then you’ll find the headroom in the Atoz to be unbeatable but unfortunately, other than that, there’s little to recommend about it.


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,818 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    alias no.9 wrote: »
    If you’re an African lady who likes to wear large head dresses when going you your church on a Sunday then you’ll find the headroom in the Atoz to be unbeatable but unfortunately, other than that, there’s little to recommend about it.
    We don't do racism here, thanks.


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    #16
    simply simple
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭simply simple


    My budget is around 2500 to 3000, I am looking for small car, engine 1. appearance doesn't matter but reliability is necessary as I am going to learn driving now.


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    #17
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,383 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    you'd get a nice 02 Yaris for that money.

    172 tax, cheap insurance, timing chain, safe, unbreakable.
    Easy resale for good money too.


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