High 'n' Dry Accents Your views plz

[Felly Magic]

Well I'm shortlisting these as an Almera replacement since it's engine is fubar'd after being cooked to death by swmbo. Spotted a 2001 example for sale locally for under £600 with less than 80k on the clock, and more toys than Smyth's as it's a 1.5 in CDX flavour MOT advisories are just the usual minor corrosion on brake pipes and slightly worn bushes on the rear axle and it is tested til late August, other 4 sayle locally is similar, but £200 more as it's badermatic flavour with 12mth ticket. 

 

Your views please, thank you kindly

[Cavcraft]

They rust a bit (especially rear arch area) and some parts (window winders, for example) are made of cheese. I have to say they're also incredibly unpopular/almost worthless second hand, something to think about if it's not something you intend to run into the ground/keep for life. 

 

So, basically, just buy one!

[vulgalour]

How dissimilar are they to the Lantra?  I always end up confusing the two and find the Lantra estate appealing in a miserable sort of a way.

 

 

[Felly Magic]

[Felly Magic]

That blue un has all round leccy windows, sunroof, CD player, etc,etc. All we want is a car to go to work and back in/pop to Tesco* , and we need it sharpish, because the car work have lent us is out of test shortly. It put Corsas totally out of the equation as it's fucking minging and hateful, it's so bad even Billy would ignore it for being shit

[Stanky]

You need to get a gold one and swap the front end panels on like that heroic chap who had the mirror image as it was cheaper to fit a whole new front end off another car than have a key scratch fixed by a bodyshop or whatever it was that happened to it.

[Jim Bell]

You might be uncool.  But you will never be THIS uncool:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/20134-omg-highndry-accident-hyundai-accent-%C2%A3sold/

 

 

Really wish I'd bought that.

[Stanky]

YES! thats the one, I had a half-arsed search and couldn't find it but thats exactly what you need to do to this one. There aren't enough cars like this on the UK roads.

 

edit to add:

 

Also, when you do the front end swap, get a different set of alloys/hubcaps for the new front end to really give it the full cut n shut look.

[vulgalour]

The front grille* on that blue one looks like a bodycoloured camshaft.

[HH-R]

Hirst sez it all really.

 

They drive alright and even the 1.3 is pokey enough.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

My sister had the previous gen one and apart from frilly rear arches / disintegrating window mechs as mentioned by Billy it gave no trouble at all.

 

The engines in these are fantastic lumps, will do mega mileage. I'm led to believe they have mitsubishi DNA?

[Barry Cade]

Every one I ever seemed to spend any time with burnt oil like an old salamander and stunk of Asda Valu 20/50.. Do not like.

[rml2345]

No experience of that sort but the previous generation is nigh on unkillable unless rust gets it. I hope that one isn't as unbearably fucking miserable.

[gordonbennet]

My lads MVi (curvy shape bestest) and the subsequent Coupe F2 are the only two cars from his mad youth period he failed to break despite his best efforts.

 

Good motors, i'd have one like a shot, MVi Accent in preference.

[Felly Magic]

The one in the photo is the 88 bhp 1.5 as well, I notice it's a single cam 12 valve job too

[HH-R]

My sister had one that for some reason had a very horrible knocking noise (mind it was run with the oil pressure and EML on most of the time), looking it MOT history it lasted til 120k and 13 years old. My brother's lasted 12 years and 141k.

[HH-R]

IIRC these are Hyundai's own "Alpha" engine, the first one they made on their own in the early 90s. I have the 1.4 Alpha II in my Kia.

[MarvinsMom]

these are shit, but if you only want something to smoke about then one of these hyundia's aint too bad.

 

don't buy to keep, but buy instead to drive until it dies.

 

it is a £600 car, so buy and enjoy* it until it breaks.

 

proper autoshite,

 

buy it now!!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

My lads MVi (curvy shape bestest) and the subsequent Coupe F2 are the only two cars from his mad youth period he failed to break despite his best efforts.

 

Good motors, i'd have one like a shot, MVi Accent in preference.

My sisters was a curvy mvi. She gifted it to my brother and he managed to break it in a very big way a few weeks later. Then he done the same to the felicia I gave him. Tit.

[meggersdog]

Three years ago I took one in part ex.1.3 auto.Ran it for a few months until the tax was nearly out then sold it on.Not as horrible to drive as you would expect and was no bother at all.There's a photo of it on here somewhere but I can't be arsed to look.

[Formula Autos]

They're basically like a Mk4 Escrote with a smoother engine and some more modern kit in them. A few years behind mainstream cars of the same price when new, dynamically and styling wise, but around half a size bigger.

 

I quite liked them when I got a couple as hire cars - other than a few bits that showed them up as being a cheap car (such as a lack of soundproofing, bit of wind noise, and brittle feeling controls) they were a relaxing drive if you just settled in and accepted them for what they were.

 

I was so impressed at the time that I went and test drove a sporty one at the local Hyundai dealers (must have been around '02). They were an odd thing - plenty of go at around town, but gutless on a fast A-road. Must have been low geared. Still a bit roly-poly in the handling department, but seemed to grip well. I reckon if you took a day or two to learn the peculiarities of the gear ratios these things could be a blast on a B-road, and still a nice car to potter about in. They also seemed fairly willing for the engine size (1.5 IIRC). They were called the MVi or something obscure like that, weren't they? In the end the insurance looked a bit steep, so I went to another extreme and bought a 1 litre SEAT Arouser instead, to try and curb by boy-racer tendencies.

[Felly Magic]

The garage was shut today, grrrr, so we went for a drive round, at one place they had an Ashtray up for £800 on an X, that had a mouldy steering wheel and dash, and a Fabia diesel on a 51 up for a grand that had 200k on the clock and looked fucked. Road tested a basic Y plate fabia 1.4Classic in misery green, that had 100k on the clock, MOT'd til Sept, and drove really well, tidy inside, straight body with a few minor scratches, service/EML light on, but had a fresh filter and oil, and the stereo was fubbed, that was up at £599, so it is a contender, will view the High N Dry tomorrow

 

Said Fabia. http://pictures2.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media?id=c0a67da0bfa14bb495bfcd34b7f69d6e

[Jim Bell]

You'd DEFANITLY be better off buying a low mileage 04 1.0 Lupo that's just had both belts and the waterpump done, for £650. 

 

If only we all knew someone selling one.

[Felly Magic]

The round trip to work is 65 miles of dual carriageway, somehow a Lupo 1.0 would do my box in, plus the car needs to be bought before Friday, and I haven't the budget for a train ticket to Why-ayeland from East Angular, as that would be eleventyhundredpounds just for a single

[Jim Bell]

I've done one 104 mile motorway round trip in it and it wasnt that bad. I do drive at 65 ish rather than the more fashionable 80 though, as its optimum speed for daydreaming.  Hope one of the prospects turns out good!

[r.welfare]

I found the 1.4 MPI Fabia to be better than I expected when I sold my brother in laws a coupl of years back. I'd assume that with 100k up it would have seen a replacement timing chain somewhere along the line.

[DVee8]

I often see that 2 colour accent when i collect the boy from school.

[Felly Magic]

Well I went to view it, first impressions weren't good, bonnet was catching on the plastic scuttle/lower screen surround, and the a/c stank like vomit when you turned it on. Then the test drive, whoa boy. drove well, BUT every time you touched the brakes, the ABS pump sounded like a machine gun. Shame as it was tidy enough inside

[HH-R]

You might be better off looking at private sales for under a grand, it sounds like they're selling overpriced scrap.

 

Are gen1 Kia Rios unbearably grim? They're a similar size and Mazda engined (I think), should be plenty in budget. If you can stretch a bit mk2 Rio diseasels are going for about £1500 and mechanically robust, the trim is incredibly easy to damage so they generally look pretty fucked inside.

[Felly Magic]

New car has been sorted now, OMFGKOLLEKSHUNFRED some time over the weekend