Father Ted Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Spotted a 2000 W plate Carens, low miles and within my price range.I gather these are really a Kia Shuma with a luton van body shoved on top.But, I have a feeling the Shuma is Koreean for "Will Phail Spectaculaly in a Mystical Cloud of Smoke" The honest John website says of the 2000 CarensWhats Bad....Too new to tell yet... Which as its 11 years old is a bit of a joke. So, Autoshitters its over to you.....
r.welfare Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Can they really be that bad? At least they're better looking than a Daewoo Tacuma.
Father Ted Posted October 18, 2010 Author Posted October 18, 2010 And your reasons why they be so bad are?????
Albert Ross Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Steering racks leak. Brake calipers seize up. Clutches are just shit. If you go for a Diesel, have fun changing filters. You need to be a three handed contortionist just to SEE the oil filter. Not only that, they are made by people that munch on Poodles, and use the skin instead of leather on the seats.Nuff said?
Mr Lobster Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 One of the nastiest things I have ever driven. And that was a new one many years ago, the passage of time and multiple owners who don't give a toss won't have helped improve things.
Torsten2001 Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 They are laughably bad, which will be fine in 10 years time but right now it's a shocking car!
pogweasel Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 ZERO load-space, seats 6&7 totally inaccessable even for children. Useless.
pogweasel Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 No, a sedona is at least partly useful (not as flexible as an espace/galaxy, but electric slidey doors are ace) Carens is the smaller 'thing' which looks like a slightly molten Toyota Picnic. Here is one on ebay so you can see it's (lack of) spaciousness... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-KIA-CARENS-G ... 0679926863Grim.
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Carens looks like a knock-off Toyota Picnic.
outlaw118 Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 Stepdaughters got a Sportage on a Y plate, and it's a fucking horror.It's currently running like an absolute bag of shit (well, more than usual), and I had a look, it felt like the HT leads were breaking down, or a sparkie had burnt out.Looking under the bonnet of that was like a glimpse of hell.Oh. and the spares aren't cheap either.
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