Need Suggestion for City Use Only Cars

justwii on 06/10/2016 - 21:14

Hi I have been trying to search for a good small size car, mainly for weekends shopping and daily driving to work/home, nothing really further than 10km per day.

No highway at all, just a lot of traffic lights and frequent stops, so I will need really good city fuel consumption rating.
Small car size allows easy finding and parking on tight street car space.
Blind spot blinker is a must for safety. Then reverse cam to aid parking and parking sensors both front and rear to adjust spacing.
No new car, less than $20k

Let me know if you have any good suggestion, thanks heaps!

Automotive

Comments

  • Banana on 06/10/2016 - 22:01

    You can get a suzuki swift, vw polo,mitsy micra new under 20k.

  • spackbace on 06/10/2016 - 22:24
    +9

    Celerio or Swift, and if you need the sensors and camera for either of those models, maybe you should look at a bicycle…

    Disclaimer: I work for Suzuki, but I don't work for Specsavers…

  • apple2016 on 06/10/2016 - 22:36

    Small car size allows easy finding and parking on tight street car space.

    I thought all public parking spaces would accomodate a large sedan like ford falcon or Holden commodore. What do you mean by tight street car space?

    • justwii on 08/10/2016 - 00:43

      You see, when people are not parking properly or there is almost a car space between the last car and the parking sign, then a small car would just fit in without sticking out the butt.

      • apple2016 on 08/10/2016 - 11:06

        I would not try to squeeze into to smaller parking space or not properly parked car as your car is most likely to be hit when the other drivers move their cars.

  • Euphemistic on 06/10/2016 - 23:09
    +2

    I think you'd be lucky to find a small city car with blind spot warning. Reverse cam and sensors are more likely, but in reality probably not common on a 'not new' city car unless you go for a premium brand/model. (Waiting to be proven wrong)

    • modsec802 on 07/10/2016 - 08:49

      Mazda3 now has this standard across the range but not exactly a 'city' car, but you can get one for 20,990 drive away link

  • dasher86 on 07/10/2016 - 07:48
    +1

    Uber or car share.
    You can get a crap load of rides for $20k
    But may not be ideal to and from work lol

  • PVA on 07/10/2016 - 08:05

    if you only do 10km max per day, fuel economy shouldnt be on your list as it wont make a big difference to cost.
    Any small car will do you, corolla, yaris size.

    My auntie is 70years old, her and her husband have never had a car, they just use taxis all their adult life - maybe use them/uber instead of buying a car.

    Get the groceries delivered, you don't need a car then.

  • SimbaGirl on 07/10/2016 - 16:48

    On a trip to ACT/NSW recently, I rented a Mitsubishi Mirage from Thrifty (their "Metro Car") - spent a couple of days in Canberra then drove up to Bathurst and back to Canberra a few days later. Normally I'd go for something a bit bigger, but went for the cheapest car I could get as it was going to be sitting around for 4 days of the 7-day rental period! I drive a WRX at home, so wasn't expecting much from the little Mitsi, but I was really surprised - the car drove and handled well, held it's own on the highways, didn't struggle to stay at the speed limit, comfortable with good visibility, not much road noise at all - quite a decent little car all round.

  • justwii on 08/10/2016 - 00:39

    Really, many interesting ideas, thanks everyone. But the blind spot blinker is really a must here.
    Is there any car website that can tick specific feature when doing a search?

    • spackbace on 08/10/2016 - 00:51

      Why is it a must?

      Do you regularly have accidents?

      How long have you been driving for?

      What are you driving now?

      • justwii on 08/10/2016 - 01:37

        Its really personal :<

        • spackbace on 08/10/2016 - 02:04
          +1

          Umm that's not an answer

          However if you have had any accidents related to the cars blind spots, then technology shouldn't be the cure, increased driver training should be.

          You just come across as someone who's afraid of driving/parking, and so you feel you need to have those driving aids. I've got news for you: everyone has been driving fine up until the last 5yrs or so when they've become commonplace.

        • Euphemistic on 08/10/2016 - 07:44
          +2

          @Spackbace: agree. If you can't drive without these aids, you shouldn't be. Sure, I like having a reverse camera as much as the next person, but when there isn't one in the car, I deal with it.

          Most driver aids aren't a substitute for poor driving skill/awareness

        • tonyjzx on 08/10/2016 - 12:04
          +1

          @Euphemistic:

          Apparently people dont want to look over their shoulder any more.

          Thing is these aids are common on high end models not cheap cars so I wish the OP good luck… in fact, I'd go so far as to say you could double the budget ($40,000) and you'd still be hard pressed to get all those driving aids delivered without leaning onto expensive dealer install options.

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