It is hard to draw a parallel btw life in different countries/cultures. For most americans "rural" would mean living in the place where your driveway length is measured in miles (or at least hundreds...
Re-read OP; if this for winter tire on stock and 185/60 have roughly 3 finger gap between wheel and fender. You could go bigger,but I wouldn't go bigger by much.
The 1.0 will be fine. You just need to give it more stick. ;) Yes - It *feels* slow, but let's put this in context... The 1.0 has 68bhp from memory and similar torque, albeit higher in the rev range....
From what I read Honda Jazz/Fit and some other cars from other mfg have similar issue: the hubs were welded to axle as a cost saving. I am not exactly happy about it b/c in the past 2 of cars we had...
When buying a car, one always runs the risk of purchasing the 'Friday Night' car, no matter the manufacturer. However, speaking from my experience of the Mirage and of several Mitsubishis before it...
I like the Bridgestone tires we get here in germany and brakes are as good as the brakes in the Kia/Hyundai. I drove the Hyundai ix20 several times and I don´t like some features of the korean cars....
Haven't driven a Yaris or Mazda 2 of any flavour or era, so can't really comment. As for the Jazz - I've driven a 2011 Hybrid. I had it for the day whilst my i10 was being serviced, and I looked at...
We have a lot of Picantos in the UK. I haven't driven the current (2011-onwards) generation Picanto, but it is based upon the Mk1 Hyundai i10 chassis, albeit with tweaks and improvements. I owned a...
So as an owner of '14 Toyota Prius C I had a chance to drive '15 Mitsubishi Mirage for 400mi, and to be honest I am impressed with 'lil jelly-bean! So I decided to sit down and write a short...
I was looking for a new commuter car, that should be as economical as my Daihatsu Cuore (special type of Kei-Car sold in Germany with a 1000 ccm engine instead of the japanese 660...
