new car for mum

[Kitdy]

Subaru Legacy. B4.

UCP loves it's Subaru Legacys.

[NSXType-R]

Thanks motorsportnerd. mums just looking for reliability and not a particularly exciting drive so Camry on face value is the best bet. I'd say if another car was significantly more comfortable than it then it'd gain favour (Saab and Volvo might just score points there). However Sportivo Camry's can be found in the budget and maybe they're a bit more exciting?

Kitdy, Mondeo and Camry are the probably the two cheapest out of all the cars I mentioned. Mazda 6 has held its value quite well and we'd probably be looking at the japanese imported Mazda Atenza (same car diff name) which isn't all that bad cause it comes with a DVD screen which I don't think NZ new ones had.

Civic is a bit too small NSXType-r. Theres just nothing about the Accord that would really justify getting an older one over a newer say Mazda 6.

I see.

[NSXType-R]

UCP loves it's Subaru Legacys.

Yeah, it's the one car everyone agrees that it's good.

Even Top Gear likes it.

[Kitdy]

Yeah, it's the one car everyone agrees that it's good.

Even Top Gear likes it.

I know very little about Subaru outside of the Imprezza.

[NSXType-R]

I know very little about Subaru outside of the Imprezza.

It's not hard to understand the Legacy. It's an upmarket grown up Impreza with a detuned STI engine.

[Ferrer]

It's not hard to understand the Legacy. It's an upmarket grown up Impreza with a detuned STI engine.

It's basically the Impreza for clever people.

[Kitdy]

It's basically the Impreza for clever people.

What's wrong with the Imprezza?

[Ferrer]

What's wrong with the Imprezza?

It's far too blue and has far too gold wheels for normal people.

[LeonOfTheDead]

It's far too blue and has far too gold wheels for normal people.

and had a crappy interior

[f6fhellcat13]

What's wrong with the Imprezza?

Far too much of a reputation as a car driven by morons, though not quite as bad as an Evo.

[NSXType-R]

What's wrong with the Imprezza?

and had a crappy interior

Far too much of a reputation as a car driven by morons, though not quite as bad as an Evo.

Yeah, I think it has the leather interior, satellite navigation, better looking exterior. Plus, if you want power, you can reflash the computer in the engine I think.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

My parents own a 2001 Subaru Legacy (liberty) Outback Station wagon.

Smooth, reliable, Quirky, Individual, safe, japanese.

And it suits the conditions around here. They really are very good cars.

[Spastik_Roach]

Whats quirky about a LEgacy Outback?

[Ferrer]

Whats quirky about a LEgacy Outback?

It's not popular (at leas around here) and it's an engineers car. It uses a boxer engine and permament four wheel drive. And it's got frameless windows.

[Kitdy]

It's not popular (at leas around here) and it's an engineers car. It uses a boxer engine and permament four wheel drive. And it's got frameless windows.

The frameless windows blew my mind at the autoshow.