Okay, all I had to do was leave the air on one. It's such a difference Because you have to think before I'm going after the good evening listening to the old talk car podcast voice of hell I almost started by Peter on us. We're getting you low. We are in we're doing a live drive So we turn the vents off just in case it's blowing air into the microphone because it's these vents are quite strong We're in something that it's part of Hill Hills fleet part of family.
It's like a family here in this car You might have heard some clues earlier. I'm hoping the bottom of the fucking baron. This car was manufactured from 2002 Until 2011 it's fucking people The listeners like we're in In the echo or the yarras, but we are in a hyunty gets the as I used to call it the going gets This is actually our second gets. I originally my dad had never had a new car Right, you know he came here in 1949 never bought himself a brand new car brand So I think was in O2 when the first gets came out.
All right. Is that clicking noise the walk chain? We're gonna get clicking Right, okay, so I want to buy my dad it gets right he bought me my first car It was a second-hand chip box. It doesn't matter.
Yeah, but you know dad never had a brand new car We bought a brand new gets and then yeah for a few years and then because I bought him a free door He doesn't forget it's just him and my mom After a few years he goes. Oh, he doesn't want me to be nice if I had the extra dollars just when you're putting shopping in an Out of you know, it's just so fun getting something was a coop and I saw you pull up in the five door So he went and you know I started looking around and I found this it was localometers And it was a five dollars an update it had that big block 1.6 And it had the you know back then it had led the steering wheel power windows front and rear it had well Let's go. Let's see where we'll audio controls back then. You know what I paid for these car It had 30,000 case on it in 2008 I paid the princely sum of $7,000 for it.
Yeah, they were going for like $1,000 like $1,000 like $1,000. Yeah, $1,000. So basically when they they took over from the excel That's correct. So the late 90s Sure the 90s are high-dye excel was everywhere was the go-to car and then basically Then they brought out the gets it was a smaller model.
I think the excel stayed on that went big bit You're a square up, but yeah, no, no, that was the first exit all the square I've the square on the first one then that roundy one round but then they dropped it Oh, yeah, I've got the square one. Okay, so they get to get to get and then basically it's your classic nordies type Interads that green everything was green back then. Yes, so it's it's yeah You know everything's lit up is about a thousand on a thousand buns on this class So you've got your classic stereo probably so no city So that's the luxury pack and then you got the takka the takka was a rare thing to have in a you know I go it had the trip trip a trip B and that's digital. It's like the liquid display It was a great little car and and it is and well.
Yes, it's correct It's the lead for a day while my tires are getting put on and got rid of the we got really wanting one tingle one wall yeah, and you got it's The windscreen is quite deep and high so you've got you got a visibility Got it. Here's a visibility the bullet really disappears the dash is low There's no screen see basically got a load dash the vision is excellent except now at night You did something to the bloody class well now I have to drive it every day because my mom is my fleet is dwindling So I saw that appeared in the live driver about a year ago Yeah, see the last night came to the rescue for that country yes The one that I inherited from my wife because I bought her a new car came to the rescue and a Right and a drop the timing chain and which means I need a For sale sign, but I got it fixed first so in the meantime because it costly repairs about five grand in the meantime I'm not driving anymore. We're looking for a tried and these are looking for a try on me and draw job looking at everything Right, okay, and so I thought you know I was running around in the get it's a good reliable car It's always being looked after and then it was like It's really hot in this thing because never had tint on it It had like a factory tint right which was very ordinary small. It was like it gets hot and it's only weak air conditioning and It's good that it's weak so I dropped it off today and got the Liba taintonic 5% mate You pulled up and I don't know if that was you wanted I got confused with the number of doors And then I saw you jump out here That's that's the base that's what we want to know this now serves a purpose because the kids are absolutely horrified about getting dropped off It's a tool right so now they're happy because now I can take And get out of the car so they like the tip but they still get dropped off a block away What's the getting drop off at the back?
I don't want anyone to send you in there against here so visibility is awesome. There's plenty of room in there tiny from the outside There's heaps of room in the back. You're pretty your seats far back and there's heaps of room. There's enough It's a good for set.
It's not wide enough for five No, you can't. No, look, not at all anyway. Yeah, 30 out of the back. So what do you think it's?
But they're comfortable. I haven't checked out the other hatch But you're right. It's got the basic button controls and they lit up by like the forwards. The forwards will never lit up So at least you know what button is.
It's kind of the nail that I lit up It's frustrating when you've got steering wheel controls and you don't know what the fucking button is So it is the big block 1.6 the aircon works fine with closed the set of vents so it doesn't disrupt disrupt It's got central locking central locking how windows how windows? Yes, maybe for a 20 year old. I was it Maybe 15 20 year old car because my design and I have a little facelift But I mean it's served as well. It's got 230,000 case on it.
We get a service, you know all the time. It's It took $80 for a full tank because petrol is expensive at the moment. It's about 42 45 litre tank or about 40 litre in it too. That's a little bit better.
I got about just under 400 kilometers out of it. It's not bad. Yeah, so It's driving. Well, it's all city driving.
It's all city driving. It's automatic automatic. The aircon's on it's sipping petals. Is it a three speed with the It's got the overdrive button.
That was with the triple S hat. It was a three speed plus overdrive. This is the big bag. With a 1.6 70 kilowatts is that 80 for rubbing?
I don't fucking get the thing already. I would I would I would find them a guess that it may be I think home like old porkies when they said 77 I think they did a lucky dip. I threw some numbers in it and said fucking 77 sounds cool. Sounds like a good.
It's lucky in some countries No one's gonna believe I eat right so who fucking just go with that But no, this really I mean, there's no rattles. It's a solid car. They were always very solid. And okay, you've got it's the rough plastics I'm just feeling the dashboard now, but you weren't it was built at a budget It was designed.
It was a purpose car. It was an A to B car reliable and comfortable And it looks the interior that the door was matching and the other the in thing was for the door trim to match the dashboard So it's got all the trinkets the glove box is massive. It's heaps of storage cup holders. There's cup holders That's quite very true.
Two there one there. And the other three doors. You got your traditional HVAC controls that the Ventilation system is zero before the blue and the red says not climate control, but the air comment and we're we're pretty hot data But we're we're chilled in this thing And then now Hyundai they've moved on from Not poverty pack cars. They always they came out fully loaded even the first next level graphic equalizer on the stereo I know that yeah, if you want to check on that go to one injury There's no that's it China is now the new career where Korea was the old Japan so Was shifting countries, but it's looking to get like a key up a chance for 20 grand drive away Yeah, but you can also buy a clear EV6 GT for over a hundred Right, and if I told you five years five years ago when the stinger came out That was the most expensive car at 60 and I drove a stinger and I thought yeah nice car But not 60 grand, but now make 60 grand sub mid-range Issue V in the clear and high-end I range what this was probably the second generation of the home I pass was probably that was if that was the sort of shot across the bow of saying guys kick up Because if you look at holding had the burrina, which was basically a Spanish And the bump is just a fade in the so so you know you're like all these like GM and Ford Okay sat there and it was like this car came out this gets right and Everyone's buying it and what are they doing?
They're still bringing junk and they were asking more than the correct and and and I brought out drive away no more to pay Marketing yeah, so if you were young and looking for your first new car you knew that's how much it was and there was just one or two trim levels no options We're For holding hold and that was thought making those days was felt in a common or they weren't really they would import so for the Fistiva that that Korean that was a great but that was a piece of shit. Oh it was like horrible car That was that was an old man's that one two one for all 80s. I went when I looked at getting the two gets right the first one All right, I looked around and there's a deal that had one or I got I went down it goes mate. I've sold it Yeah, okay.
Yeah, I had a demo you guys make my soul good. I'm sorry. No, but you guys. I'll tell you what I've got a brand new one here Where's bankers right there?
It is over there hasn't been washed. Okay, if you promise not to transfer the regi for 30 days, right? Let's get their bonus Yeah, if you promise not to do transfer the regi for 30 days and put some pays on it and ring me and tell me how many Ks are on it I'll do the transfer right because it's a drive away price. Yeah, and I'll do it at a demo price Okay, I was like done.
Yeah, so I got a brand new cover of my boss. Yeah now I demos for a grain more than ordering a car away No, no, it's off the line. We got a weight Yeah, right so the thing was hold it and GM GM and forward Right, they just didn't read the rude. Well, people wanted affordable cars to get around in Okay, forget your comadores and falcons and ese, that's the little A to B cars for young people and elderly people They just want to get A to B do their groceries get to work commute transport, right?
You kept dropping shit on them. Yeah, and me in the meantime I care even though they kept increasing the price of their product which is with smalling but they were delivering goods and then the other end of The market yet Toyota I remember my wife bought a starlet. They were now four to five grand more expensive. That's right.
Even But they're still going but they were the premium of the small car. Yeah, and then you also had Mitsubishi He was dumping the mirage and that's right. They were built to a price but they were worse than the gets The kids was fully loaded with them. That's fully loaded the mirage.
Oh, but you know the Japanese car and all that It's like that The the reality was they were all these other local manufacturers and some of the other they dropped the fourth They just they thought oh look at these guys. They're selling chick-junk. It's not junk It's very solid car. They put them on the car 240,000 Ks on it and Guess how many times it's been back for a warranty claim Once yeah had an alternator problem, right?
Mate one phone call drop the car off no problem sir. It's got a dodgy alternator. Right. We'll get it fixed for you It's on the way pick it up tomorrow afternoon Normal maintenance normal servicing no drums.
Yeah, you don't see the mary. I know what's these cars anymore. That's the other Except you have a driver's the food guys the food guys. Yeah, they're all bashed it You're not gonna put you you know, we had that episode a couple of cents back We drove all of my mates out like a good friend one Paul's daughter's on it else and I was looking for a manual gets One point six manual for she likes driving manual cars.
Yeah, I just ordered a dry manual smart dad. Yeah, right? I'm from track days. Yeah, yes, but he's all from manual gets for the simple reason you make their reliable cars They're easy to work on you can service it at home if you're inclined, but parts are easy to get for us It's easy, right?
And you know what four five grand gets your car. That's the same things. It's got your labax Right? It's got the same features as a car that's ten or eleven.
Yep. No, no, they're like I said I had a three-one No Really I'm gonna be away from we should hide the car. I'm gonna take it. It's gonna come back with that that you know that Reflective you know if you're rapping some fucking raspberry pink.
No, you know the reflective rainbow tint I had baseball killing me last episode with the Tesla Now even it comes to Australia next month. I think you see a pink fucking Tesla I spoke to his manager after the episode so we're excited to have him and and he's gonna He promised us to come on we might even do a live drive it roll racing just to put him in a car without hitting us So again, we were so wrapped speaking of a it was a good good podcast and hope you listen. I there enjoyed it So basically that's a thumbs up for the gets it's a thumbs up. I I liked it the day I had it was just smooth It was you know, there's no power.
It's not like you know, I'm actually sick of cars No, I'm sick of cars. No, no, no, no, I'm not sitting on it. I just I'm I've got my toys But for every day we've reached the stage we can afford a weekend happy time toys. So during the day it doesn't matter I think I dropped my kids off.
I take into soccer. I pick up the training I go to I got to take mum and dad to do groceries, right? So I'm running around all day. I have to leave these sometimes on the street for a day Two wheels up on a curb because there's no packing.
No what? Okay. Yeah, what did you go by? Don't pay 60 70 80 grand for a nice car.
Well 60 grand for an SUV. Yes, you meet spec Korean or or use European Yeah, you're not gonna do that. So coming up another live drive. Yes, I'm going to introduce myself to Ross.
He's back The next episode we've got a live drive in the exam in the beast. So he's letting us out He's is now letting me drive it before he does the modifications. He's apparently he's already got the past And it was only gonna be a matter of weeks before months before he modified that beast. So we're gonna be driving that next episode We've got a few reached out to a few guests.
We've got the European episodes that I haven't uploaded from Ross So there's a few episodes I mean if you's from Europe and also I'm gonna be doing some shows in Vegas at sea So we've got a few good shows coming up once that won't go wrong I love it when you say we and me Ross a fucking nobody Fuck away. We got some great shows coming up from Vegas. Yeah, thanks. And you know who I'm gonna be with in Vegas the HD team boys Yeah, so what about we always should do we should do is it will does them cast that?
Are you gonna say I'm from Vegas? Okay? I'll do that so I got basil do with us I will do with you and me and free Wi-Fi and I'll wear my baseball cap and see my show that you've got me and put on the accent And I'll I don't know I'll have a few drinks. I'll wear some fake gold and you know put your poker glasses on You know, I'll get the missus the way some strip of heels and you know, okay, oh does it?
Yeah, there's cameras on that if she's talking to me Maybe she can come on the podcast without you know That's what's coming up in the next couple of weeks for our listen up who's keen scraping the bottom of the That's another podcast that's another podcast that's another one we will talk about me and George Yeah, me and George and I have been on some adventures and looking at cars, right and It has not been a it has not been a good experience. We can take it Terrible experience as a person in the customer service and sales and whatever it has been appalling How dealerships use or news only that for another episode We will do that at the next episode because I had a few phone calls and emails especially from a car from Like the site the age of this car. Yes, I had a email from a certain car company to reveal later, right? Which was quite funny.
So thank you for listening. I hope you enjoyed it was a tame live drive It was more about how you're dying where they've come from and where they're going So it's it was more of a general wrap up. We'll have the exam next episode and we'll hear some tales from Europe and then we'll go from there So thank you for listening rate us review us email us at autorkotalk at outlook.com.au