Do quite a few miles on a daily basis so need something that will handle it (the 416 is knackerd) have a budget of about 5k The almera seems to fit the bill both the Almera S and E models are in my price range. Anyone any knowledge of good or bad points of the Almera?
Almera?:Good Car?
Jan 28, 2006
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The fuel consumptions not great.
For the past few years they have been unanimously voted our least favourite hire car at work; compared to most other stuff they are relatively noisy, unrewarding to drive, and worst of all everyone finds them uncomfortable even on a short (100 mile) run.
Not exciting cars, but reliable, comfortable, and do the job. The 1.5 is a bit gutless, though the fuel consumption is good. The 1.8 is nice to drive. Seats are comfortable, fuel consumption is around 35 MPG (40 MPG on long runs) with a 1.8 automatic. Only thing I don't like about it is the lack of a glove compartment light, but I can live with that.
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