Farooq Zeshaan Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hello All, Need your expert advise. I just sold my Honda CRV, as my family moved out. The car was great but was expensive to maintain. I now need a small reliable car with cruise as I travel long distances. I am going to see a Nissan TIIDA 2012 hatch back with about 120K kms on it. This is a cheap car, costing me around 17k, Would like to know if TIIDA is a reliable perfomer, or does it have major issues with engine/transmission/gear box The other option i am looking for is a Yaris. I heard good reviews about it but it cost almost twice as much for a 2016 0r 17 model (the old ones dont have cruise in them). Kindly advise i am really confused at this stage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 I would highly stay away from older Nissan of any age that has CVT gearing. They "fail" like a clock work precision and end up burning 5-10k hole in the pocket. If your selected model doesn't have CVT, then you are lucky. Google "nissan tiida cvt transmission problems" You are better off finding cheaper Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi for daily use + cruise control model. You can also consider cheaper entry level Ford, Chevrolet, Hyundai and Kia's. 2 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farooq Zeshaan Posted March 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Thanks for your advise Gaurav..! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sertac Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 Mitsubishi Lancer can be a good choice for that purpose. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahimdad Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 If you can't find a Yaris with Cruise control go for a Corolla or Camry for that price. As @Gaurav bhai pointed out the Nissan CVT gearbox is bound to fail and is expensive to fix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertdude Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) I had a 2018 Yaris as a rental for 4-5 months great car compared to the current rental I have, a 2019 Nissan Sunny which is an absolute POS in every way possible. Fuel consumption, comfort level, smoothness, looks inside and out, features. Miles ahead. I think the Yaris is a though act to follow in the mini Jap ecobox segment Edited March 25, 2020 by desertdude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farooq Zeshaan Posted March 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 30 minutes ago, desertdude said: I had a 2018 Yaris as a rental for 4-5 months great car compared to the current rental I have, a 2019 Nissan Sunny which is an absolute POS in every way possible. Fuel consumption, comfort level, smoothness, looks inside and out, features. Miles ahead. I think the Yaris is a though act to follow in the mini Jap ecobox segment Thanks for your advise 30 minutes ago, desertdude said: I had a 2018 Yaris as a rental for 4-5 months great car compared to the current rental I have, a 2019 Nissan Sunny which is an absolute POS in every way possible. Fuel consumption, comfort level, smoothness, looks inside and out, features. Miles ahead. I think the Yaris is a though act to follow in the mini Jap ecobox segment Thanks 4 hours ago, Rahimdad said: If you can't find a Yaris with Cruise control go for a Corolla or Camry for that price. As @Gaurav bhai pointed out the Nissan CVT gearbox is bound to fail and is expensive to fix. OK bro. Will search further 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikumar Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 You can try Honda Civic (2007-2013) models with a low mileage and full service history. Many of them come with cruise control. The gearbox is not as reliable as a Toyota but if maintained properly should be a good buy. Stay away from any car that has a CVT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farooq Zeshaan Posted March 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 But Sri Kumar... All the cars nowadays have CVT.. I used a Honda for 100k no issues at all. Toyota/honda/Nissan all have them. Corolla (2015 onwards...) Yaris (also same) 😢 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Nissan CVTs are a different breed. The oil cooling in them is inadequate and they usually start to give problems around 60k. Sure, there are people who have bigger mileages on them but as someone who works on cars, I wouldn’t touch one. Nissan seem to have no intention of rectifying the problems either. They have so much money invested into the R&D of their CVTs that they can’t back out now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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