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I have a Honda Jazz VTI CVT, metallic yellow with inbuilt Digital TV/DVD (Alpine). 2006 model. It is in excellent condition, never a problem. It has 162,000kms on it as I have a long drive to work. Which is the most cost effective option: sell it now or keep it going for another five, six years or more. Would it reach 350,000kms without too much expense?
Any thoughts appreciated.
i say sell now and get a new one as they are real good value atm
Well your jazz has already copped the steep depreciation since new. As a car ages, the depreciation rate reduces. If you buy a new car and you are going to cop the steep depreciation rate again.
So if your jazz is still going strong and you have no headaches with it, I'd say keep it to be cost effective. It should go up to 300k + provided that you keep it serviced regularly and flush the cvt fluids as well.
My 05 VTi-S has done nearly 120k and still plan to keep it for another 3-5 years.
I reckon keep it. I mainly do highway driving and I have a 2004 VTIS with 170,000 kms on it. it still drives as new... 90,000 km out of a set of tyres, still on the original brake shoes, no problems except for the rear wheel bearing being replaced under warranty at 40k. Just keep the servicing up to it, use quality oil and oil filters, keep it out of the sun/elements when parked, put it in the garage when you are home and it will still look new in years to come.... mine does and I plan on keeping it another 6 years. Lack of servicing, poor oil condition and the weather are killers of cars. Keep them looked after and they will last....
Your car has been doing over 30k km a year...bit higher than average but people buy cars to drive. I don't know why lots of people always want <150,000km and stuff like that.
My car is 9 years older than yours with 230,000km and still going strong. I'll drive it to 300,000km, do another major service and drive it til it dies....LOL.
Thanks all for the answers. I decided to keep it for as long as cost effective.
I am reading through a bunch of Jazz threads as I am thinking of buying a second hand one.
Roma and 62 Rocket it is nice to hear that yours have 150+K on them and still going strong. I have not seen many around with this level of Ks on them and was not sure if that was a good or bad sign.
For my budget I will probably get one with 100,000km on it already and I am hoping that, with regular servicing, it will keep going strong for at least another 150+K.
:)
Good choice - car still going strong, so why change now?! Unless you won a MB SLS ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roma
I use to own a Jazz a few years back, 2003 model, bought it new, and i racked up 135,000kms in 4.5years .... until some a**hole crashed into it and wrote it off. as I had "market price" for my insurance, the company i was with only wanted to give me $12.5k at the time - said it was higher than average mileage ra ra ra ... but the car gave me no issues at all. drove like a dream, well apart from the CVT jerk at the start which was an EGR?? fixed under warranty issue.
Well I'm up to 283,000kms now. Still no problems. Normal services.
I'm pretty sure you hit 300,000KMs easy. I recently serviced a Jazz than hadnt been serviced for 70,000KMs.
Her last service was at 200k and now it was 270k, even though oil was all sludgey and crap, new oil, oil filter and air filter and it still goes like normal. Her is a 2006 VTi.
The only problem is that her front suspension top hats and control arm cushions need replacing.
Hows your engine oil colour?
Are the jazz's auto or manual?
Mine is CVT 2006. (BTW I will check the oil).
The one I serviced was CVT and didnt have the CVT shutter issue, my mums on the other hand, (2004 VTi) had the shutter issue but was fixed via warranty.
965xxKM 2001 Model VTi CVT, 2nd owner since low 6xxxxKM. So far the battery/Brakes/Valve Clearance have only troubled me, but that's just wear and tear as mentioned in the manual. I also changed the CVT 5 times with geneWIN stuff, as when i bought it, Mazda dealership put some purple liquid in it (idiots)
drive it till it will go no more.
my old 02 had the shit thrashed out of it, then i gave it to my olds, it currently has 180 thousand HARD kms on it, and has given very little trouble. In the 10 years i owned the car, i had seen friends trade in 3 new cars every 3 years, what a rip!! an absolute waste of money. keep driving it till its worth nothing, youll be surprised how long that is.
My 04 VTI manual has done ~205K kms. we passed it on to another family member 3 yrs back.
In the past 9 years, we have ...
- replaced almost every globe in the car
- replaced a couple of wheel bearings
- replace the clutch (last yr or yr before)
- spark plugs
that's about it.
What is the cost of clutch replacement?Quote:
Originally Posted by wyl03
Great info guys, i have an EG Bswap but thinking about at end of year grabbing a little Jazz as a get around daily, i have never worked on the Jazz out of all the models you discussed which is the better ones. not worried about Kms as ill drive it till it falls apart when i get a car.
IIRC, it was ard 800~900 to replace the clutch, parts & labour, with another OEM unit.
It was done by Hanny's.
the earlier models were assembled in Japan. i believe they moved the production to Thailand around 2006 and that's where the AU cars came from. (I'm probably wrong about the actual yr .. but it was before the 2nd gen model came out)Quote:
Originally Posted by urxqsd
I'm showing my prejudices here but would recommend the earlier Jap-assembled ones.
Go for the 1.5L VTI or VTI-S.
VTI-S is mechanically identical to VTI, just has the added bling bits, i.e. nicer to look.
Most of the cars (not all) are used around the city therefore don't have high mileage.
Key would be service intervals and log book.
my sisters 03 has 174000 on it now, and if i wound the speedo back to 50 thousand, youd beleive it. Tight in the gear change, suspension, great car to drive. Has only had all the wheel bearings replaced.
as for jap vs thai..... my 02 jap had more issues ( still bugger all ) than my current 09 thai. my 09 has 92 thousand on it now, and the only issue is the rh rear shockie is stuffed.
My Jazz 1.5l CVT is now up to 300,000kms :-)
yeah had a look at a second hand VTI motor. They are pretty cheap only $400 for a 80,000k motor.
I'm driving mine till it dies, then replacing it for a second hand one.
In my '06, so far the only gremlin in mine is that the internal fan sometimes turns on when the car is off.
so long as I turn the fan off its fine.
P.S I only have 150,000km atm
For anyone wondering, the Jazz is more than capable of high mileages. If serviced and maintained well throughout its life, expect a long life expectancy.