Comments on: Danger ahead: Israelis with car.

By: eliesheva

eliesheva — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:02:38 +0000

That’s awful. Well, good news about the safety. It’s not a done deal so we’ll see how it goes…

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:43:45 +0000

yeah about the petrol thing, we did some googling, and found many many unhappy people on forums talking about the getz. A lot of people had approached the manufacturers and been told there was nothing wrong with their cars, the fuel efficiency, even for brand new out the box, is just really low. What is good about the car is that it is quite high in its class for safety, which is obviously good for you, and if you’re planning on kids soon.

By: eliesheva

eliesheva — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:32:42 +0000

Haha… Thanks!

By: Avi

Avi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:14:47 +0000

You are so lucky! I want a car! And, wow, now you’re a real high tech worker - company car! Now you’ve made it!

By: eliesheva

eliesheva — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:15:11 +0000

Thanks, man. It’s not too late. I’ve actually only heard good things till now; too good to be true. But we aren’t paying for petrol although I feel bad being wasteful.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:38:46 +0000

I don’t know if its too late, and if you do get paid for petrol this is moot, but I would strongly advise against a Hyundai Getz. We got ours with ten thousand km’s on the clock, 6 months old, from my in laws. This car eats petrol for breakfast lunch and supper. It doesn’t matter the driving conditions, it doesn’t matter what you do, though if you put the aircon on it really really eats petrol. Its ridiculous. We get just under 400 km’s per tank, although that can drop to 300 if we use the aircon or drive in traffic too much. In comparison our 4 year old Fiat Punto was getting over 600km’s per tank. This might be useful to know given that at some point you might not have the company paying petrol and then you will be crying! And I presume the efficiency will get worse as the car ages. Our car is an automatic 1.6, so I suppose the efficiency might be better if you get a manual. I don’t know. Good luck!