You don't need to put in super unleaded in the 659, not sure about the 1.3, but I don't think so. I fill with super unleaded on every fourth fill. Someone once told me it was a good way to keep your engine clean. Don't know how true that is, but it sounds good.
Thanks for confirming that, I mean I'm all for spending out on my car as it's my hobby, though super unleaded might dent the wallet even more than I was hoping!
Ok thanks. I've had a dig around the net looking at seats, but couldn't find anything like yours. Actually I couldn't find any seats of any description for the copen. There is a few cracks and wear marks on mine and I'm trying to get the car back to immaculate condition.
That was a good price when you compare it with similar cars. Mine was advertised for 6.5k, then 6.2k and then 5.5k which is when I made an enquiry. I left a returnable £100 deposit over the phone for them to take it off the Market until the following Saturday when I could go down to Doncaster and have a look at it. The salesman told me that after I left a deposit there was a lot of interest in the car, so 5.5k seems to be the price for a 2008 to sell.
dwayner Yes, you must use the higher grade fuel - either 95 , 98 or 100 octane - i know its a little more expensive, but it is better for the engine. The Diahatsu mechanic was pretty adamant about that when i bought it - ive done over 218,000 km in it now - without any problem to the engine or turbo. I did replace the O2 sensors which was dam expensive, but i was told i could drive the car as per normal until the parts arrived - which was 6 weeks later i think - it only effected fuel economy a bit.. I cant stress enough how important it is to service - i change the oil every 3000 km and have the normal service (165 dollars) every 5000 kms. seems excessive, but until i bought a new car, i was using it a lot for business. now not so much. havent had to replace the gass in the airconditioner, as i run it at least twice a week, and only every replaced one break light, which blew, tyres here are around 140.00 but i have found you can use a slightly different tyre size, which is cheaper, and been doing that for 4 years now. Look after the little things, and they wont break down. last service was last week - and they couldnt find anything wrong - good luck finding another copen, if you didnt get that last one.
This Vivid edition Copen has the same seats as mine. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../postcode/wr24hz/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p
as mentioned above, normal unleaded in UK is fine. 'Super' means different things in different countries, the thing to check is the RON, in some countries you have to buy Super to get a high enough RON (=octane number) as petrol is blended differently in different places. The higher cost fuels (BP Ultmate, etc) are higher RON so you could get a bit more performance and they have a different additive blend so they do more to clean the fuel system/engine. I haven't seen any figures to demonstrate that these premium fuels actually save you money, but they could keep your engine healthier.
Looks like I shall just have to keep my eye on any fairly local '08 1.3s in the hope that they come down to the 5.5k mark then DaG, hopefully within the next 6 weeks I could have mine sold. As for fuels, I may treat it now and again to the 'Super' fuel, as it seems logical to keep the engine happy! Though talking of engines being happy, been looking into the servicing, and an offical dealer told me £180 was average for a service, and a local garage was £150. Just wondered if people could tell me how they were getting on with servicing costs? Saw the threat about servicing costs, but just got a little confused with how some were £20 and some were £200+?
The service should not be much more than a Toyota Yaris. After all, most of the underpinnings is Toyota. Timing chain instead of a belt save a chunk of money too.
When I collected my car it had been serviced by the dealer (Bristol street motors) and the book stamped. Out of curiosity I checked the air filter and it was far from new. I then pulled a plug and again they had been in the car a long time. All they had done for a so called service was change the oil. Thinking about it I never checked the oil filter, they probably didn't bother to change that either. If I had paid circa £200 for that I'd have been less than pleased.
Damn, sounds like servicing is something to watch then, to see if it's just a stamp in a book, or if it's all there under the bonnet as well. Shouldn't be too painful then, though I rang one garage last night and they said they didn't know what a Copen was! Back on tyres, and even alloys, am I right in thinking that the fitments are: PCD: 4 x 100 Offset: 38 / 45 Been looking around and everywhere seems different!
The standard Copen alloys are: 15 x 4.5 et45 4 x 100 pcd http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/daihatsu_copen_15__S9_1160_3
dwayner are tyres easy to get in the UK/europe? When i went to get 4 new ones a few months ago - one brand was listed on their tyre registry australia wide as only having 6 of them in the whole of Australia!
Thanks Adam, think the first mod I'd be looking at would be alloys once I'd settled into the world of Copen!
Theres not much choice in brands for the standard tyre size. My tyre shop get a set of Bridgestone Potenzas in the next day for me.
as Adam K, local tyreplace got tyres in next day (Nankang). If yours can't get them then put the tyre size into google shopping, order online and get them delivered, add about £15 to have them fitted locally.
Think I may have to agree with you Sue, though the only two wheel experience I had was with a 50cc, but still the most fun I've had on the road! After test driving the Copen me dad said he hadn't seen me grinning like a loon in a while Just the case of getting one organised now, need the most from my 107, then to find a 1.3 within budget, then mission accomplished!
