I’ve recently been doing the rounds of local dealers, inspecting and test-driving new cars prior to deciding which one merits getting myself into five years worth of debt for. The difference between this exercise and my normal assignments was that price was a major factor in whether a car made it onto the “wanted” list [...]
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August 30th, 2004 
Sharon Gill 
Posted in General cars, Motoring, Motoring rants 
Tags: car dealerships, car salesmen, Ford, Hyundai, Renault, Toyota 
No Comments »Test drive: Hyundai Matrix 1600
June 25th, 2004 Sharon Gill 
The Hyundai Matrix is, I suppose, the Getz’s big brother. It has plenty of guts on the freeway, it’s nippy in mid-town traffic, and a piece of cake to park. Words: Sharon Gill Photo: Gavin Foster
Test drive: Toyota Raider
October 20th, 2003 Sharon Gill 
So hubby comes home with a new 4×4 diesel bakkie, hands you the keys and says, “Here you go, dear. You can use my new weekend toy during the week.” My working-mother duties include daily commuting, ferrying kids, grocery shopping, and other household errands. Detouring into off-road territory in a smelly diesel bakkie is not [...]
To buy or not to buy?
February 21st, 2003 Sharon Gill 
Sharon Gill investigates fleet management options for company and company-subsidised vehicles … Words: Sharon Gill Photo: Courtesy of Wesbank
Posted in General cars, Motoring Tags: car HP, car insurance, car lease, car rental, company car, tax benefits, travel allowance No Comments »Test drive: Toyota Corolla GSX 1.8
December 20th, 2002 Sharon Gill 
I’ve always considered Corollas to be plain and simple cars, purely a means of transport. The Corolla was always Mom’s car - expected to do the fetching and carrying, tolerating unspeakable abuse at the hands of teenage learner-drivers, and generally playing second fiddle to a garage-mate that was always an upmarket status symbol reverently referred [...]
