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Honda Jazz Forums => Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - => Topic started by: SpookyGal on May 30, 2026, 11:11:39 AM
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I am searching, though not financially able to yet purchase my Jazz. My last one came from a Honda dealer in the Thames Ditton Group. They did only Hondas.
Now, Honda garages do not seem to be Honda. They all seem to sell different makes and have been bought by other companies.
The 2 near me only seem to have 1 or 2 secondhand Jazzes and want to charge £600 or £700 to bring in a car from another dealership that meets your criteria/price range, so you can test drive it. Either that or buy online, sold as delivered and no test drive.
But, I test drove 4 different Jazzes when I got my last one. That could add another £3000 to the bill.
How does everyone navigate this? Please be kind as it is 15 years since I last bought a car, so things have changed.
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It's a big problem and it obviously depends on your budget and whether or not you're looking to spend a significant amount of money on a newish car with some sort of warranty or if you don't mind spending less on an older car and just accepting that you might, possibly, have to spend some of the money you've saved on putting a couple of issues right.
However, the key point about the Honda Jazz is that they are renowned as being one of the most reliable cars ever made so you may well not have any issues ever.
We bought our 2003 model privately when it was 9 years old and had 28,000 miles on the clock, and 14 years later, it has 129,000 on the clock and the £600 that the dealer wants purely to get one for you to test drive, would easily pay for all the "non consumables items" that it's needed in those 100,000 miles.
Look on Gumtree, eBay and Facebook marketplace to see what's out there for your budget, but be aware that Facebook Marketplace has more scammers and conmen than genuine sellers in my experience.
Oh, and most people in the know refer to main dealers as "stealers" ..... for good reason, unless you're very lucky.
Carefully read the ads for Cat N and Cat S which means the car has been written off because the "official cost of the repair" probably exceeds more than half the value of the car. The car never loses that black mark, regardless of how well it's been repaired and your insurance company might get a bit awkward over it.
Go careful...... it's a minefield out there.
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£600 to bring a car in? Are they mad? Surely it would be much cheaper for you to travel to where the cars are. Also, you can buy outside of the dealer network to increase the options. Autotrader, carGurus and the like will give you more choice locally.
@ CRC - Now that's proper budget motoring! Good work. 8)
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It has been so good that car.
Outside of tyres, oil changes, brake pads etc, the only things I've had to do are both track rod ends and drop links (around £50 for all of them), Febi bottom suspension arms (£70 the pair) and an aftermarket cat and exhaust (£230 and the cat would probably still be okay but it was pinched in a main car park at lunchtime) and that's about it.
I've changed the plugs and gearbox oil, but you'd have to do that on any car, but discs, drums, rear brake shoes are all still original. A couple of batteries have been bought but those are consumables really.
I replaced the brake line that runs across the axle and gets corroded, but the wheel bearings, gearbox bearings and clutch are all still fine (which amazes me when I see how my wife pulls away from a standstill :)
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It has been so good that car.
Outside of tyres, oil changes, brake pads etc, the only things I've had to do are both track rod ends and drop links (around £50 for all of them), Febi bottom suspension arms (£70 the pair) and an aftermarket cat and exhaust (£230 and the cat would probably still be okay but it was pinched in a main car park at lunchtime) and that's about it.
I've changed the plugs and gearbox oil, but you'd have to do that on any car, but discs, drums, rear brake shoes are all still original. A couple of batteries have been bought but those are consumables really.
I replaced the brake line that runs across the axle and gets corroded, but the wheel bearings, gearbox bearings and clutch are all still fine (which amazes me when I see how my wife pulls away from a standstill :)
How much different the hybrid Jazz is to your 1.4 though. Lets hope we can say the same in years to come.