Suzuki Swift - "An Accidental Purchase" - Christmas Countdown - Day 7
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- Suzuki Swift - Jon Coupland Cars '12 Days Of Christmas Countdown' - Day 7 #suzukiswift
With just a week to go until the 'big day' and im still doing our 'alternative' take on the 12 Days Of Christmas. Each day, right up until Christmas day I will be counting down 12 cars that have come and gone from the Jon Coupland collection, discussing their history, the work we did on them and their future. Some I regret letting go. Others. Well. We are glad they have found new homes.
Day 7 sees this ... a 2009 Suzuki Swift 1.3 GL - a car I saw for sale whilst walking the dog - you know the drill. Bought the car (in the dark ... don't do it) put Crystal in the boot and drove home. A few hundred pounds profit AND a car that's still going strong and being enjoyed by the lad I sold it to 11,000 miles later. Christmas is saved (following bad reviews from the MGF owners club!)
Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for another from the archives
ORIGINAL VIDEO: • I Bought A Suzuki Swif...
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Hopefully you are in agreement with me that the Suzuki Swift is a good car?
Absolutely, well quick livelly fun little cars
Better than a BMW mini mk1
Way better
Just to clarify (for those asking) - the 12 Days of Christmas thing is so you lovely lot get some content and Dad gets some well deserved time off ... But dont worry. He's back on the spanners tomorrow and we're also filming a couple of podcasts 😂 - normality restored
I had a red one. Great little daily.
Very nice!
Hi Jon as a previous owner of a 2007 Suzuki Swift Sport, I can tell you that the steering wheel not returning back to centre is normal for this car, check the forums it seems like it’s a weird quirk of owning one of these.
That's interesting! There still certainly was a bit of a quirk after it having a new steering rack that didn't feel quite right but that's good to know
Jon, how very true, I just sold my skoda fabia recently as i have just bought a brand new skoda karoq, I got it fully detailed. advertised it, one of the retired drivers from work saw my ad and got in touch. he was amazed at the condition, and the vast amount of paperwork for parts bought, and work done. He was so impressed, he gave me the full asking price! It always pays to clean your car before you sell!
Excellent! A great story
Loving the 12 days series Jon!
This is just a quick personal thanks for all the great content, fun and jokes with you and your dad. Have a mega Christmas and a great 2025 😁
Mike, thank you so much for your support and continued dedication to the channel. It's much appreciated. Wishing you a marvellous Christmas and a happy new year
Hi Jon a great video have always admired the swift and they have always had a good reputation for reliability and value for money
My brother had the larger baleno and never had an issue other than routine servicing in 5 years great to see the car still running and has been a good car for its new owner
Definitely have a sport version they are a hoot to drive!
One day ... One day
Yes, nice cars ,Jon. i have no experience of the Swift , but I have of a Baleno .. which was nice to drive very light easily, really if it wasn't for the cheaper plastics on the interior... I think I would have purchased one 👍
Thanks for watching. Never been in a Baleno 😁👍
@JonCoupland I'm assuming they will be quite similar, Jon 👍
It turned out ok because you had the inspector with you!
Yes! That's a good way of putting it
Nice car, glad it’s still being used.
Me too 😁
I've recently purchased a ZC32 Swift Sport (ie. a generation newer than this one) and it is the most amusing motorcar I've had in a long while. The modest performance and lively character means you have to rag it everywhere - reminds me of the (original) Mini I had in my youth. The 1.5 in the video is probably a great first car for someone as you get half decent performance but not expensive insurance as it isn't seen as a hot hatch.
Sounds great fun
Good little cars those. Im impressed that was a Scottish car originally too. Parks Suzuki in East Kilbride the original dealer judging by the plates. I suppose not yet rare enough to be worth holding on to once the initial itch had been scratched
Nope absolutely. I bought for another or to sell 😁👍
The Swift is a car that intrigues me, they have a good reputation but never had the opportunity to drive one. Hopefully one day!
I think you did the right thing parting with this one Jon, a good a car as it is, the spec isn’t great, it’s a bit ordinary and I’d miss not having air conditioning.
The Sport model would fit far better in your collection Jon, James from Chops Garage certainly loves his example!
I totally agree
Yes i love a suzuki swift my sister in law got a 1.2 one love driving that car need to get round to fixing my 2011 suzuki swift sport will be a fun car i reckon
Excellent! I reckon they are underrated little cars
@JonCoupland they deffo are and i think the sport is a good looking car especially at the back
One day I hope to have a blast in one @@Shane-hy6qp
@JonCoupland mines waiting for me to repair it either repairing or replacing the engine not looked at it yet, but if when i have fixed it and you haven't driven one then i will let you drive mine. My mr2 is my priority at the minute doing some mechanical work ready for shows and mr2 national day next year
Interesting as I might get one of these as my next car. I don't now if this version was made in Hungary but the Mk2 Swift certainly was and they are everywhere in Hungary.
They really are a good car :)
had one nice motors Jon
I think they are too :)
You might have to do a clickbaitey-titled type video of Jon's top tips for Used car buying.
Don't take advice from me 🤣
@JonCoupland You might have to start running a disclaimer "Do not take Car buying advice from this man. These cars are purchased for entertainment use only"
To appease the MGF owners you need to publicly admit the MLS gasket is the missing link in the K Series rise to greatness.
On a serious note, I loved my 416 which I only sold due to a cheap monogram ZT appearing in my office carpark of all places...
I think they are in agreement that an elastomer gasket is now the way forward :p
I always liked the look of these Swifts but having suffered with the horrible discomfort which comes with the Second generation Wagon R+ / Vauxhall Agila thing, i didn't really look too closely at these which is a shame as most reviews are positive.
I think they are genuinely a drivers car - although i do have a soft spot for the WagonR too
@@JonCoupland we had a few Wagon R in my family. The first one was built in Japan judging by the specs and how well built it was. Indicators on the right, aircon on an early 90s car, and the revcounter went up to something daft like 10,000 RPM.
The second one was European built, the same as the one rebadged as the Vauxhall Agila and was very basic, no aircon, manual central locking, and the seat and steering wheel weren't aligned so for a bigger driver like me, it soon put strain on my back as the pedals were off to the left, and the steering wheel off to the right.
hello I want to buy Opel Corsa E 1.4 90 hp 2018-2019 with a 6-speed automatic gearbox. is this car reliable? are there any problems with the engine and gearbox? thank you
Sadly I'm not an expert. Someone here may help
No, I don't think you should have kept it, you have to draw the line somewhere. At least you made a couple of hundred out of it, but no more than you deserved with the work you and your dad put into it.
Hopefully you have learnt not to buy in the dark, or the rain, or whilst wearing your rose tinted glasses, or from somebody not at their home address, or having not asked about whether it's ever been written off, or been in an accident etc. etc. etc. !
It was a nice little car though !
I'm honestly not that bad at buying cars ;) you only see the ones I want you to see 🤣 some are boring and are just quick flippers to make £500 or so. Thanks for watching the series
@@JonCoupland Oh no I didn't think you are bad at buying cars at all, as I'm sure many of your followers would love a few of your cars, particularly at some of the bargain prices you sometimes pay. Hopefully my previous words though will make some inexperienced buyers consider when to look at cars for sale. This series of yours is fun; I'm seeing videos of cars which I would never had bothered with otherwise.
The MGF owners club need to get over themselves to be quite honest
I'm not commenting. They are already out with pitchforks after me ;)
Nice little "an car", nothing interesting, just a good basic car. Glad to see it is one of the few Jon Coupland owned cars that still has a current MOT 😂
Definitely! Sad really but some are 5 years later
@JonCoupland Ah fair enough, that's a long time for an old car
Suzuki Swift, l bought one of these better than the mini excellent vehicle. You should have kept this one. l love these only problem poor gearboxes in early model
I really wanted something a bit more ... 'standoutish' hence the orange smart