Yeah, the Polo Vivo got a bit sick along the trip. It actually already started somewhere in Botswana where some strange noise from the suspension and under-carriage were noticable. Even thoughwe did some rough roads, I still believe it’s a manufacturing flaw. In Namibia it started getting worse as the suspesion made some really terrible noise as if the car was 20 years old combined with some noise which to me sounded like a bearing related to the steering wheel that was damaged or broken.
Because we already did around 9600km when we reached Cape Town, and the car had to go in for service very soon we were able to swap the car without any problem at the Cape Town airport. Now we’ve got a Nissan Tiida 1.6. Some of you might be a bit cofused because actually the first rental car we got was also a Nissan Tiida, but that one was replaced because of some bad wheel alignment before we even started the trip.
Let’s hope this one lasts till the airport in Johannesburg!
Jan, don’t blame the Vivo you did some bundu bashing thats why, no manufacturing flaw. Mine still running no problem.