its JUST as a run around till i can build up some NCB... ive got an insurance quote of £550 which i thought was pretty good

i dont want to know if u hate the car, but just if u think its a reasonable price and any major flaws to watch out for...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ayphotohosting

and 6th down

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW...ch_full=SEARCH

sorry its such a boring post.

katie xx

 

Cant see the 1st 12 as i can t get on ebay @ work!

But he other 1 looks good! perfect for a girl! £550 for insurance on that is very good i asusme this is your 1st car!? will b quite nippy!


I had a 1.3 sr nova as my 1st car!

 

hehe... no the first car i was insured on was my parents 3l bmw and then my mitsubishi shogun v then i had a new seat ibiza...

but this will be my first car under my name

perfect for a girl hey... hehe.... thats lucky then. the first one is more expensive to insure as its a 1.4 16v one plus its in liverpool... so im thinking of the second one...

katie xx

 

second 1 looks good chick!

go for the cheaper option on insurance! as Im sure the 16v aint that much quicker!

 

I know a couple of peaple with them and they have no complaint's.
The most common problem ive seen with them is the rear 1/4 panel
at the bottom front corner's of the rear window's tend to crack! which
is within the seat belt mounting point's. The only other area ive seen them rust
is the driver's side front chassis also common but not a major problem
to deal with. Apart from that i dont think a lot else apart from wear or tear
goes wrong with them.
(the bit about the rear 1/4 panel's only affect's the 3dr corsa's)

 

no to be honest not too worried bout it going fast... theres plenty of time when im older to get a lovely car that i can make my own, but for the timebeing i just need something that i can get from a - b but isnt overtaken by passing grandmas!! hehe...

thanks for the support

im all excited now

hehe katie xx

 

Translation, cheap to run = not maintained properly, uprated air filter / great fun to drive = thrashed within an inch of it's life. Sorry but it's a lovely little car, and if you are lucky it won't go wrong within a couple of weeks.

Like I say, might last forever, but I'd get something that has a likelihood of having been serviced at some point - and wouldn't buy a car off ebay without looking at it either.

Both need the prices knocking down too imho compared to a similar age fiesta or escort....

 

That is a extremly sensible attitude to have!

I have tried explainin that to other ppl but they never listen! sayin that I didint eiother & still dont know!

 

i was worried about that first car on ebay... i realise that any mods on that kinda car could mean a boy racer has been at it and thrashed the pants off it... but the second looks pretty standard.... i wont have it for long maybe jsut a few years....

i think what im most worried about is problems that i may not be able to recognise, like i can tell if the clutch is stiff obviously but there are sometimes little signs that there might be some expensive work coming ahead that i wont recognise....

its only a run around tho.... i will keep u updated thanks guys

katie x

 

you may as well buy a Yugo if you want economy and not speed

 

You can't go far wrong with a little Corsa if all you want is to go from A to B.

 

no no no , you need a metro like the one i bought for my missus , 1.1s totaly reliable taxed and mot'd for 200 quid . couldnt go wrong at that price

 

Looks ok babe, gimme a call if you wanna go & view any

 

it's a bloody Vauxhall so

 

Vauxhall dunno, guy I knows got one, nothing but hassel . But saying that he redlines it everywhere he goes, evan when teh engines cold

Whatever ya want, your money. Like George bush says, "Its your money, you can spend it"

 

I had a rover metro 1.4s, was cheap to run, never went wrong, cheap tax and really good on petrol.
Maybe have a look at a GTA one? My brother has one and its great fun to drive

 

without breaking down,breaking ya actuator and running 30+psi of boost! and popping a head gasket!

And lots of other things that wont go wrong with it that goes wrong with our turbo's all the time!

 

weell i just rang my dad and hes says thats all good i just ahve to work out sums....

he says i need a kitty for if things go wrong... hehe and he asked me to have a look see how much it would be to have my mum and sister on it...

my sisters only got her provisional... and i dont know whether to tell him that its only gone up by £50 to put them both on??? :s i dont really want my sister learning in my car! i know it sounds selfish!! and also not sure if i want both my parents nipping to the shops in it cos they dont want to run teh bmw all the time....

but soo excited!!! hehe

also i found the same sri for £400 more that was from a dealer and had a sunroof... would be be safer buying it from them and maybe trying to knok teh price down??? the other is private

thank u!!

katie xx

 

Don't look too bad babe, as you said it's a little run around.

The only thing that I would get checked out is about a year ago Vauxhall was calling all Corsa's back cause the inside wasn't all that safe. I suposse you could take it back to Vauxhall and have I checked out completly.

I don't know how you would cope with your Mum and Sister driving your car. I would throttle mine!!!

 

exactly!!!! and seeing as my sister has never been behind the wheel!! maybe when she has passed her test but i never had a car to learn in... the thought alone scares me...

wonder if i could take it for a test drive to a vauxhall garage have them do a quick once over and see if they see any major things that would need repairing in teh near future... i dont want to take it for mot and discover a catalogue of faults!

 

i wouldnt say a dealer warrantly is worth the paper its written on personally i know a lot of people would agree too..

 

I shouldn't see that as a problem

 

Good luck with it Katie, only way you're gonna know is to go and have look =)
Hopefully all goes well

 

CabrioTurbo, who's been watching Die Hard With a Vengeance recently then?

 

i think thats an ideal motor for a women shame its not a ford but still