leeboy_09

As above going to look at a cheap 2000 vauxhall corsa 1ltr tomorrow as a cheap runabout for taking the kids to school, the guy says it kangaroos quite bad now and again any suggestions to what it might be befor i buy it any help greatful thanx lee

studabear

I would avoid 1 like the plague, hateful cars with that engine,

could be egr fault, any lights on or access to a code reader?

CosworthGuy

could it perhaps be a dodgy air flow never occasionally failing or more like the coil pack's. They are not nice things to drive those little 3 cylinder engines cylinder

RUPERT THE BIG HAIRY BEAR

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Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

The timing chains rattle like fook the head gaskets always go.And its a vauxhall.

leeboy_09

LMAO needs must my friend, just to get the kids to school and back for the missis im on the look out for a rs 2000 if you know of any going cheap

leeboy_09

Dont think the guys wanting much for it, a couple of hundred, i could spend more at tesco only want it to last us untill the kids break up for the xmas holidays then ill blow the f**ker up lol

TOMMY_RS

what happened to ford through and through..??
plus there known for chavs owning them..

studabear

its cheap for a reason, Don't buy it

**caz**

i had one, and i completely regret owning it!! Had nothing but issues with it and as mentioned...head gasket! horrible to drive is not a lie either!!

if you want something small as a run around for a short while why not go for a fiesta or something like that?

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Escow-Van

If you're gonna buy it, you may as well get a MAF sensor at the same time, you'll need it soon enough. Other than that, they're pretty painful cars to own.

leeboy_09

I need a car asap to get my lil lad to school, it would cost £12 a day to get him there and back, if i could get a fiesta TRUST me i would this guys only down the road (found the car on ebay) id use the si but its for sale as it needs WAY too much doing to it plus the insurance ran out on monday. By the sounds of it im better off camping outside school instead of buying a vauxhall

Ginger Will

I hate to admit this but, I had one. It was pure shit. The EGR issues were followed by excessive engine oil. I traded it in against a year old Fiesta 1.4 and couldnt believe how much better a car could be. A month later I got a call from the new owner who said it had lunched itself. You would be better off with a rickshaw.

tabetha

They are also seriously slow, pretty sure it's a suzuki engine, and as said timing chain troubles, HG as well, and very often gear linkages too.
tabetha

mk3matt

my gf has a 1.2. tbh, i sometimes use it for work, its super economic compare to my 200sx turbo

i cant really fault it, reliaable , quiet, rolls around like shit and it HORIFIC in the wet. but its a cheap run about,

mk3matt

and it drifts like a bitch lol

leeboy_09

No one reckon it would last untill mid december lol

studabear

how longs a piece of string

leeboy_09

A day

Escow-Van

It'd probably last a month, in the same way a Cossie can last 20 years It just might not be the bargain you thought.

utternutter

the 3 cylinder is shocking go for a 1.2 instead if you can

vroooom ptssssh

I drive a 1.2 SXI every day, its not amazing, but it does its job fairly well, quite nippy for what it is, deffo dont get the 1.0 hairdryer !!

look out for springs, usually broken...