[alicante2011]

Thinking about buying 2002 Opel Corsa 1.0 with 70k miles (2000 E\uros) . Any sugestions ? Is it worthy ? Or better buy 99 - 00 Toyota Yaris ?

[damo244]

Well alicante if it was me the Yaris i would go for, engines are fairly bulletproof once its been serviced on a regular basis,better equiped,little pocket rockets try get one with the vvti engine very nimble even on the motorways.thats just me up to you take both for test drive see what you think,happy hunting

[fonecrusher1]

Originally Posted by alicante2011

Thinking about buying 2002 Opel Corsa 1.0 with 70k miles (2000 E\uros) . Any sugestions ? Is it worthy ? Or better buy 99 - 00 Toyota Yaris ?

Yaris any day over a corsa.

I never liked corsas personally. I drove an older yaris (test drive) many years ago & i thought it was actually a nippy funky little car. That wee vvti engine is a great little yoke, pokey as hell. I ended up getting an almera because i wanted a bit more space.

Yaris(ssessseesss) are grand little cars that hold on to their value ridiculously well because they're just a good car & i sure must people in the trade would agree.

[coco_lola]

Originally Posted by alicante2011

Thinking about buying 2002 Opel Corsa 1.0 with 70k miles (2000 E\uros) . Any sugestions ? Is it worthy ? Or better buy 99 - 00 Toyota Yaris ?

I'll be completely honest OP, having owned two Corsas and one Yaris, the Yaris lasted longer than the two Corsas. The first one, the brakes failed on me after 6 months, the second one, the engine practically fell out of, oil leaks, fuel pump went, oil switch was irrepairable, all after three months. And the Yaris... After two years, I had to fix a window motor which I broke myself.

[Shakti]

Still looking for a suitable yaris , but what do you all think of this http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3045405

[captainspeed]

When buying an "old" car, mileage is the least of your worries.

A car with 20,000 miles but saw a service once every six years is a far worse car to be buying than one with 150,000 miles that was serviced on time.

Buy on condition and spec, NOT on mileage or age. If it looks rough then that should be an indicator as to the kind of life it's had - most likely anything rough looking will have been abused and will give trouble. Cars that look well and feel fresh probably have been driven with some level of sympathy and been serviced etc.

Your gut instinct about the condition of a car rarely lets you down. Don't get carried away by "low mileage" - a Jap car should easily be good for 200,000 miles anyway (and I should know since I'm currently driving something with 172,000 miles and it still works absolutely perfectly, as I'd expect it to)!

[Shakti]

Problem I'm coming up against is a lot of sellers are saying when I put it to them say they service it themselves(friend/relative) and while I'm eager enough to believe them and don't doubt there skill as mechanics etc. there doesn't seem to be a lot of cars (yaris's anyway) out there that are coming with a verifiable FSH.

[Kintarō Hattori]

The missus and myself bought our first car last year OP. I was pretty certain I wanted to get a Micra as they are good value, they still look great and the fact that there are millions of them on the road seemed to be a good sign.

We settled on a 99 reg car and it's been great. It's a very reliable little piece of kit. It's surprisingly spacious and comfortable, economical and rather nippy. All in all we're rather happy with our little K11.

[Shakti]

thanks Kintarō

[TPM]

Originally Posted by Shakti

Problem I'm coming up against is a lot of sellers are saying when I put it to them say they service it themselves(friend/relative) and while I'm eager enough to believe them and don't doubt there skill as mechanics etc. there doesn't seem to be a lot of cars (yaris's anyway) out there that are coming with a verifiable FSH.

Realistically you are not going to find a 10-13 yrl old car with a full service history.

buying a second hand car is and always will be a risk, even knowing alot about cars.

If it looks too good to be true it probably is.
If it doesnt feel right walk away.

[Mar4ix]

nissan micra k11 is great little car. was workin on one.... changing engine (engine failure was caused over owner negligence )... put one from nissan march(jap import) in to nissan micra.... really straight car, and found easy to drive in city(even without power steering)... i was testing replaced engine in different loads for couple days, .. it was fantastic.

[captainspeed]

Originally Posted by Shakti

Problem I'm coming up against is a lot of sellers are saying when I put it to them say they service it themselves(friend/relative) and while I'm eager enough to believe them and don't doubt there skill as mechanics etc. there doesn't seem to be a lot of cars (yaris's anyway) out there that are coming with a verifiable FSH.

Smaller cars are always worse when it comes to FSH. You'll have to settle for something with a fairly comprehensive recent history. If it looks well and goes well, plus has a recent NCT, then it should be fairly alright. As a rule, the bigger the size of car, the more likely it is to have service history. I suppose it kind of makes sense in that if you can afford a BMW or Merc then you probably like cars to a certain extent so you're more likely to bother looking after it and fixing it if stuff goes wrong!

[Shakti]

thanks I'm gonna keep looking for a nice one

[BostonB]

Originally Posted by captainspeed

.... I suppose it kind of makes sense in that if you can afford a BMW or Merc then you probably like cars to a certain extent so you're is more likely to bother looking after it and to need fixing it if stuff goes wrong!

Fixed that for you...

Some of these small cars simply don't need much maintenance and are fairly simply mechanically, and electronically, hence they can be serviced quite easily.

[Francie Barrett]

I would choose the VW Polo. They don't have the premium that that the Yaris seems to have and their are plenty of sub-2000 models on the roads, which is an indicator as to how reliable they have been.