astra or corolla?

Ardennes1944

ok nothing fancy here lads,
what would ye pick a 04/05 astra or a 03/04 corolla?

opinion guy

Corolla.
I would think the reliability of a Toyota should win out in this battle


Edit: Actually - let me qualify that. Also it would depends on the miles on each car

ninty9er

Astra will be more responsive to drive and feel more solid on the road, Corolla will be more economical.

Drive both and see.

Ardennes1944

corolla obviously for reliability but i heard astras are very reliable too. i like the exterior and interior looks of the astra more but i know the corolla will be faultless. the corolla looks quite boring but i still fancy it

DaveJac

Id go with the corolla, those astras are not that reliable

ninty9er

My Astra is nearly 10 years old. I've had it almost 3 and haven't had to perform any non-routine maintainence on it. Reliability is only an issue if you don't maintain a car.

BostonB

ninty9er wrote: »

My Astra is nearly 10 years old. I've had it almost 3 and haven't had to perform any non-routine maintainence on it. Reliability is only an issue if you don't maintain a car.

Things fail regardless of maintainence. On some models things fail a lot more often than other brands regardless of maintainence.

guinnessfan

ninty9er wrote: »

My Astra is nearly 10 years old. I've had it almost 3 and haven't had to perform any non-routine maintainence on it. Reliability is only an issue if you don't maintain a car.

+1

I have my Astra 3 years (2007), no problems at all with it either. Extremely reliable car as was my previous Astra (1998). The car is very economical on petrol too.

justshane

Always Always Toyota....ive a 99 corolla 2 yrs never a prob before that i had a 90 starlet never a prob either.

Ardennes1944

well i have had a 01 punto for 4years and i have only had to change brakes and service it. oil and filter change every 3000miles and theres nothing really else to go wrong with it! its absolute reliabilty against the looks and interior of the astra really

jaffa20

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

well i have had a 01 punto for 4years and i have only had to change brakes and service it. oil and filter change every 3000miles and theres nothing really else to go wrong with it! its absolute reliabilty against the looks and interior of the astra really

Does it really need to be changed that often? I guess if you're doing it yourself, then grand but 3000miles is nothing.

BostonB

It used to be true of older engines, that more frequent changes increased the longevity of engines. Modern engines have longer intervals, but the same should still apply, I assume.

Ardennes1944

its a cheap thing to do so why not. its got 95000 miles on it too!