99 Opel Corsa vs 99 VW Polo

heinervb

Looking to get a car with a 1 liter engine as the insurance will be low.. Looking to get a Vw polo or Opel corsa around the year 99.. Anyone have any experience with these cars with regards to reliability or things to look out for?

Atlantic Dawn

Don't think there's much between them at that age. Would you not consider a Micra instead, would be priced around the same but more reliable?

John T Carroll

heinervb wrote: »

Looking to get a car with a 1 liter engine as the insurance will be low.. Looking to get a Vw polo or Opel corsa around the year 99.. Anyone have any experience with these cars with regards to reliability or things to look out for?

The Polo's of that era had 4 cylinder engines and in my opinion were far superior to the 3 cylinder units that replaced them, some of these, (3 cylinder) especially around 2005 had problems with sticking valves. If considering one try and source one with relatively low mileage because high mileage ones can easily fail on emissions while still apparently motoring well. I think in general that used Vws are overpriced and overrated. Incidentally had a 2000 Polo in the family for 12 years from new but it only had 65K miles when passed on to someone else, still running well.

JohnBoy26

The vw is better but in truth both are poor cars. You would be better off spending a little extra and getting a yaris. They are far better than any corsa or polo.

jacksie66

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heinervb

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Don't think there's much between them at that age. Would you not consider a Micra instead, would be priced around the same but more reliable?

More reliable as in speaking from experience?

dgt

You can't compare those 2, one is a bucket of sh*te and the other is a well put together car. I've had both

Go for the polo. Guess which is the bucket of sh*te

martyc5674

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The vw is better but in truth both are poor cars. You would be better off spending a little extra and getting a yaris. They are far better than any corsa or polo.

I'd agree with that, get the yaris... Also the main difference in cars that age will be down to how well they are maintained so each could be better than the other.
99 is the last year the starlets were sold here too and they are a cracking car.
Marty.

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Opel is ****e. Had one for the missus for three months. Sold it on. Was an absolute dog of a car.

JohnBoy26

martyc5674 wrote: »

I'd agree with that, get the yaris... Also the main difference in cars that age will be down to how well they are maintained so each could be better than the other.
99 is the last year the starlets were sold here too and they are a cracking car.
Marty.

Yeah the starlets are excellent too 1.3 though.

bazz26

A 99 Polo will not even have power steering in it unless it's the 1.4 litre, not sure if the Corsa had either but it still would not be a good enough reason to choose the Corsa.

Hyundai Getz is a good little car and worth a look at too.

colm_mcm

The Getz is a good call, you'd pick up an 05 for 00 polo money.

alan partridge aha

Polo over the corsa all day everyday FACT.

colm_mcm

FACT opinion

alan partridge aha

colm_mcm wrote: »

FACT opinion

No that's a fact had both, Polo great little car, Corsa well lets just leave it.

heinervb

What about a Nissan Micra around 1999??

colm_mcm

Good car as long as its not rotten with rust.

George Dalton

You can't buy a 99 car based on reputation. There are way too many variables to take into account. Each car has had 16 years of use so you need to judge each one on its merits and forget about anything else IMO.

Like for like the Polo is probably a slightly better proposition than the Corsa but I'd have a well maintained Corsa over a poorly maintained Polo any day.

Keith186

Don't touch one of them old Corsa's. One of the worst cars ever made, knew a few people who had one.

Polo would be the better of them two, Seat Ibiza would be very similar and might cost a little less. Go for a 1.4 if you can stretch to that and as already said, the four cylinder versions are better.

The main things to watch out for on those cars is that they had regular oil changes, are not due to get the timing belt and water pump replaced soon and that the clutch isn't too worn. The last two things would nearly cost the same as the car would cost.

JohnBoy26

George Dalton wrote: »

You can't buy a 99 car based on reputation. There are way too many variables to take into account. Each car has had 16 years of use so you need to judge each one on its merits and forget about anything else IMO.

Like for like the Polo is probably a slightly better proposition than the Corsa but I'd have a well maintained Corsa over a poorly maintained Polo any day.

Just get a good example of a car with a good reputation, problem solved. I Don't believe in this (judge every car on it's merits argument no matter what make it is) tbh.

hamburg

bazz26 wrote: »

A 99 Polo will not even have power steering in it unless it's the 1.4 litre, not sure if the Corsa had either but it still would not be a good enough reason to choose the Corsa.

Hyundai Getz is a good little car and worth a look at too.

i have a 99 polo 1 litre and it has power steering.i bought it 3 yrs ago with 17,000 miles on it from a little old dear. there 33,000 miles on it now and it has broke down once. the hall sensor in the distributer went tits up.a new hall sensor 40 euro out of a factors and it was grand. i think they are well built,but then again i am biased. i had a 95 corsa 1.2 for few yrs and it was a good reliable car.but i cant speak about the 3 cylinder versions.

heinervb

Ended up with a VW Golf mk4 SDI.. only about 100 difference in the insurance and should be about the same on juice as the polos or corsas

Toyotafanboi

Don't mean to sound too Irish, but the tax is chronic (nearly x4) compared to a 1.0 corsa/ polo when you are getting similar performance/ mpg.

Nody

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Don't mean to sound too Irish, but the tax is chronic (nearly x4) compared to a 1.0 corsa/ polo when you are getting similar performance/ mpg.

But the OP is unlikely to kill themselves from the boredom of driving it :P

Squidgy Black

Nody wrote: »

But the OP is unlikely to kill themselves from the boredom of driving it :P

As the owner of a 00 micra I completely relate to this :P

Wear well OP.

The_Pretender

Nody wrote: »

But the OP is unlikely to kill themselves from the boredom of driving it :P

But with only 68bhp is it actually that much better than the likes of a Yaris? Apart from the slagging attached to the Yaris :D

bazz26

A Golf SDI is probably no quicker than a 1.0 litre Corsa or Polo anyway.

heinervb

Paying the same tax as a mk4 with 130hp is a pain alright and it cant keep up with a micra (no lie!!) but the engine should last years longer than a 1.0 petrol.. only has 90k miles

Sam Kade

The_Pretender wrote: »

But with only 68bhp is it actually that much better than the likes of a Yaris? Apart from the slagging attached to the Yaris :D

Fcuk the slaggers a yaris is a far superior car than either of the two sh1te buckets mentioned in this thread.