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Originally Posted by Wideboy
But in all fairness if you hadn't fixed that yourself, all of that would have cost you a small fortune.
I can say my 1.4 astra was a reliable car but I owned it from 60k to 100k and in that time it had a new head gasket, water pump, cam belt, cam pulleys, cam tensioner, radiator as well as the services.
The car was reliable in the sense that it didn't leave me stranded anywhere but truth is if I hadn't fixed all that myself it would have cost a bomb.
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If would actually say Vauxhall are as bad as Renault. I've had an old Corsa (60k miles) which drank coolant and was cooking a plug on one cylinder. There was a reason why it only cost £400 and I sold it for the same.
Also had an Astra with engine management lights for EGR and some sort of other engine sensor (can't remember) and head gasket went. Again about 60-70k miles! ALSO, I have a mate who always buys Vauxhall (most recently brand new VXR) and they always fail. His VXR gearbox is on the way out after 30k miles!
On top of that, the Corsa is without doubt the worst handling car I have ever driven. Shocking piece of rubbish. At least Clios have reasonable handling. I still would agree with Micra, Civic, Ibiza (+1 - German parts I assume if it's like the leon), then KA/Fiesta.