2005 VAUXHALL Corsa reviews

Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Life 2005

My car has just broken down, i am told is problem with one of the cylinders. Being a Sunday no garages were open so the truck carried my car home. I got this car as it is one of the few cars in insurance group 1. Suspension is soft so the car has a good ride, it also rolls quite a bit on the corners. But with a 1.0 engine this was never going to be a sports car. If i drive it carefully I get good fuel economy, over 40 mpg around town. Fifth gear is a low ratio to make the most of the engines power, at 70 mph the engine is doing nearly 4000rpm. The car is happy enough cruising at 80 and can achieve nearly 100mph, but I try to keep it to 70 because once you take it faster it starts using a surprising amount of petrol for such a small engine. I would not recomend this car as the steering is very vague, not sure if it has been driven into a curb hard by a previous user(ex rental car) but I hear that this car model does have vague steering. The engine is loud when cold, it’s actually as loud or louder than the diesel car I learnt to drive in, but once it warms up it settles down. There are better cars out there.