Vauxhall Corsa

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:11

'Ok Sir, if you'd like to have a quick check around the car for faults and sign this sheet...'

'Errr it's got a Vauxhall badge'

Yes - I have a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 for a few days. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

First impressions: It has an engine? But the interior feels remarkably less plasticy than Corsas of old

I'm off to cry for a bit, then I might take it out some more.

DannyDan · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:12

Whats up with the 530?

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:12

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:13

The 530 is an exceptionally built, quality German car so it's gone to have some rust attended to.

Dale V · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:15

I share your pain, my brother has a 1.2 corsa just as a P O S runabout, and i had to drive it yesterday. It amazes me how someone can drive it as a regular car...

Janesy B · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:15

I take it this is one of the new corsas? If so burn it. The thing handles like a tank and you cant see a bloody thing due to the A and C pillars being a metre thick.

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:17

It does feel suprisingly massive inside in a completely bad way, in that there is loads of space in crap places you dont care about space like the dashboard :confused:

It doesnt rattle or anything though which suprised me. And the interior seems solid enough for a cruddy supermini. Quite why ANYONE would spend £12k on it escapes me though.

Muffin` · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:22

hahahahaha

Now you know why the advert shouts 'COME ON' all the time :cool:

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:39

I just looked out the window and its still there

Toker · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:41

it has some rather interesting blind spots

Trifid · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:41

Why didn't you get a BMW like you usually do?

(Good excuse to go and find a 24 hour test drive of a nice car)

Pookie Bear · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:42

[TW]Fox;12039250 said:
I just looked out the window and its still there

Now I have this rather amusing image of you gazing wistfully out the window after a lost love. Don't worry - she'll be back soon!

NathanE · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:43

Rust? Sweet jesus :eek:

And my dad always quips "should have got a beemer" whenever I have the tinest of irrelevant issues with my silly plastic car

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:43

Trifid said:
Why didn't you get a BMW like you usually do?

Becuase they ran out of courtesy cars. I arrived as the last Efficient Dynamics 1 Series sped off into the distance

Gaijin · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:44

Quick, park it down the road before someone sees. What will they think of the Fox household if they do?

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:45

This is Plymouth, driving a 57 Corsa here is like driving a 57 911 GT3 in London

melbourne720 · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:46

You may have brought this on yourself by moaning about the Corsa in all those threads...

Did you take the 530i into the BMW dealer, and they gave you Corsa? I had to take the 330i into an indy for a new radiator (for reference - ouch!) and I got a 07 Mini One (and it was Sytner BMW branded!).

[TW]Fox · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:48

Yea - to be fair I usually get something decent (Had a 320d last time) but they'd run out today so the backup Corsa they usually use for insurance stuff was all that was left

al123 · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:58

Could be worse I’ve been driving a Ka for the last week

Skii · 7 Jul 2008 at 10:59

Courtesy cars are supposed to be ordinary and crap, thus the thrill of getting your car back afterwards