Faults:

Nothing mechanically has gone wrong, however when I drove through a water puddle, the brakes on my car were useless.

There is a leak in the trunk, but I know where it is, but I am too lazy to fix it. (around the tail light).

General Comments:

Well my last car was a V6, and now I have to drive this 4 cyl, but it's a manual, however there is a lack of power. I have this car for only one month, and I was supposed to change oil, and I haven't changed or checked the air filter.

It handles pretty good for a small car.

Seats are hella comfortable.

Faults:

2 Independent caliper seizures, this was well into the ownership of the vehicle & could happen to any car. This is partially dependant upon road conditions. Road conditions in Quebec, Canada are harsh due to extremely cold winters with salt used on the roads to melt ice along with very bumpy roads filled with potholes.

I replaced the starter once during the 234000 KM.

I replaced the rears shocks for the 1st time last year 2005.

Windshield wash pump died twice.

A gasket on the gas tank had to be replaced because it sprang a small leak.

Unfortunately our local Toyota dealership is pathetic. I was having troubles with the manual transmission clipping 2nd gear in the winter. The dealership service manager informed me that I didn't know how to drive a standard transmission, only to eventually discover that there was a large number of Corollas that had been shipped to Canada with the wrong oil in the gearbox. Changing the oil solved the problem after they had the gearbox out of the car 3 times & ended up breaking quite a few of the parts in the gearbox.

The service manager test drove my car with me in it and scared the life out of me because he didn't know how to drive a standard, yet attempted to test drive my car. I forced him to stop the car, while I took over. The car has been fantastic ever since the change in the thickness of the oil in the gearbox, along with the rebuild of the gearbox after the dealership damaged the parts. :)

General Comments:

This has been the longest that I have ever owned a vehicle. It is the best car I have ever owned. I have owned 3 other Toyota's, 2 of which have been corollas, all of them have been excellent.

The reliability is fantastic, the only time I was forced to tow it was after an accident.

I still have the original exhaust on the car, it's almost 12 years old.

I have been having an extremely difficult time lately selecting a newer vehicle. I have to buy a used vehicle, because I cannot afford a brand new one right now. I want another car as reliable as this one has been, but I need a slightly bigger car. My son is 6' 2" and his head touches the ceiling of our Corolla, when we hit bumps he bangs his head on the ceiling. I wish they made Camry's in 5 speeds because I would buy one in heart beat. I am considering a Honda Accord, because they come in 4 door 5 speeds. I love manual transmissions.

Faults:

I just bought the car for my wife. She had a 1996 Corolla SD with an automatic, 1.6 and no air. We bought it in 1999. She got hit by a fella who didn't see a red light. It was ruined. My wife was OK. The car held up well and I'd have to say these are safe cars. At the original purchase it has 60,000kms, at time of accident in 2006 it had 123,000kms. What did I fix on the car? Nothing, not a thing. Did I get tunes ups? No. Did I change the oil in it? Maybe two or three times, I can't remember. Did it ever stall or conk out? Never. Was I ever frustrated with the car? No.

We paid $10,900 for it in 1999. We got $7250 for insurance.

So I bought my wife a 1995 Corolla DX for $6250 with auto and air and 155,000kms.

General Comments:

It was really tough finding a minty Corolla, but I did. I want to comment on what I did see out there. I saw many Corolla's for sale with 200,000 300,000 and 400,000kms on them. Wow, the little cars just go and go. So when I found the 1995 DX with 155,000kms, I bought it.

My wife and I love these cars. They don't break and you don't have to take care of them. If the car has gas and oil, your set to go anywhere you want. Be it to work or on a 5000km trip.

Oh, I just about forgot, they are really good on gas and have really good heaters and air conditioners.