Faults:

Nothing!!

General Comments:

Brilliant!! Does exactly what I ask it do!!

Carries lots of heavy engine parts, a real workhorse.

You can nearly get a 3 metre length of copper pipe in it!! Which is better than some vans :o)

I am seriously happy with this car, starts every morning, never let me down.

Body work is excellent, road tax is a bit high, but what I save on welding makes up for it :o) Excellent fuel economy, runs on anything!!

Compared to Fords and Vauxhalls of the same age, this car is by far much better!

Faults:

I have had problems with the battery and electrics.

New battery fitted and then all my wipers and rear screen wouldn't work ie alternator faulty, more costs, 3 alternators later, rewiring another new battery.

Recently all my air con, heaters and blowers have failed to work.

Faults:

Well to start off with it's a really bad starter in the morning. I think its firing on 3 cylinders at first. It also shakes on the motorway at 70; however I think this is the tracking.

Doors are also creaking, but you expect this with a 10 year old car.

General Comments:

Firstly the car is pretty quick of the line; 0-60 in 11 seconds.

It is especially good on the motorway.

It's a noisy stater in the morning, and the interior is very dark and full of rattles. However it does include sports seats and is very comfy on long journeys.

The car is brilliant. It will do 45 mpg easily and will give boy racers a run for the money.

It's cheap on insurance (Group 5) and great for your first or second car.

Its getting on a bit now, but it still looks great and handles superb. There's little body roll also in the corners.

It's also easy to tune to get more power and torque.

Faults:

Well the battery went, but it has lasted 10 years so that is it.

It needs a service and a cambelt, so nothing really.

General Comments:

Well it drives; really well.

It pulls through the revs good, especially when the turbo kicks in!

Mine is standard, and does 120mph and 0-60 in 9.9 seconds, so pretty quick!

Faults:

Cylinder head cracked. This happened six months after I bought it; I got lucky and got one for £40.

Exhaust split between mid box and cat converter. This cost £50 to fix, just got it welded.

General Comments:

Very cheap to run and very economic.

Very good looking for its year.

Nice interior, I put on some black leather seat covers and sprayed the center console gloss white, (the area around the radio and heater controls etc)

Mines is a 1.9D (only 70bhp), so it's quite sluggish, but has good handling.