Faults:

Front and back suspensions struts changed.

Water pump ruined, changed.

Ball joints, both sides, changed.

Bushes, both front and back, changed.

General Comments:

With sports-suspension and new tires, this car handles speed and cornering very good!

Even if it's carburettor engine, the car runs economic.

The shape of the car is still very modern, and it's a very good thing.

Faults:

Clutch master cylinder @ 140,000.

Clutch @ 155,000.

Front suspension mountings @ 160,000.

Rear axle bushes @ 170,000 (causes a scary, but not dangerous clanking noise!)

Carburettor mounting cracked @ 170,000.

One CV joint @ 186,000.

Other than that, usual wear and tear items...

General Comments:

For such an old car, which gets such a hammering (it lives in London and does a 55 mile round trip to work every day), it's fantastic. Pretty economical on long runs, and OK round town, it's always been totally reliable - apart from the above faults. My dad had it from 50 000 miles onwards, and it was good as gold for him, too.

Galvanised, so there's no rust. The only gripe is the ludicrous boot. Oh, and the heated rear windscreen, which keeps breaking.

Faults:

Unfriendly dealer and services but doesn't matter since I service my own car.

General Comments:

Cars built to last, not forever, but with proper care longer than usual models.

Faults:

Nothing special - except that it is ten years old now :-) Only the usual repairs for a car with nearly 200,000 km (costs for them are relatively high, though).

General Comments:

Looks still not like an "old" car, comfortable, low fuel consumption (7.5-8 l/100km). Next car will be an Audi, too.