1993 Chevrolet Corsica LT review from North America
"The best cheap car you can buy"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I had no major problems with this car, other than the normal little things like busted hoses and replacing a starter, and even those were near the end of my driving it.
The compressor liked to go out, leaving me without an air conditioner, but as long as I just rolled the windows down and didn't run air conditioning, I could keep an operational compressor in it no problem. Running heat didn't seem to bother it.
General comments?
This car was a WARHORSE. It was my first car, and not really respecting it much, I abused it sadistically. I was a stupid kid, and ran it out of oil on more than one occasion, hit a speed bump going 40mph (which tore a hole in the oil pan and knocked off some engine mounts from the transmission's bell housing, but it still ran!), and got it stuck FOUR-WHEELING (a foolish thing to try in a two wheel drive), having to pull it out backwards with a chain. I also hooked that same chain to my rear axle, and pulled someone out of a ditch once.
All in all, this was the best possible car I could have stumbled across at that time, and I would drive a new one today.
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| It's a good car for a beginning driver, like I was |
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| OK car with lots of little annoying problems |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1993 |
| Year of manufacture | 1993 |
| First year of ownership | 1999 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | V6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 10 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 10 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 10 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 50000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 189000 miles |
| Date of Entry | 9th May, 2006 |