Faults:

Died on me at 10,000 miles. Dealer brought back to life,

At 11,500 miles it began to idle slower until finally it would not idle at all.

Dealer said he "fixed" it.

13,500 it started to idle slow again, dealer again, again he said "Fixed it".

16000 miles slow idle, again back to dealer again, said he drove it all over town, didn't do anything.

Went to pick it up and cranked it, and it started doing it again.

Got on the freeway and tried my dangest to blow the friggin thing up. All it did was keep running, but it still would not idle.

20000 miles, slow down more on idle and I raised it up several times over the course of 6 months until I finally traded it off for an Olds Cutlass with a quad 4. Hey don't laugh, it ran like a bat out of torment.

General Comments:

Ran strong, never used a drop of oil, but it never did idle; it would always die.

Faults:

Quite a few different fuses.

Fuel pump (3 times).

Alternator quit.

Replaced battery.

Throttle body.

Fuel injector.

Fuel filter.

Ignition Switch.

Ignition box on comlumn.

Horn never has worked.

Turn signals quit working.

Headlight bulb went out 5 times from getting wet.

Broken motor mount, which cause the car to vibrate quite a bit, but you get used to it.

General Comments:

I bought the car about 6 months ago for $700 with 82,000 miles on it.

I've put almost 10,000 miles on it since I've had it and probably a couple hundred dollars.

The car is a little slow, (around 90 hp) but I've gotten it up to around 95 mph.

It gets about 25-30 mpg which isn't bad.

Overall, it's a pretty easy car to work on, parts aren't very expensive, and it has been reliable. But I'm not sure if i'd buy another one.

Faults:

Bought this in a hurry after my Golf MkII was written off by a drunk driver. A mistake.

Had a catalogue of failures from major ones like a core plug on the engine corroding through at 2.5 years old through to losing wheel hub caps whenever it went over a bump.

Dealer service expensive and the 1.4CVH (Constant Vibration & Harshness) engine needed a new cambelt every 22500 miles.

Rubbing strips peeled off door, rust spots appeared under bonnet etc.

General Comments:

The CVH engine was supposed to be "lean burn" but it could not do more than 42mpg on a good day and mostly hovered around 40 even driving gently on the motorway.

Engine was very harsh, especially under acceleration and not very quiet.

Interior plastics wore badly and rapidly developed lots of scratches.

Handling was OK, but the car needed constant adjustment of the steering wheel to keep on track. Also unstable in side winds and easily pushed off line. Not a very relaxing car to drive.

On the plus side, it was reasonably fast in a straight line, but that's the only good point I can think of.

Car had no personality and I was glad to get rid of it after 18 months as soon as I could afford something better.