Faults:

I had to have the engine replaced at 125000 miles. They told me it was a bad rod bearing. Knowing my luck with cars, I bought an extended warranty when I bought the car. The dealership jerked me around, and the warranty company took forever to come out and inspect the car to make sure it was covered. So after 3 weeks I got the car back with a rebuilt engine and it only cost $100.

Other than that, I've had to change the headlamps 4 or 5 times, about two on each side. Don't know why, maybe because they're daytime runners and they're on all the time?

General Comments:

Other than the ordeal I explained above, I have no major complaints. The car is comfortable, it has more pickup than a 4-cylinder Camry, and it's gas efficient. I've gotten close to 40 mpg in this car. It's also great in the snow, I've seen newer cars get stuck in places and my Corolla just keeps going. If I were to buy another Toyota, I probably wouldn't get another model with the 1.8 vvt-i engine. Just to be safe.

Faults:

The only thing that breaks down on this car, is the trunk has plastic thumb nail type of harness that hold the covering down, and it tends to pop off so the covering does fall over a bit and get in the way.

The trunk has a flat carpet that does rip off the board.

These are very minor annoyances.

General Comments:

I love this car, it costs very little to maintain. I drive around 7-9k/yr so I change oil 1.5/yr. I do other regular maintenance such as clean air filter, replace spark plugs, fluids, tires, wipers, but all minor regular stuff and it's easy to do it yourself.

I have to do aircare here, and it passes every time.

It has pretty good pep, so city and hwy driving is more than adequate in this brutal traffic.

Seats are comfy, even on long road trips and visibility is excellent.

The HVAC is great, A/C still blows cold and in winter it takes around 10 minutes to warm up the engine for warm air.

I have wider 185 tires, and traffic sucks, so I think that's why the fuel economy is not as good at 10L/100km in city (other sites say it does around 8!). I don't go on hwy much, but I guess around 7L/100km.

Faults:

Since I had it in April, I put 32000kms on it and the car had high kms when I bought it.

All I had to buy for it was regular maintenance parts (brakes, spark plugs, PCV valve, air filter, oil etc..).

Other than that, I spent nothing on the car; it's been extremely good to me.

General Comments:

I've only had the car for 5 months now, and it had high kms on it when I bought it. Knowing it was a Toyota, I took my chances and got it, and I'm glad I did.

I've put 32000kms on it already within 5 months and it works extremely well. I haven't had one problem yet and really like it a lot.

It handles very well for a 4 door and is very sporty. It also had very good pick up with the 5 speed transmission with the 1.8L VVT-i engine. Gas mileage is also really good.

The seats are pretty comfortable, and I like the interior also, but it does lack some foot room space for back passengers.

Overall it's a great sporty family car.

Faults:

It needed a new battery when we bought it.

Chrome trim piece on the front grille didn't fit right, so we replaced that.

Bad rear passenger side rim caused the car to shake/vibrate excessively above 60 mph.

General Comments:

This is my first car, and I'm not complaning to loudly. Sure, I'd like something sportier such as an Eclipse or a Camaro, but I prefer my Corolla over those cars sportiness because this car doesn't break my bank account. It's very inexpensive to insure, about 700 dollars a year. And it averages 31 miles to a gallon. And it's Toyota with it's legendary reliability.

I think I got a really good deal on this car... a Toyota with 30k miles on it for 5,000 dollars!

I'm 5"7, and this car fits me comfortably. There's enough room in the back seat to fit 2 people with lots of space. 3 people gets a little tight.

I'm pretty impressed with the way this car sips gas regardless of how I drive it. I can get around 34 mpg if I drive like a grandma, and it drops to about 28 when I drive like most teenage guy drivers drive.

I'm also impressed with the power this car has. Passing power is impressive for a small 4 cylinder sedan. Off-the-line power is another story. I've timed it before; 0-60 in 11.2 seconds.

Handling from this car is strictly average. It bounces up and down on undulating roads, and it rolls quite a bit in turns. The skinny tires tend to slip around more than I'd like, especially on muddy roads. But hey, it's a Corolla, not a Porsche.

The stereo system is also impressive. I listen to my iPod through a cassette transmitter. At moderate volume levels, the sound it puts out resembles what my parents Mazda Tribute (with the premium 7 speaker 6 CD changer) but the Corolla's starts to get distorted much sooner than the Mazda, which isn't suprising.

Overall, I think this is a car that I'm going to keep for at least 10 years. Corollas have been known to run to 300,000 miles. I plan on keeping it until it falls apart.