Well first of all I bought the car from a girl who needed a bigger car and I realised the nearside suspension had taken a serious hammering from all the speed bumps in Basingstoke. Replaced.
Pressure plate and clutch release bearing wore out at 110k.
Clutch cable went shortly after.
Head gasket popped at 120k.
Water leak in driver foot-well maybe from the engine bay or the vents, unknown. (I think it was the tyre friction from the girl's speed bump days that has made a small hole)
Rust around the aerial, rear lights, in the boot at the corners, wheel arches and inside the doors.
Oh yeah, the paint fades too.. Don't buy a red one because it becomes very pink!
Cute looking car, when you get used to it. But its painfully slow until it warms up.
Got a 0-60 speed below 10 seconds out of it once. But it took some time and a few trips to the petrol station to do it.
Feels a bit unstable when accelerating quickly and breaks unevenly. But quick for a skinny 1.0 litre.
The cabin is awfully decorated, disgusting stripes and ugly colour scheme. But is quite comfortable and well designed.
Gearbox is a terrible and often grinds and crunches, but no leaks or problems there.
Very economical at 60-70mph.
Does drive at 85-90mph comfortably without a problem, but any more and it is really unstable!
I had some fun with this car, it looked pretty cool with a set of five spoke alloys on, but still would only score a 5/10 rating for image I'm afraid. Sorry.
No offence or anything, but 0-60 in under 10 seconds in a 1 litre polo smells like crap to me. But must agree with you are very good reliable cars and the 13gt has got some pace to it similar to a 205 xs, but that's only just got a 0-60 of ten seconds, so I can't believe your 1 litre has. Was it down a hill by any chance; maybe Mount Everest or something? I'm sure you could do it down there.
I have 1043cc engined polo on 1992 k reg and it's a job to get it to go to 60 never mind in under 10 seconds! paid 60 quid for it cos head gasket and other little things to fix. Has been a little gem for running around only 30k done and loads left hope to keep it for a while yet.Only 4 speed though which makes it a bit thirsty but not too bad
I got a 1991 J-reg with 52,000 miles in 2004 - now has 63,000 on it. Lovely runner, love to drive her - agree with most of the points on speed (mine maxed out at 96mph), economy, comfort (I'm kinda fat and she gives me a swell ride).
Two head gasket failures - first due to age, second due to poor repairs of the first - replaced the tyres, got a new distributor - aside from that she runs like a dream and has been cheap.
Recently passed MOT with no problems - guys at garage v. fond of it and expressed their praise at the MOT as they gave it to the most stringent inspector who found no problems.
Have taken her to university, running back and forth every few months and commuting to work weekly - am planning a trip to Paris soon though - any advice on whether she's up to it?
Oh, paint faded to pink as mentioned above - hence cheap price (£600) - however polished and used some T-Cut on her today and the colour came right back out - she looks brand new.
After two years of service I'm hoping to be with her for some time yet - perfect first car and my pride and joy!
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