The only thing that went wrong with the car was the timing belt, which was outrageously expensive to fix, a huge portion of what I bought it for, because the valves had been bent because of it, and so a large portion of the engine was ruined. This made it clear to me this car was not worth it.
When I got it at the used car lot, I spent only about $3200. I don't think its even worth that. I actually think the car had been in an accident before I got it, which may be the reason why when I drove it at 80 it felt very very unsafe. Driving it at 80mph, it started rattling and put much too much stress on the engine even though its only 80mph!!! The car overall feels extremely cheap, sitting in it, driving it, steering it, etc... It was as if Daewoo made some kind of crazy bet on whether or not they could produce a sellable car, while spending only about $100 for production, including labor.
The only good thing about the car was how cheap it cost me and the fuel economy. it was almost worth the money if the timing belt had not broken.
I got into an accident with my Volkswagen Golf, and I only got about $3600 from insurance. this looked like a good deal, but now I realize I would have much rather bought a better car with more miles. Now I am glad to have gotten rid of that car.
80 MPH is not slow. A car of that size has a harder time handling high speeds. You make it sound as if you were driving 35...if this review is authentic.
Well, you pretty much have to expect that a 6-year-old Daewoo for $3,200 is not going to be like driving a BMW. Even brand new, these are only meant to be a cheap runabout, which is fine as long as you recognize that limitation. If you needed cheap transportation, that's one thing, but just realize that you're not buying a fast, smooth riding luxury car. Remember that it's intended purpose is simply to get you from A to B with no frills, and not at high speeds.
Cars have evolved, for any '99 car, 80mph should be nothing. Even a Ford Escort, or Geo Prizm can do 80 without any problems, especially if you're just running at a constant speed of 80mph. If it's at a constant speed, it shouldn't put much stress on the engine, it's not like going constantly 100mph, that's a different story. It should put hardly any wear on the engine going constantly 80.
I think that the daewoo lanos is a good little car to get me and my baby where I need to go... and that's what those types of cars are all about! Mine cost me $7000 Australian dollers and I'm glad I found it. When I brought it, it had the exust done and nice wheels and an awesome sound system... I'm getting neon's for under it. (Soooo excited) It's a hot little car, I have no troubles with it and it gets me where I need to go!!! :-)
That's nonsense... even my '00 Focus feels a bit jittery/skittish at 80 mph+. It'll keep going, mind you... but I'm not sure it'd be safe.
About the 80 comment, I've had a Civic (Supposed to be a rocket) and a Geo Prizm (Newest generation) The Civic did 91 before seeming unsafe, BUT, at 80 MPH, it revved at nearly 5,000 rpm. It sounded terrible. My Geo, same thing. It would go 108, but past 75, it was damn noisy. I've driven a Hyundai Accent (similar to the Lanos) and that thing was scary at 80. I thought the car was going to blow away in the wind. Truth is, you don't need to go over 65, unless you're wife is going into labor. Slow down, myself included, and don't kill yourself.
Sorry, but that is a ridiculous comment. Speed has nothing to do with accidents, driving properly does and that includes understanding your own car's limitations. Otherwise, Germany would have significantly higher per capita accidents than America and they do not. But you can't even get on the autobahn as a teenager without having a minimum of two years driving experience. Here in America we give minimal driver training and then hand the keys to any car to any teenager. Insane.
I now have a 1990 ford probe lx that I bought for just $1500. Does 90 no problem. When I go past the speedometer (like 95+) that's when I start going into about 4k rpms in final gear. What a much better deal than the daewoo, and if you were wondering, theres nothing wrong with the probe, transmission and engine are in good shape.
Wow, speaking of ridiculous comments, yes, speed has EVERYTHING to do with accidents. Please don't promulgate this tripe that you can drive as fast as you like, because speeding will either get you killed, or worse yet will cause some innocent passerby to be killed by the accident that you cause.
I think this review really tells you about the very bad condition the car is in.. if the car is shaky at 80mph, maybe it's the rods or the axles that have a problem... if any one else has this sort of issue with his/her car, you'd better have it checked - if it wobbles at 60-80mph it would be very wise to get it repaired before hand... my Corolla 94' used to do that, and one day I was going like about 90 mph on the freeway, and when I pushed on to the brakes, it wobbled so bad that the rods (or whatever) fell - leaving sparks for about a 1/2 a mile coz the brakes just didn't work on those wobbly wheels. Using the handbrake I some how managed to stop it - it could've been much worse, my luck it happened at night - empty roads...
I'm sorry I just thought this review was on the lanos not fords and toyota's. My daewoo is fine at 80miles and doesn't shudder at all, anywaz if it shudders it means its clapped out, just sell it, after all its just a crappy daewoo, what you expect!!
I have commented on a lot of Daewoo Lanos reviews today, mainly because I OWN one.
Today, I drove it in third (automatic) at 95MPH, then it shifted to 4th, then hit it's governor. It is just that particular car, just because it WAS in an car crash at one point, doesn't make that car type a bad car, the car is a great car, just know it's limits and keep it maintained.
About 100 is its governor. I have ~107,000 miles (~172,199km) on it and it runs great. I push it daily, got new brakes on it, they work wonders, at 100MPH, slamming them on, whew that is great.
GET YOUR CAR FIXED! Then come back, and then say how great it runs, after you REPAIRED it from the car crash. After all, what car can survive a car crash? Mine can survive being drove into the ditch at 35MPH ,=)
I got my 99' Daewoo in October of 2007, and I feel it was a big mistake.
When it rained outside, the driver's side of my car always got wet, and when I drove in the rain, drops of water would shoot up from under the car and get the bottom of my pants/legs wet.
When I got it looked, at there was so much rust under and part of the driver side seat. I was told the entire car had bad sealing.
Also it rattled at 65 mph, plus my timing belt went out in March of 2008.
If I would have done better research, I wouldn't have got a Daewoo; this will be my first and last time.
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