Faults:

We redid the brakes and rear sway bar, which really helped the handling. Mind you, the sway bar fell off from rust. It was a cheap fix.

Overall getting everything redone has been amazingly affordable with our good, local small town mechanic.

Replaced the gear box... drives like new now. Also new front struts. Handles so well now. Really fun to drive.

Changing the winter tires in the driveway is also easy.

We hope to keep it running regularly.

General Comments:

We love this little car. It's been named Maggie and is part of our family. The hood is a different colour from the teal green body. And it's taken us on road trips all over British Columbia where we live. For a 24 year old little hatchback, it's just so versatile and reliable. Fun to drive, and it gets looks... as it's got the retro look now.

Faults:

Nothing went wrong with the car in a year and a half of ownership.

When I bought it, the car needed brakes and both CV joints. After that was fixed, I only changed the oil.

This car is extremely simple and very reliable. The engine itself is a non-interference motor, so in an event a timing belt breaks, your valves and head will not be damaged.

General Comments:

This is an awesome form of transportation. If you need something to get you from A to B, this is the car. It will always start, always run and never give you trouble.

My car was the bare bones car with 5 speed, and no power options. Steering was manual, but I found it to be very direct and communicative. The car was fairly comfortable too; the tall roof allows it to feel much more spacious than it is. Folding back seats allow for a rather huge trunk space.

On the performance side... well there really isn't any. The car has 82 hp from the factory, and it was never intended to be used as a sports car. It will cruise at 70-75, but don't expect it to break 105. Acceleration is tolerable, but to get the car going you really need to work the engine.

To sum it up, this is an awesome, reliable daily driver car. It will always start and get you to where you need to go. If you don't care about the look and need a basic transportation, this is the car!

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with the car. It had a small oil leak from the valve cover, that's about it. It ran great, started every time and got 30MPG+. Great little car.

General Comments:

Very nice for a person who doesn't mind looks, but needs reliable and cheap transportation. The car was good to me, I was good to it. Never abused it and it always ran good and always started. I would recomend the car to anyone as a first car, or a car to learn to drive a standart transmission.

Faults:

Both outer CV Boots very ripped.

Replaced a ball joint.

General Comments:

I didn't have my 323 for too long, but for the few months I had it for, I loved it. Once I got it on the road it gave me no problems. This little thing had guts. They do good burn outs at 81 horsepower and 92 lbs/ft of torque. The car pulls good and for the price I can't say anything bad about it. Mine was green and looked like a turtle. I really loved that car, it being my first one.

Faults:

In the cold weather the speedomometer makes a grinding noise until the interior warms up, Radiator hoses leak, has an leak somewhere and now have lost dash lights as well as brake and tail lights no fuses blown. All in all not a bad little car. Rear end tails or almost floats on icy roads.