Faults:

Just a flat battery.

General Comments:

My dad gave me this last year as my first car.

It is very boring and very slow, but seen as it was free who am I to complain?!

It has never let me down even though I thrash it like crazy down country lanes and trying (!) to win at the lights.

It seems to be built like a tank, no matter how many times i've driven into things it still won't dent, but the bumpers are very poor as they seem to scuff easily.

The insurance is very high for young people (but I guess that's the whole point!).

Plus the police never expect to see a speeding Corolla where I live so there's another plus point!

Faults:

Steering vibrated at high speed because the tracking was off.

General Comments:

This car has been thrashed in the last few months with no problems. Lack of torque in fourth and fifth mean you often have to drop from fifth to third to get the revs high enough for overtaking. I can get 61mph in second and 87mph in third. Will hit 112mph at 7,000rpm in fifth.

As a saloon car it handles well over jumps and corners. It is quite easy to get the back of her out for "fish tailing" around corners, but with 175 tyres you have to be cautious.

This is a very dull looking car but has reasonable performance and excellent fuel economy (even with the taco needle spending most of it's time in the red).

Faults:

Nothing at all!

Corolla has come top 4 years out of 5 in JD Power Survey.

My dad's 1991 Corolla did 89,000 miles with no problems whatsoever.

My uncle's 1988 Corolla has just had its first exhaust changed at 112,000 miles with no other problems.

Only problem with the UK cars is that they are a little bland - that's why I go for the imports ....

General Comments:

This is my 3rd 'SE Limited'. All were personal imports from Tokyo. My friends keep persuading me to sell them my cars - but this one is staying !

This is the ultimate 'standard' Corolla. Similar to UK Executive model, but with AirCon, Climate Control, Alloys, CD Player, Air Purifier, Better Seats, Anti-car-jacking remote locking, Better heater controls, etc etc...

Service parts are the same as UK 1995 1.6Gli, as are most other parts. Really obscure parts may need to be imported - but I'm not expecting to need any for a while as my car has a mere 12,000 miles on it.

Can't even hear it on tickover ....

I'd recommend an imported SE Limited over the equivalent UK spec. Mine cost about £6,500 all in - similar UK car with 10k on the clock would be £7,500+ without the air-con etc.... go figure ..