Faults:

Distribution system needed a refurb.

Needed new fuel pipes in the engine bay.

Wheel bearings all round.

Handbrake cables are cheap to fix, but a nightmare to fit.

Rear brakes needed adjusting after being sat for 6 months.

Vacuum fault.

Middle part of exhaust with the silencer fell off. Replaced with a straight pipe that cost a fiver.

Back silencer cracked so was welded up.

Head gasket went at 49000.

Replaced all gaskets, head, exhaust, and inlet all done.

Cam belt snapped due to ill fitment 1700 miles later. This bent the pistons, so fitted a 1.5 SXI engine, but fitted with the 1.2 carbs re-jetted.

95 BHP after I fettled the ins and outs.

General Comments:

Love my car, it's totally amazing. Beats pretty much any 1.2 car, even before the engine conversion.

I can honestly say I cried when my cambelt snapped.

Faults:

Only once I did have to change the clutch cable, at around 150000 km.

At 177000 it still runs with the factory clutch!

Last month I changed the radiator. I was driving with the radiator leaking for a whole year; kept putting water in every 3 days.

Changed the engine's gasket, because drops of water from the radiator were leaking into the burning chambers of one cylinder. It was driven like this for 2 years (!!!) before fixing it.

I had to change the alternator's regulator once at around 140000... it fried my battery.

The only 2 things that are making me crazy are the door handles that broke twice at the driver's door. They are not easy to find and replace, and secondly the top of the car that keeps falling.

General Comments:

NOTHING! Nothing can keep this car from driving... even with the clutch cable broken, I managed to drive to the garage. It took some time though with first gear only.

I love this car. It was my first, and all these years, it's never let me down, although I keep letting it down.

My second car, an Opel Corsa C 1.4 let me down 4 times. I had to pay a lot to get it on the road again.

My Ibiza that I drive at work every day keeps running with minor faults that are cheap to repair...

Faults:

A lot! It was OK for the first year I had my car, but after that everything seemed to go wrong.

First, the exhaust went and that cost me a lot of money. Then the head gasket went, that cost me about 400 pounds to put right, only the problem was never really solved so I had to get rid of it as soon as I could.

General Comments:

This car was a good buy and it did me good for about 2 years. after that it pretty much fell apart! Whats more the speedometer stopped working.

Faults:

2 x CV joints £75

1 x Battery £30

2 Front tire's £50

Front Disc's & Pads £40

Rear Shoes £10

Plugs, Leads, Dizzy Cap, Rotor Arm

K & N Air Filter.

General Comments:

Nothing has really gone wrong with this car most of the parts I have had to replace have been because I abuse the car!!

Good for 115mph downhill!

Is quicker than new 1.2 8v vauxhall corsas and is much more responsive with a "bolt on" K&N air filter.

Has lots of body roll, but holds on well and goes very nicely sideways in the wet!

Faults:

Back exhaust started blowing.

Parcel shelf snapped.

Rev. counter sticking.

General Comments:

This car is very nippy and quick for its age and engine size.

Very reliable car with low running costs.

High performance with cheap tax and insurance.