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Traded in my '08 Yaris for this. The Toyota was a base spec 1.0 3-pot and I wanted something less glacial and preferably cheaper, on the test drive the Corsa felt much nippier than anything else I'd gone for (Mini 1.4, Fiesta 1.2). This was because it was actually a "Black Edition", a limited edition of the not so "Limited Edition" which meant it had a 1.4 engine with a turbo bolted on.
Anyway, because I was stupid I bought it, for £10,500 with 6,000 miles on the clock and a few months shy of it's first MOT...
A fortnight later I realised I hated it. Dead steering, uncomfortable seats, shit to see out of, fond of insane snap oversteer for seemingly no reason, not actually fast - just not as slow as the Yaris/Dolly, the demist was utter garbage, it was recalled because Vauxhall had fitted the wrong springs on one end, the interior started falling to bits almost instantly, servicing was more expensive, metallic black was impossible to keep clean. It was just fucking shit.
I also managed to run over a stone within a week of purchase which not only punched through the low profile tyre but also punched clean through the alloy itself.
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£120 for a matching Dunlop and £240 for a new alloy wheel, unique to that model... Oh, and naturally it had no spare wheel, just a can of goop.
Then it started getting vandalised, presumably because it was a bit flash. In the end it got keyed 3 times and every time it happened I could practically hear it devaluing on top of the terrifying depreciation.
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After a year I sold it, for £6,500. My parents had to give me £3000 just to pay the finance off so I could afford to move out of their attic. The whole experience of ownership was uniquely shit, the only car I genuinely regret buying and actively dislike.