Saturday 6th
Well, I’ve driven it over to our house, the 'free Corsa'
23,400miles
One owner from new (Sept 2012)
Serviced by an ex-Jaguar/Toyota/VW technician, family friend (taken in as a 'Saturday job', I think
*)
Less than 300miles covered between last, & presently valid MOT tests!
EDIT @ 07:23
it drives dreadfully (to me anyway), my mother was happy with it (it replaced a first model Corsa that she owned for 16 years!, I preferred that)
It's the 1.0litre/3-cylinder petrol
Gutless, needs to rev it to at least 2,000RPM for it to move off easily
The seating postion doesn't work for me;
Too low (no height adjustment)
If I have shoulder support, the lower part of the seat pushes into my lower-back (& visa-versa)
The gear-linkage feels like it's made of rubber
Due to the rake of the windscreen, you can't even reach forward to wipe it, if need be
Original tyres too, so 'greying'/time expired
* When father-in-law was working, as a workshop foreman/manager at a local bus company, it was generally accepted (or used to be..) that the mechanics could take their own cars in, as
'Saturday jobs', to use the facilities/tools to repair them (or for the bus drivers)
It was surprising (not…) how many of their employees had diesel cars back then too!! (he didn't)
EDIT; Sunday 7th @ 20:23
Apologies, my memory is playing tricks on me
It was just the previous Corsa that was bought new
This is a September 2012 registration, my mother bought it in January 2015 (according to the V5)
