lil_g
Member
Registered: 29th Oct 06
User status: Offline
|
Who's had one?
Opinions on them, and what they'd be like to live with day to day
Reliability costs, general points to look out for and potential would be appreciated too!
I expect some Fix It Again Tomorrow remarks already tbh 
|
Ojc
Member
Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
User status: Offline
|
Mine done 60k to 100k with no problems, I never really looked after it properly either.
Only thing that kept going was downpipe but that was because of the engine mounts being shot.
Got them sorted and it was fine, was really fast as well.
I still like them, handle a bit iffy but no worse than a Corsa.
|
lil_g
Member
Registered: 29th Oct 06
User status: Offline
|
You had no other problems ollie?
Couple of friends have had them too and not many problems... should have bought one of them to be fair had a set of superleggera's and looked awesome 
|
Ojc
Member
Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
User status: Offline
|
No problems at all, needed a set of plugs when I first got it as it was boost cutting.
That was it. PAS never really worked properly when I got it either, but it was a GT1 on an L-plate so it was always going to have niggles.
I liked mine, wouldn't mind another TBH at some point.
|
lil_g
Member
Registered: 29th Oct 06
User status: Offline
|
Good to hear that 
Was looking at one as a replacement for the corsa for a year or two to save some money (cars can be picked up pretty cheap now and insurance is less  )
Been looking at them for a while!
|
Ojc
Member
Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
User status: Offline
|
Yeah, insurance at the time was cheaper on a Punto GT than a Nova GSi.
|
MarkM
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
Surely most are going to be a bag of spanners by now?
|
Ojc
Member
Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
User status: Offline
|
Yeah, true dat.
Going to need money spent on it, rear trailing arms always fail on them and knock badly as well.
|
Kurt
Member
Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
User status: Offline
|
tbh we rarely get asked for parts for them, i think ive been asked 3 times in 3 years..
|
VegasPhil
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
User status: Offline
|
Mate's caught fire
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
|
corsa_rob
Member
Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: Birmingham
User status: Offline
|
warm up...cool down...service...look after it and it will be no less reliable than any other car!
|
Kano
Member
Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: Fife
User status: Offline
|
I loved mine, was a good wee car. Same as Ojc mine needed plugs and that was my only real problem with it.
|
Chris Bingham
Member
Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: In Scotland
User status: Offline
|
Mine was fine too, did 30k miles in it with no problems. Kept it serviced, needed trailing arms. Running 150bhp.
Dunno if I want one now, most are prob hammered.
|
JM_16v
Member
Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
User status: Offline
|
alot of them are bags of these days my friend has had a 190bhp one and a 150bhp one,
really need looking after one and really need to invest in a good one really.
They are boost happy cans running about 0.8bar standard to get there 133bhp.
tbh id say starlet is a better buy as they only run 0.6bhp to get the same 133bhp and there also 16v compared to the 8v. there generally better kept as being a more expensive car? matter of opinion but very good reliable jap cars
|
Andy Stocker
Member
Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
User status: Offline
|
The only poblem I had with mine was a split CV boot.
It was running 180 bhp and was used daily
|
am4nf
Member
Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
User status: Offline
|
i quite like the look of the mk1 punto, but saving money by buying one?
ok so mine was a 55s 1.1 but F.I.A.T definatly applied, it was a bag of shite
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
When I was looking at them a while back, it seemed that so many of them have been modified (badly). I'd try to find one that didn't have an engine bay full of parts from Halfords because I'd trust it a bit more
|
chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
my punto was fine, i had it for just under 2 years i think, and the trailing arms went on the back, but thats a common problem, and i think the linkage on the gearbox went so you couldn't select 4th gear.
deffinatly a quick car, and i found mine quite reliable.
|
