Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - Average Miles

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Fri 22 Jan 2010 11:02
Average Miles - john_csfweb
I have recently bought a petrol 1L 2001 vauxhall corsa C with 64,000 miles for £1200. I was just wandering if anyone knew roughly how many miles i will get out of it and what the mpg is like, becuase i will be doing around 20,000 miles a year for commuting to work and such. any feedback would be great cheers
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Fri 22 Jan 2010 12:19
Average Miles - RichardW
How long's a piece of string, how has it been treated to date, and how is it going to get treated in the future?

20k / year in a 1l Corsa is, er, brave!

Provided it has been reasonably looked after to date, and continues to be so in the future, I'd have thought you'd easily get 3 years without too much difficulty - £400 / year depreciation for 20k miles / year is cheap motoring - as long as nothing major goes wrong!
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Fri 22 Jan 2010 12:29
Average Miles - bell boy
40 mpg should be easy if engine is in good fettle
have the oil and filter changed straight away irrespective of what you were told by the seller
keep your oil level topped up at least weekly as these engines dont hold much to begin with
keep your eye open for the oil pressure switch at the left front leaking as they often do
basically keep the thing maintained and it will serve you well
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