Show us your plastic Eurobox!

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Since some of us need to have a normal run of the mill car for every day use. This is THE chance to showcase your everyday Bakelite steed.

I'll start with my Eurobox - Seat Ibiza 1.4. Not totally dull to drive but quite sensible running costs. Cheap to buy and many cheap materials (roof lining isn't great for starters).

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TameRacingDriver said:

The girlfriends car. Bargain, £5K for 12,000 mile car with 3 years warranty remaining. Characterful little engine. Amusing handling. Only about 800kg. Runs on fumes. Great little car. Just wish the steering was a bit more direct and had a bit more feel. Minor complaints considering. It's a fun little machine believe it or not.

Small cars can be great for fun - a good hatch should feel go kart like.

This is however why diesel doesn't work in a hatch.

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F1GTRUeno said:

Kinda looks the poor relation compared to the other cars on the drive. Still like the little thing though.

Same colour as mine

I think the Fiesta drives a little better however the Ibiza is much better looking and has a small rarity bonus.

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poing said:

For the sake of Mr Pedantic aka 300bhp/ton, this car is entirely plastic including the steel wheels, seats, turbo and windows. Also, as it lives in Europe, it's a Eurobox even if the entire design team were called Hank or Billy Bob.

Uh oh that'll get him frothing at the mouth and smashing his fingers through the keyboard as he types

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HustleRussell said:

I have been given this;



It hadn’t moved in almost two years but with a little work I got it a new MOT test certificate on Saturday and I have now pressed it into daily service. I learned to drive in a Corsa ‘C’, and my mum has owned one of those for over 10 years now- those experiences and one in an Insignia hire car were sufficient to give me an enduring dislike of Vauxhall. However I reckon the Corsa ‘D’ is a significantly improved car and could fully understand somebody buying one, albeit perhaps not with an Ecotec engine (rough as aholes).

I drove an 09 plate 1.2 one of these. Possibly the worst engine I've ever experienced (wheezy, asthmatic) coupled with stupidly sized gearing (ie tall ratios that were hard for the engine to push at low revs). Very frustrating to drive.

However it was my other halfs car and was dirt cheap for her to buy. Relatively reliable. For a commuting, leave it anywhere wagon it was fine.

Massive improvement compared to the Corsa C however that had the appeal of a mug of cold sick.

Edited by BeirutTaxi on Tuesday 13th December 13:22