Corolla T sport
Discussion
I am close to getting one of these for the Mrs as a runabout now we have sold her MR2 Roadster.
I am after a facelift model.
Now I know its not as good as a type R Civic, but its newer, and lower miles than the equivelent Type r for a lot less cash, as they are not as desirable. Insurance is pretty cheap too.
Also the Type R's for around £3500 are mostly modified dogs, and thats not what we want.
Does anyone own one? any problems? (Apart from the high power band.)
She really likes the Compressor model, but its almost twice the price of a facelift N/A model, and cant justift that for just 30bhp as we dont know how long we are keeping it for.
Cheers
I am after a facelift model.
Now I know its not as good as a type R Civic, but its newer, and lower miles than the equivelent Type r for a lot less cash, as they are not as desirable. Insurance is pretty cheap too.
Also the Type R's for around £3500 are mostly modified dogs, and thats not what we want.
Does anyone own one? any problems? (Apart from the high power band.)
She really likes the Compressor model, but its almost twice the price of a facelift N/A model, and cant justift that for just 30bhp as we dont know how long we are keeping it for.
Cheers
I've just sold my wife's T Sport. It was well put together and had all the options you could wish for but the thing that let it down was the gearbox. 6 speed close ratio , great for acceleration and enjoying the VVTLi engine but when you got into 6th gear it was doing 20mph for every 1000 rpm so 80 on the motorway was 4000 rpm and it sounded too 'buzzy' and could really annoy on longer journeys.
IMO they should have made gears 1-5 close and then had 6th as an overdrive / cruising gear
IMO they should have made gears 1-5 close and then had 6th as an overdrive / cruising gear
As above, the gearbox is high revving especially on motorways and you really have to floor it all teh way to 6200 to get into 'lift'.
I've got an 05 facelift in red and I really like it. Parts are relative too and not too many people know what they are so you can stil surprise them at the lights!
Makes a good sound IMO as well. Not as many aftermarket parts as the MR2, supra etc but a very nice drive.
I've got an 05 facelift in red and I really like it. Parts are relative too and not too many people know what they are so you can stil surprise them at the lights!
Makes a good sound IMO as well. Not as many aftermarket parts as the MR2, supra etc but a very nice drive.
Well we now have a black 2005 T sport with 46000 mile on the clock.
So far so good, just driven 250 miles home in it and the wife loves it, which is who its for.
The powerband is laughable, its almost unusable its that high up and narrow, but that said it drives nice, and is fitted out with a lot of kit such as climate control, auto wipers and auto dim mirror.
Handling its OK, but certainly not with the best handling hot hatches, a little too much body roll, and the wheels and tyres could do with being a tad bigger.
For the price though these are quite a bargain.
So far so good, just driven 250 miles home in it and the wife loves it, which is who its for.
The powerband is laughable, its almost unusable its that high up and narrow, but that said it drives nice, and is fitted out with a lot of kit such as climate control, auto wipers and auto dim mirror.
Handling its OK, but certainly not with the best handling hot hatches, a little too much body roll, and the wheels and tyres could do with being a tad bigger.
For the price though these are quite a bargain.
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