Toyota Corolla 2006 1.4 VVT-i Silver

To begin with, I have a consumer attitude to the car. Sat started driving. Repair only in service. Therefore, do not expect any technical details from me. Fate confronted me with the Corolla in early 2009. At that time, I lived 45 kilometers from the glorious city of Frankfurt am Main, and my 10 year old Seat Ibiza began to present me with various unpleasant surprises. I've written about Seat before, and I can only say good things about it. Reliable diesel engine from polo. The body really suffers from corrosion. But times change, and so do circumstances. In Germany, people live modestly, within their means and therefore try to drive small cars. All this is due to several factors. Thirdly, there is a constant problem with parking. Fourth, there are practically no bad roads, so large wheels and ground clearance are not vital here as in Russia. Well, it is also important that the Germans like to save money. B5? I chose between minivans - vw touran mersedec b klass opel meriva and between hatches Mazda 3 Corolla. It so happened that I got a Corolla 3 years old 1 Toyota Corolla 2006 1.4 VVT-i Silver .4 liters with a range of 2500 km in the back of a hatch on a manual box produced in 2006 produced in Turkey as I understand it. It is quite possible such a run .. because in a German village everything is usually close by. In addition, the car belonged to a typical housewife, that is, it was the second in the family. In addition, the vegetable temperament of the 1.4 engine is not conducive to racing and long journeys. She looked perfect for her 3 years old. Diagnostics in the service showed no problems and the car was bought for 6800 euros. (year 2009) Operation began. At first, out of habit, once a week I climbed under the hood, well, there to check the oil and other liquids for topping up. A month later, I realized that the only thing that needs to be refilled is the windshield washer. I stopped checking the rest. It all ended with the fact that I simply forgot how this same hood opens. When it was necessary a year later to change the burnt out low beam light bulb, for five minutes I could not remember what to pull there for. Then I lost my favorite auto mechanic's phone. One day I met him at the supermarket and he even pretended not to know me. Gradually, such words as spare parts, car service began to be forgotten. And a few years later I had to use a dictionary to remember them. The peculiarity of this car is that when something breaks in it, you are so unprepared for it that you experience a real shock. And now, after 5 years on a wet winter road, it happened. Like a thunderbolt .. Brake discs clogged .. For several days I could not believe that this was happening to me. I'm going to the service again. The service cleaned the disks and said that it would be necessary to change the oil within six months. Maybe replace the disks? - I asked. Well .. this, after half a year, you can replace it, if of course you want - they answered the service without enthusiasm. The entire renovation took one hour and cost € 90. This is for 5 years of operation. Of course, I was reinsured and changed all the disks in a month. At the same time, it was necessary on the recommendation of the master: 1.Change the oil in the engine and gearbox. 2.Tighten and lubricate the parking brake. 3.Install the plastic cover of the washer reservoir filler At that time, the car had covered 70,000 km, and had even visited Russia. You already understood about reliability. Now I'll tell you about driving pleasure and handling. They simply do not exist. That is, absolutely. When starting off on the first, the car periodically shakes and stalls. This disease cannot be cured. That is, this car will take you from point a to point b. For this it is designed. It doesn’t break, but .. You don’t get any pleasure. Especially if you have 1.4 liters. Everyone will overtake you all the time. It is depressing. But then when you count your fuel costs at the end of the year, a wide, happy smile appears on your happy face. The average consumption is from 7-8 liters city to 6-7 liters of autobahn. And when a liter of gasoline costs 1.5 euros - you understand that. https://jiji.com.et/illubabor/cars/toyota-corolla-2006-1-4-vvt-i-silver-cooc8NraMgjuaiT8YksAbzMe.html