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The question asked for opinions and I gave my opinion.

I prefer not to be hassled with the rego if I don't have to :dance:

I drove a Yaris once and IMO it's very underpowered, I stalled the car like 20 times in an hour. I'd avoid it like a plague.

Maybe you should change your major? :dance:

I hate this log book thingy (I'm on L atm). Do you actually complete all 50 hours before going for your P test? :dance:

Thanks for replying 200Boy. I also actually prefer manual, I got more control that way. If I can find a manual I'll go manual. For real? Registered?I probably can get ~$1000 Corollas but most of them are unregistered or only have 1 month left. I'm looking for something that has at least ~8 months rego. I don't know much about car mechanics, though I'm keen to learn, but in the first few years I probably going to rely on a mechanic. Are these Corollas still supported by today's mechanics? To be honest, number 1 is actually (passive) safety, cos when cars crashed, it's all that matters. That's why I was looking at Saabs. I was looking at Volvos too but people said Saab got better handling. Other than that, good handling, fuel economy and cheap maintenance cost. From Used Car Safety Ratings 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Corolla#Safety actually 1982-1993 Corollas has "worse than average" protection, but I don't have much budget atm so I guess I have to live with that. :y: LOL nah it's actually for me (I'm on L atm) but yeah I'm expecting to drive it until something breaks :y:

Hiya all I'm from eastern suburbs and I'm doing research for my first car (Corolla), hopefully I can get lots of useful information here.

It seems that almost everyone agree that Corolla is ideal as cheap first car (my budget <=A$2500) Initially I was going to get a Saab 9000 after I read this "bangernomics" article: http://bangernomics.tripod.com/saferban.htm After asking people around I got the impression that a Saab would be expensive to maintain. So heh I'm going Corolla :dance: Looking around used car websites, with search criteria price <=$2500 it seems that the latest Corollas I can get is from 1985 onwards eg. this Corolla Now my question is it easy to find parts from 1980s Corollas and from your own experience is it cheap to repair these old Corollas?