Gti 8v daily driver?

[paul69]

Was using my F reg 8v daily, sometimes 100 mile round trip, until someone crashed into and killed it a month ago. Was only ever in garage for MOTs in 3 years. Also a damn sight more fuel efficient than the Clio 1.2 I'm using as a stopgap!

Paul

[dubber36]

At the end of the day you pay for what you get...ie if your paying less than say 1000 your gonna get issues but there are still good low milidge mk'2 out there but be prepared to pay big dollers.

There more like a second car these days.

Dave

If I was going to pay top dollar for a low mileage original car, I would not want to use it as a daily. There are not many of these cars around now and it would be a shame to wear another one out, or risk it getting damaged.

[kittie]

Used my 8v as a daily for 3 years with no real let downs, however I have always kept on top of maintenence and replaced items pre-emptively.

At the end of the day an 18 year old, 170k miles car will need stuff buying for it though, I don't mind 

[Rodriguez]

Your Civic will be more reliable obviously.  I own a Civic and a Golf, and they are both used as dailys. I've ran both for 3 years and I've only had to replace the tyres on the Honda.
 However the Mk2 has been outstanding considering its use and the one or two parts I've had to replace have been pretty cheap and a peace of p1ss to do. 

It has successfully battled through the recent weather whilst other, more modern stuff has gotten stranded and with barely a slipped belt

Its as close to troublefree motoring as I have got with my used car history. (mind you, my 2.9 mk2 was HUGE money pit)

As others say Just keep on top of maintenance

[Jay]

Also a damn sight more fuel efficient than the Clio 1.2 I'm using as a stopgap!

I found that with the 1.4 2009 Corsa I was using... (~28mpg), although I was thrashing it most of the time so probably would have got a better mpg figure if I drove it normally.