Wasn't making any comment on your car as such, you suggested an octavia vrs (not in the same league as any cars mentioned) why insult the op by implying he can't afford to run such machines.
fyi i do drive a corsa and its a far better car than an old skoda (i have driven one 
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Have you driven any vxrs?
Your Corsa is better than an Octavia VRS? A preconceived opinion based on the badge maybe?
I have owned a mk1 Octavia VRS and they are great cars in every aspect apart from handling but what do you expect for the size of the car on standard suspension. I will be getting another one in the near future.
I haven't owned an Astra or Corsa VXR but love the look of them and have thought about getting one and wouldn't go slagging them off when I haven't owned one (Vauxhalls I do know like to throw the engine management light on a regular basis but thats based on previous experience of Vauxhalls of the past)...
As for Honda reliability on the whole they are reliable like VAG cars (including Skoda) but they are not bomb proof like everyone who hasn't had any experience of them likes to think !!
i drove the new octavia vrs so dont know how differnt to the old ones they are but for me it screamed commuter car and im sure it would be very nice for motorway cruising. The corsa felt nicer inside to me and handled alot better for the driving i do (alot of b roads) the corsa pipped the clio to the post as i preferd the turbo power delivery of the corsa.
cant really be a badge snob can i as i bought a vauxhall corsa...
