My parents brought our 1988 AE92 Corolla car in 1990 and in its first two years of life it did 150,000km (it was a Sales Reps car).

My mother then Proceeded to do an average of 12,000km in it for 15 years.

In 2005 it was parked up outside in the rain for 2 1/2 years only driven twice a year to go on holiday.

Now in 2007 I took over the car (im the son) and I now drive it everyday doing about 7000km per year.

It’s not 20 years old, 340,000km on the clock and all it’s had done to it apart from routine maintenance is a head gasket at 250,000km and a Thermostat and Radiator.

It has not had an easy life. When it was a reps car it hauled a full load of product around 24/7 and we certainly didn’t give it an easy life as our family car.

I would like to see another Manufacturer who makes one model that continuously year in year out makes cars like this.

My father a long time Auto Electrician who has worked on Thousands of cars still swears by the Corolla and if it was the right size car for us now we would have 2 of them, but unfortunately we need something a bit bigger.

Yes everyone that’s 340,000km on the same set of shocks!

Back in the stone age, we were taught to be discerning, and I exercise my right to choose whatever vehicle I find interesting.

I just don’t happen to be a lemming or the child of lemmings, and in my view the Corolla has always been boring. Solid, reliable? Yes. Exciting, interesting ? Like you, a definate NO.