if it has the straight forward engine like a corsa in it then if you have to buy it then proceed
if it has the ecotec lookalike ie its all engine when you lift the bonnet then leave it alone
really at this age you want to leave it alone anyway,remember the company dont really exist anymore so spares WILL be a problem whatever anybody tells you
so to summarise walk run speed away...........please
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if it has the straight forward engine like a corsa in it then if you have to buy it then proceed
bellboy, can you give me a few pointers as to what i am looking at under the bonnet regards " all engine" its the 1.4 SE when i looked at it earlier today it was as clean as a whistle under the bonnet , the chap who,s selling it doesnt recall it having a new clutch @60000 is it about to go? and how long do wheel bearings last in general? its not been thrashed ( 2 lady owners from new) read in to that what you will , i am keen on buying it cause he,s selling it quite cheap but i dont want to be sold a load of bother..regards milky
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the chap who s selling it doesnt recall it having a new clutch @60000 is it about to go?
Depends how the car's been driven. Test-drive it - does the clutch judder? Is it light and does it bite nicely? Clutches can last well over 100k.
and how long do wheel bearings last in general?
Again, who knows. The only car I've had to get wheel bearing replaced on was a 10-year-old Peugeot with 100k on the clock. If they're not making a racket (very loud low-pitch whirring noise) and there's no play (test = jack the wheel off the ground, place one hand at the top, the other at the bottom and try rocking the wheel), then the bearings aren't on their last legs.
Having said that, these things do wear out on older cars, so any component that's OK now might be dead in 6 months time. Any older car, whether it's a Daewoo or an Audi, has the potential to cost you money - without having a crystal ball to hand it'd be very difficult to say whether it'll need a new clutch or wheel bearings, or anything else, anytime soon.
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As people have said, parts will be a problem. Daewoo as a company does not really exist in the UK, and Chrysler will only be supporting its range of daewoos
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They're OK ... fundamentally old GM/Vauxhall technology (Lanos is a bit of a hybrid between old Corsa and old Astra), but with an Isuzu-based engine that should run indefinitely if well-maintained.
Build quality isn't the best (sub-90s Hyundai so flimsy is the word here) but generally they run well enough until the rot gets them at about 10 or 11 years old.
At the price, probably worth a look. These cars were loaded with electrics, some of which could be a bit dodgy (Daewoo not as good as Hyundai it must be said), so be prepared to run a car where the engine/gearbox runs and runs but the aircon packs up and the central locking goes nuts every once in a while. Parts on pre-GM Daewoos can occasionally be hard to find as well.
All depends on how well it has been looked after really.
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I seem to remember the 1.6 isn't as good as the 1.4 unit, which is pretty much the same as an Astra. If you're buying it purely to run into the ground, and the bodywork's good, then why not. Be realistic in ownership though - if it throws up a £400 bill, send it back to God.
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but with an Isuzu-based engine that should run indefinitely if well-maintained.
Hmmm. My neighbour has an 02 plate Lanos, FdealerSH. Cambelt failed just about six months ago at lowish mileage (30k or so I think). Despite it being only months outside the warranty period, Chevrolet (same company after all) refused to consider any sort of compensation/payment towards the repair.
(Daewoo not as good as Hyundai it must be said)
Agreed, I would recommend a Hyundai every time. Cracking value for very good cars.
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thanks all , im still undecided about buying it... im a bangernomic by heart but summet about this motor says buy it!!!!
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thanks all im still undecided about buying it... im a bangernomic by heart but summet about this motor says buy it!!!!
See if you can get the price down to £500 (£525 if they won't go that low), and then provided the engine sounds sweet and the bodywork's ok, go for it. All anyone can do on here is point out the possible outcomes - timing belt isn't an issue at the moment...drop the oil and change all the filters & the plugs every year, and the engine will keep going. With the running gear you're always taking a risk. Ball-joints, track-rod ends, wheel bearings etc etc. Moving parts wear out. Provided you have a bit of luck, and know a good cheap independent mechanic, it could last you a few years.
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thanks gregswain , i think you sold me , i know its not a kings ransom to buy this vehicle but im on a really tight budget , im going to have alook again tommorow and see if i can knock him down a few sovs , il report back any road up ...cheers
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As Greg says don't spend too much on it. I'd kick 'em in the knackers quite honestly and offer £375 as a starting price -- these cars are hard to shift. Maybe get it for £450-475, and use the cash saved to give it a thorough service. Never does an old car any harm.
Bear in mind though that the Lanos was being sold in car supermarkets, brand new, for £4995 at one point, so they're a cheap car to start with. A bloke at work bought one for his missus at that price (1.4 engine), and it gave him good service for the six years he had it -- sold it a couple of years back. I thought it was OK to be honest, decent kit, seemed to go well enough, but it was noisy and leaned around bends. Good ride though, almost French-like wafty thing it was.
Like most Korean cars, they're not as bad as they're made out to be, and if you get a good one can make excellent runarounds. The technology is basic, any back-street should be able to fix them and most parts should be obtainable, if not cheap.
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I bounced a lanos hire car round the dirt roads of lanzarotte for two weeks. It had quite a few hard KMs under its belt, and was showing some tiredness, but everything worked and hung together.
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the car should be fine, they have a good reputation over here (get used as taxis which is a good reccomendation in my opinion) spares should be available via GM and very easy to work on - go on, have a punt and never look back, at that price if you get a years good motoring whats the worry?
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the seller 0f the car in question reckons its an astra with a daewoo badge on it more or less , if thats true then would i be able to get parts from a GM / vauxall supplier?
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well its not quite is it. Its a hybrid and does use some parts from GM. Your trouble will be finding out what parts are common, and what the part numbers (GM) are.
As daewoo is dead, and Chrysler will have NO interest in supporting daewoo cars, you will have to rely on your knowledgeable local motor factor. If you have a good one, thats half the battle.
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Strangely milky i wrote a post advising you to buy an astra old shape p/r registered but deleted it, these are good cars and with the 1400 ohc engine will never beat any records, but they sure are reliable and chep to maintain.
I still advise against the doopoo, its 9 years old and the alloy bits of the car like the radiator will be turning to dust as i write.
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No. The Nexia was a rebadged Astra, but the Lanos takes bits and pieces from a few different cars.
It is not true to say however that GM (Chevrolet not Chrysler!!) don't support the older cars any more. It's a little-known fact that most of the Lanoses were not Korean at all but in fact built in the old FSO factory in Poland. This is not a good thing in general, but it does mean that the parts are reasonably readily available, since the cars continued to be built in Poland after Daewoo's collapse.
I have seen no reason to believe that individual parts (rads etc) are any less well made on Daewoos than any other car of the era. And the fact that the car is several years newer than anything else you'd get for the price means that it's highly unlikely that the car will be any more prone to age-related problems than anything else really.
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The Polish Daewoo factory (nee FSO) was bought by the Ukrainian Automobile Corporation (UkrAvto) and indeed makes the Lanos 1.6 model (T150) the 1.5 and 1.3 Sens models are assembled in the Zaparozia factory in Ukraine.
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