I've just bought a 2003 5 door T Sport. I previously owned a 2003 Impreza WRX. I've found that it is very quick once on the move but off the line I get a lot of wheelspin on our wet roads. I think I started to take the Impreza's AWD traction for granted. Also, part if the reason I sold the Impreza was that I was only getting about 24 miles per gallon. I thought the Corolla would be better but I'm currently getting about 25-26 mpg.
Tyres make a huge difference on the tsport - I moved to rainsport 3 tyres and wheelspin is a lot better but the tyre wear is much worse. Around the city they are a pig on petrol about 25 is as good as i get too but on a run i get about 37-40mpg sitting at 60
Drove one from '08 to '14, started at 153 kms, and sold it at 142 000, well, very well, maintained. But it had been hit by hail, so a lot of damage. Swapped it for an S60 2.4 t5. Initially the Volvo felt like a bus, but after a few hundred kms, I got used to it. It has a gem of an engine this Corolla. 4000 rpm at 135 on the counter is exhausting if you drive 1200 kms on the highway. It is as fast to 100 as my current Volvo, but the 5 cylinder turbo leaves it behind as from around 110-130 and completely loses it between 160-200. Not as if that is something you will do every day. I miss the high revs, and the sound. Though a 5 banger sounds nice, this Corolla was like, quite exceptional in the sound department! Dr. Jekyll, Mr Hyde.
Wish we had the 2 door corolla like yours over here in New Zealand! We only have the boring 4 door models and the shape of the corollas here is not as good looking! Great video!
viejko.Thank you for making the T Sport videos. I bought a T Sport a year ago and watched all your videos at the time. It's nice to have a car that puts a smile on your face. Are you still keeping the car or thinking of getting a faster one? Nice review.
Awesome video mate! Very good car, i would like buy one. One question. How many km's does you car have? And what i need to see, when i'm going to buy? (e.g. rust or something?). I look a model from 2002/04 with 175.000 km, with 2 owners.
Great review. I really wanted it badly, but couldn't buy it as I was too young (insurance), so I had the 1.6 petrol. They don't make engines like this any more.
They released basically this in the United States in 2005 and 2006, it's called the Corolla XRS. Wish I had that one I only have a normal 2006 Corolla S
I want to buy the 1.8 t sport model but as in uk Inusrnace is high specially me being 18 years old I will have to go with the 1.4 or 1.6 model but even though I want the t sprit model as I like that one. And then maybe when 2 or 3 years later when insurance comes alot down I'll get this model.
šta misliš kako bi ispali federi od 1.8 TS na 1.6 vvti normalnu Corollu E12 Hb ? Morao bi menjati amortizere nove i federe pa mi ispala jedna šansa za original federe od TS-a ?
Good review but I'd like to ask you few things: I wonder how reliable the car is? Did you have any major repairs during the time you've had it? And is there any rust?
+Mk2b Tranceporter I am an owner for 3 years and I didn't had any major repairs, just once during the cold winter the engine temperature gauge got "confused" and showed me that engine is super hot, but I turn the engine off and on and it's back to a normal temperature. you can join my Facebook page and send me a message, I can send you pictures that I took underneath the car, it has minimal rust from what I can see, cheers
Здравей ! Can you please tell me if it's easy to drive/park in the city ? Is it loud on the motorway and is it strong enough for Balkan roads (Sofia here)
Hallo my friend ... did you have any engine problem with this 03 model such as broking crankshaft or leaking oil from the flang in head? And the most important I want to ask you , is, if this 2zz ge engine burning oils???? I mean in every change of oil ,let 's say every 5000 km , was missing oils or it was full of oil and if it was burning oil, how many ml was missing in every change in about 5000 km ????? Please tell me becouse I really LIKEEE this car from every else and i found it from a guy who is very careful in his corolla ts (I 've heard).
Hello, I didnt had any big problems with the engine (120,000km milage), only little problem is that during VVTL-I the oil enters into cylinders so little blue smoke comes from exhaust. About oil change I dont drive my T Sport so much, so no problems although it does suck up oil faster than regular cars.
@@VuckoHD Thank you my friend for your answer. Just 2 more things : First of all , how often do you change the oil in Tsport, i mean every how many kilometres ?? And in these kilometers did you notice how much quantity of oil (ml of liter) was missing from the 2zz ge engine ?? If you noticed of course.
+Max Go and see this list: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2059210.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XAluminum+TRD+Pedals+&_nkw=Aluminum+TRD+Pedals+&_sacat=0
@@bafalo992 ne znam da li jos vozis corollu, mnogo vremena je proslo. Ja imam 1.4vvti, kupio sam ga relativno skoro, i auto u leru radi na 600 obrtaja. Da li je to malo, kako je kod tebe? Hvala
