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Sorry It took so long but here it is! Well After many a year driving my old car, a Nissan 1985 Gazelle (S12 Silvia)....it was time to move forward. Heres a couple of pics After my daughter being born early last year, I needed something that was more practical and reliable. Being a nissan man for a very long time I found it hard to find something that was four door, practical, reliable and is also unique that you don't see too many on the road... The entire time of looking at cars, I kept finding myself veering towards the S15's, Skyline R24's and so on.....just nothing was catching my interest. Sure I could have gone for something like a WRX....but they are too common. I still like my cars to be unique. Then, after almost giving up, I was heading home from work and I saw it. A white Corolla. But not just any Corolla, a 05 Corolla Sportivo. The moment I felt my head turn I immediately knew I had to find one. And I did! May I present to you my Red 05 Corolla Sportivo! Bought at Cornes Toyota, my new baby is stock as a rock and has only done 43,000kms What plans lay ahead for this? Well who knows (some more pictures might help :P) but for the mean time I will enjoy driving this car from the very day I picked it up a few weeks ago...

Hey all! Sorry about the late response. My shop that I manage has been going under a massive refurbishments so late nights galore have been done the last 6 days. After getting screwed around with the bank for a car loan (and not to mention the paperwork being almost as thick as the White Pages), I told them to screw it and got a personal loan. So yep, I got it. It's in the driveway and i'm absoultely loving it! Expect pictures this weekend!

05 Corolla Sportivo Upgrade - 42880 km's

There is too much hassle with private buyers at the moment in Adelaide (well from the ones I've gone to anyways) Yeh I guess dealers can be dodgy, but if you read fine print and know the tricks that they try and play, you can overcome that and beat them at their own game. I guess I went through a dealer as this is my first newish car. I was driving a 1985 Aus spec Gazelle before this purchase. I also needed piece of mind because of rapid changes in life and needed something a bit bigger. I don't think I will get sick of the sportivo. I like the type of car that makes your head turn and for me the Sportivo just happened to be one of those cars. :)

wouldnt pay more than 18-19k for it, he must be joking when he said 21k a guy here was selling his 05 model just a few months back for 18k with a bunch of goodies, lucky my friend picked it up :) Yeh 18k is a much better deal. Maybe my price is a bit too high as I'm buying from a dealer? Either way I can't wait for this car. Like....I wake up and i'm dissapointed because It's not in my driveway lol.

In South Australia, and this is fact, that drags, drifting or any other nature of driving that would be deemed as "unsafe" or "noise pollution" etc is not allowed on public areas. However, on private land, cops can't do anything. But just remember, you have to pull out of your driveway at some point ;)

The bank will usually require something along these lines if they are taking security over the car mate, its par for the course, only thing is, they don't really take into account the fact that although a dealer has no worries faxing them an invoice, a private buyer may not be so keen to do so without seeing their cash first. Bet you $50 its worth the wait . . . . . your gonna love it. B) Hey JC, Yeah I figured it would be a standard procedure. It's just for my instructions from pre-approval didn't mentioned so it just caused confusion. But I'm new at this, been putting off getting into debt with the bank :D Totally agree though, they need to understand that a private buyer wouldn't be willing to invoice...perhaps it's easier just to suffer the extra two percent of a personal loan to get it done on the spot. On a slightly off topic note, this forum is fantastic. Has answered and given me examples on this car so quickly and detailed that it's given me some great ideas to upgrade the little beast in the future....I must admit I do like the TRD grill :)

Well I was meant to pick up the car today.... However after getting all the information I needed from the bank, they then turned around and told me that I needed to have a signed invoice of purchase of the car. Seriously....what the hell. How can you buy a car and have a signed invoice for the car, before you have the total money?? Anywho after having massive discussion with the bank, it looks like I can finally pick up my Sportivo on Wednesday thanks to the public holiday. I'll be posting pics the moment I get it :) Only (now *sigh*) 4 days to go

Hi guys and girls. First off thanks very much for all the helpful info. Very appreciate it as it helped me make my decision easier. I drove past it last night and thought, I need to have this car. Luckily for me, it was still available. So, deposit is complete, all the negotiations are out of the way (for now) and now just waiting for the bank to come back with my approval (for half....i had half saved).. Original price was 22880 + onroads Got it for 21,000 drive away, full tank of gas, floor matts, and GPS nav unit. :D So the bank needs to hurry up and i'll be driving the little beast!

Hi guys and girls. I've been watching these forums for a few days now because on my search for a new car, my head turned and I saw a beautiful corolla. But not any corolla. I firey red, 2005 Corolla Sportivo. Now i've been a nissan man myself for many years, but changes in my life has caused me to get something more practical. Needless to say I test drove this car and found it great to drive. However I found the suspension very "rolly", but besides that an all round neat car. Here is my next dilemma. Since I have NO idea in what these should cost, I thought I would ask you friendly people out for advice on the following: Is this car worth it. Corolla Sportivo 2005 model upgraded (whatever that means...) - Completely stock standard - Has been an old executive Toyota Car - has only done 40,000km's and has been serviced by Midpoint Toyota in Adelaide every 10,000km's - Interior is mint as well as body. Cost is $21,000 drive away. Soooo.....is it worth it? Thanks! :)