How many miles do you do a day out of interest?
Mine doesn't creak at all :?
Again, mine's solid throughout. It's all about buying a decent one, if you buy a tatty one, it'll be rotten and have worn parts all over the place, if you buy a looked after one, it won't be any less reliable, any more rust prone or creak more than any other car IMO.
The mk1 is the best car I've had, I've had other old cars, of a similar vintage, and it's a million times better than all of them. If it drives well and isn't brown everywhere, it'll be fine, just like mine is.
Keep the Corrado anyway Jim, you can actually get people in the back seats :lol: