Corsa-B.uk - Vauxhall, Opel and Holden Corsa B Owners Club

First I know nothing about cars, I just know a lot of people who know about cars so when I bought mine I left them to check it was OK ish
I have a P reg Corsa B I bought it end of June with 80000 miles for less than £500 so I was aware that something might go wrong at some point
Recently it intermittently judders and rattles which you can make go away by getting the revs up before changing gears, and it settles down once it's in higher gears and better speed, it's worse when it's low on fuel. There appears to be a little leak which (apparently) looked like it might be the Rocker Cover Gasket except that was changed very recently, various ideas so far are could be HG but I'm not drinking water or oil or blowing smoke or anything, someone else suggested checking it's actually firing on all 4 cylinders have done the Lambda sensore was waiting to change all the other bits n bobs that aren't massively expesnive and a lovely mechanic friend is goign to check the whole car properly next week, except I'm not sure it'll make it to next week Today it's very hot under the handbrake/gearstick which I hadn't noticed before so unsure if that's new or just part of the same problem getting worse :( I love my car I've only got as far as lowering the fromt nothing else has been done yet and I really want to work out whether to get rid now or if I'm imagining the worst when it might be little things (wishful thinking??)

Wouldnt worry too much bout the heat at handbrake and gearstick that will more than likely be the heat coming from exhaust under the car:) if the car starts getting jittery when low on fuel it may just be that its low on fuel or that the fuel filter needs changed. If i were ijn your shoes i would give it a good service chhange all filters and plugs etc. Fill up with optimax etc slightly higher octane makes my corsa seem to run better:) also when was last time timing belt was done and also have you checked the EGR valve??

Had another wee look at ur symptomsSounds like engine is being starved of fuel. Thinking fuel filter or poss egr valve. Could be wrong but defo check em out and if u dont know when it was last serviced give it a full service:)

Thank you all, driving fine up to the garage so theres me thinking ah prob be just one or 2 things
needs cambelt and bolts and entire exhaust system 2 cylinders are low on compression and the entire back end needs welding
bye bye car