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MB S Class 3 years old low mileage, constant faults finished up taking main dealer to small claims court.
MB E class purchased new local main dealers very snooty, apparently, it's a privilege to own an MB, developed a fault, dealer tried to fob me off by stating it was not a warranty repair, I gave him short shift, they repaired but they made a mistake during the repair, so repair failed and had to be repaired by another dealer, had to threaten court action before original dealer paid up.
Had a succession of Jaguar's including old XJ's never any problems.
Various Porche 911's vastly overrated.
BMW, old ones fine, eg 2002, anything later - not with a barge pole
Last 5 cars being Lexus I don't envisage changing to anything else
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None really. In the late 1980s I had an old 1977 Golf with worn valve guides and plenty of rust. No power at all (1043cc I think), dreadfully badly geared, it sounded like it would explode above 60mph. But it was reliable and only cost £100 so can't complain...
Edited by Xileno on 03/04/2022 at 12:53
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Agree the MK1 Corsa (Rough) was the worst car I've had the misfortune to drive, same reasons as you, luckily it was for just one day. Driven a 55 and 60 Punto. The 60 was far nicer, had as a hire car, steering was sharper and the engine more responsive. Quite fancy one as a classic runabout.
A couple of weeks ago I noticed a Punto on Autotrader, it was a dark-ish non metallic green 3 door with the blue seat trim. Wasn't that expensive (I think it was around £2-2.5k) and looked in great condition, very tempting!.
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BBD, I look from time to time. A white five door was auctioned yesterday. angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-2nd-sunda.../
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BBD, I look from time to time. A white five door was auctioned yesterday. angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-2nd-sunda.../
That is nice.
Pity its white (not a fan of white on most cars), but I'd happily use that!.
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Back to subject, Bread Van VW Polo. Terrible brakes, just 4 speed, and stank of dog wee - never got rid of the smell.
Renault 4 GTL - picked up on a Friday evening and took back to the dealer Monday morning for a refund. Clutch was slipping so badly it needed replacing, bonnet wouldn't open and one of the workshop lads had broken a knob on the brand new graphic equaliser I'd supplied for them to fit. They wouldn't accept responsibility for the breakage. Got my money back bar one month's road tax.
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An Espace. But I suppose on reflection, I deserved to regret that. Woeful thing. If it had been a horse, I would have asked a vet to shoot it.
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You weren't the only one. There was a very long thread here in Technical years ago (2004/5?) regarding the 2.2 dci engine mysteriously cutting out. I don't think anyone ever got to the bottom of it. Shame, as when they worked they were nice cars.
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1994 vauxhall astra 1.4 ls hi torque, basic car everything manual
No pas no electric windows manual sunroof, kept it till traded in for a jazz
It was 60 bhp woefully underpowered and struggled with 4 adults and baggage.
Even the mot guy was saying when u getting rid of it as it was unreliable
Kept stalling once stopped at a busy traffic lights wouldnt start locals had to
Push the car in order to sort out the stalling problem turned out to be
A worn distrubutor parts were cheap for a reason as it kept breaking down
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An Espace. But I suppose on reflection, I deserved to regret that. Woeful thing. If it had been a horse, I would have asked a vet to shoot it.
The fact that its a car is no excuse.
Elvis shot his DeTomaso Pantera because it kept breaking down!.
But even doing what Basil Fawlty did and give the car a damn good thrashing might have helped watch (YT)
;-)
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My biggest regret was as a result of selling my existing car rather than the quality of the one I bought. I was persuaded by my wife to trade in my beloved Honda Accord for an almost new Audi A4. Within days of purchase I wished that I still had the Accord,
The Audi was fine but I never had the same affiliation to it as I had with the Accord. In the end i traded it in two years later (but no new Accords were available by that time). However I dodged a bullet as I was told that two weeks after trading it the A4 had sprung a massive oil leak, I am not sure what happened after that but the car is shown on the Government website as untaxed since shortly after I had traded it in.
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Biggest mistake I ever made was scrapping a moggie minor van because SWMBO hated it and it needed a new half shaft oil seal.
I've ignored her ever since on the choice of cars.
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Worst decision. Triumph 1300 bought by student "syndicate" at auction.
Actually a series of bad decisions, because, once I'd deduced that it had a crack in the bottom of the sump which caused the engine oil to drain into the differential and then out through its breather, we elected to fix it (we were young, and aspired to be mechanical purists) rather than bodge, which I would do without hesitation now
Was a very big job, which we made bigger (and probably less effective) by assembling one gearbox from the "best bits" of the original and the scrap one we bought.
BUT it worked, a bit of a triumph of ignorance over adversity, so I don't really regret it.
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Agree with the post above, my biggest regret was buying and Espace.
Lovely idea but so badly executed, in fact that is what should have happened to it.
I broke down three times on the way to Devon, and The same Britannia rescue man came to ur rescue twice within five miles.
On the way back the radiator fan burnt out and filled the cabin with smoke.
No 2 was an Audi A2 TDi 90.
Totally bowled over by the concept as explained by the club members at Kimbolton Classic Show. But one thing after another failed and the awful choppy ride and turbo lag finally persuaded me to part company.
Still love the shape and the seating position , aluminium space frame body and the Owners Club are fantastic in every way.
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Bought a 2005 Octavia to replace an accident write off 2007 Toyota Auris.
In theory, it should have been every bit as painless to own as the Auris. Petrol engine, naturally aspirated, chain driven, FSH, no advisories on the MOT (ever), one elderly owner from new. Reputation for durability.
Bought at 94k miles and it was an endless run of niggles and premature wear n tear. Shock absorbers, driver's window regulator, radiator, brake light switch, central locking mechanism, rear wiper motor, seized brake caliper, catalytic converter, fuel pump, starter motor, battery drain (unable to diagnose), alarm going off randomly (unable to diagnose). These are just the things I can remember, there were others.
Have gone back to Toyota - mk2 Yaris and enjoying trouble free motoring again.
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Bought a 2005 Octavia to replace an accident write off 2007 Toyota Auris.
In theory, it should have been every bit as painless to own as the Auris. Petrol engine, naturally aspirated, chain driven, FSH, no advisories on the MOT (ever), one elderly owner from new. Reputation for durability.
Bought at 94k miles and it was an endless run of niggles and premature wear n tear. Shock absorbers, driver's window regulator, radiator, brake light switch, central locking mechanism, rear wiper motor, seized brake caliper, catalytic converter, fuel pump, starter motor, battery drain (unable to diagnose), alarm going off randomly (unable to diagnose). These are just the things I can remember, there were others.
Have gone back to Toyota - mk2 Yaris and enjoying trouble free motoring again.
I thought the chain driven VAG engines were the problematic ones?. And while I am usually thinking about the TSI's here, if memory serves, SLO doesn't rate the reliability of the FSI's either.
Of course this isn't relevant, as the problems you had were not engine related!.
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The problematic engines were the later ones. Mine was the FSI. Dull but durable. More a cruiser than a bruiser which suited my driving style.
In fairness, it plodded along and never left me stranded but I would always wondered 'what next?'.
Edited by Moodyman on 05/04/2022 at 12:03
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