I was about to buy a Vauxhall Astra 1.7 DTI Esate diesel (60MPG) then found out from this forum that the engine seizes at high milege. I had not idea. So I didnt go ahead with purchase.
Lots of good advice on here from honest people.
I don't think anybody on here is dishonest, which is one of the reasons I come here.
But the real problem that affects all web sites is that there is a lack of statistically significant information about the frequency with which problems occur. There are stories on here about e.g... I could post that the engine undertray on my 54 C-Max had come adrift at the back*. But is that a pretty-much unique to my car, or a common problem of all C-Max TDCis, Focuses, Fords? It may say more about my driving and the speed cushions at the office park where I work. But we simply don't know because it's one of many hundreds of thousands of vehicles, so to make a big deal of it is akin to medical scandals such as MMR, where the statistical evidence did not support the claims of a few people armed with compelling anecdotes.
Even if you have statistically significant numbers of vehicles/owners to ask, what you ask and how also affects the answers you get. Lies, damn lies & statistics!
*As an aside, would just like to say this was fixed for free by Forest Gate Ford of Corby despite the car being about 3 years and 35k beyond warranty, which probably exceeds the expectations that most people here have of Ford dealers (myself included).
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