Most unrelieble car?
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Was thinking back earlier to the reanult 19 16v I had about 5 - 6 years ago, I wanted one for ages and thought it was the best thing when I had it but god was it unrelaible it was off the road for half of the time I had it.
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
mungo said:
Thats nothing compared to the list of things that went wrong with my 88 TVR 350i - as much as I loved it
Took the words out of my mouth!!!!! I also had a 350i, albeit an '89. That car broke my heart and nearly my wallet.
Still one of the best exhaust notes on the planet though.
My M-reg Rover 214SLi
In 18 months and 20k miles:
head gasket
2 brake calipers (more likely down to a dodgy mechanic though)
complete exhaust
clutch
engine mounts
gearbox main shaft seal
broken exhaust valve
and that's just off the top of my head... Loved it though, it was my first car!
In 18 months and 20k miles:
head gasket
2 brake calipers (more likely down to a dodgy mechanic though)
complete exhaust
clutch
engine mounts
gearbox main shaft seal
broken exhaust valve
and that's just off the top of my head... Loved it though, it was my first car!
!jonsey77 said:
Was thinking back earlier to the reanult 19 16v I had about 5 - 6 years ago, I wanted one for ages and thought it was the best thing when I had it but god was it unrelaible it was off the road for half of the time I had it.
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
Funny, I once owned the same car (Series 2 Chamade version, full leather & electric everything
). My engine was "breathed on" enough to warrant series respect for the throttle when driving on anything other than a bone dry road, and even then you had to be carefull.. The car was always snapping clutch cables, I think I went through 5 in 3 years. I once had a cable snap whilst driving through a less than savoury part of Bracknell so rather than stop the car I drove all the way back to a mates house in farnborough with some very careful rev matched gear changing. Fantastic bit of driving if I do say so myself. I once asked the specialist who serviced the car if it was possible to fit a beefed up competition style clutch calbe to it. "Yes" was the answer, "but only if you ditch the heat shield between the manifold and bulkhead". "Ok" I said, "is that ok to do?". "Oh yes, but the car might burst into flames on a hot run". Needless to say I just stuck with replacing cables :lol:
nicecupoftea said:
My M-reg Rover 214SLi
In 18 months and 20k miles:
head gasket
2 brake calipers (more likely down to a dodgy mechanic though)
complete exhaust
clutch
engine mounts
gearbox main shaft seal
broken exhaust valve
and that's just off the top of my head... Loved it though, it was my first car!
In 18 months and 20k miles:
head gasket
2 brake calipers (more likely down to a dodgy mechanic though)
complete exhaust
clutch
engine mounts
gearbox main shaft seal
broken exhaust valve
and that's just off the top of my head... Loved it though, it was my first car!
My 414 is still in the garage. Had the head gasket done in Jan been overheating all sunner now having replacement cylinder head as it is cracked. Needs new radiator and one or two bits for the test, good job it cost me nothing to buy, has cost me plenty since!
Note to all Rover 200/400 owners do not let your temperature anywhere near the red. They are well known for head gasket/cracking problems and will cost at least 500 sobs to sort out.
My Alfa 75, although it wasn't as bad as that by the sounds of things, and No, it had very little rust.
The engine suffered from oil leaks, and when hot it would seep onto the middle silencer box and dissipate as smoke and give the impression that the car was even more of a heap then it really was.
Synchros on 4th 3rd and 2nd were all totally worn and it was worse on down changes.
The sealing on the exahust manifold gasket was problematic and once the down pipe came away from the manifold when I was driving.
The cam belt snapped when I bought it- however this was more the fault of the previous owner than inherent unreliability of the design- wrecking all the valves
I had the exhaust valve stay shut when driving thus blowing the induction plenum off all because the exhaust pushrod actuator came loose!
result was that the cam timing jumped a tooth also!
The De-Dion bush went and caused the rear gearbox on the trans axle to bounce between chasis and silencer on standing starts
The electrics- terrible: Had the fuel gauge tell me the tank was a quater full when it ran dry!
The fuel tank would leak out fuel - especially on steep inclines
I still have fond memories of that car, but it wasn't a patch on my E21 on handling or engine noise contrary to popular myth!
The engine suffered from oil leaks, and when hot it would seep onto the middle silencer box and dissipate as smoke and give the impression that the car was even more of a heap then it really was.
Synchros on 4th 3rd and 2nd were all totally worn and it was worse on down changes.
The sealing on the exahust manifold gasket was problematic and once the down pipe came away from the manifold when I was driving.
The cam belt snapped when I bought it- however this was more the fault of the previous owner than inherent unreliability of the design- wrecking all the valves
I had the exhaust valve stay shut when driving thus blowing the induction plenum off all because the exhaust pushrod actuator came loose!
result was that the cam timing jumped a tooth also!
The De-Dion bush went and caused the rear gearbox on the trans axle to bounce between chasis and silencer on standing starts
The electrics- terrible: Had the fuel gauge tell me the tank was a quater full when it ran dry!
The fuel tank would leak out fuel - especially on steep inclines
I still have fond memories of that car, but it wasn't a patch on my E21 on handling or engine noise contrary to popular myth!
Its very sad that you lot have nothing better to do than pull the TVR Wedge, a classic BRITISH sport car, to bits. They are not a eurobox and need to be looked after by someone who knows about them, like anything mechanical they work far better when operated by someone who has taken the time to understands how they work. If you have no idea what goes on under the bonnet of a car you should buy a piece of euroshit or a riceburner and let someone else worry about the oily bits, which, looking at you profiles is exactly what most of you have done. There is 300 odd highly skilled people out of work in Blackpool partly due to adverse comments made by people who know feck all.
[quote=badred]Its very sad that you lot have nothing better to do than pull the TVR Wedge, a classic BRITISH sport car, to bits [quote]
Pardon?
For the record, I have owned, and in this order
TVR S
TVR 350i
TVR Chimaera 4
TVR Chimaera 5
I was well aware of how classic the car was, it was just a dog, it spent 7 months off the road in the 12 I owned it, and cost me about 1/2 the bloody purchase price to get the bits fixed.
I still own the 5.0 Chimaera, so I guess some might suggest that I, having owned TVRs for about 8 years now, and I am 31, am kind of attached to TVRs. Not exactly ripping the company to pieces here mate. I spend as much time telling people my Chimaera and S were almost faultless for the years I had them.
Pardon?
For the record, I have owned, and in this order
TVR S
TVR 350i
TVR Chimaera 4
TVR Chimaera 5
I was well aware of how classic the car was, it was just a dog, it spent 7 months off the road in the 12 I owned it, and cost me about 1/2 the bloody purchase price to get the bits fixed.
I still own the 5.0 Chimaera, so I guess some might suggest that I, having owned TVRs for about 8 years now, and I am 31, am kind of attached to TVRs. Not exactly ripping the company to pieces here mate. I spend as much time telling people my Chimaera and S were almost faultless for the years I had them.
badred said:
Its very sad that you lot have nothing better to do than pull the TVR Wedge, a classic BRITISH sport car, to bits. They are not a eurobox and need to be looked after by someone who knows about them, like anything mechanical they work far better when operated by someone who has taken the time to understands how they work. If you have no idea what goes on under the bonnet of a car you should buy a piece of euroshit or a riceburner and let someone else worry about the oily bits, which, looking at you profiles is exactly what most of you have done. There is 300 odd highly skilled people out of work in Blackpool partly due to adverse comments made by people who know feck all.
You big baby.
Lots of guys on here tinker with their cars and know a thing or two about what makes a car go. I do a lot of the work on my car as it's a good way to learn and also I don't really trust very many garages to do the work I do. The thing is not everyone falls under the 'British' sports car spell. If a car can't hack in the real world then it should get shown up for what it really is, 'Classic' British sports car or not. Some of like fast cars that perform on a daily basis. Evidently you don't subscribe to this preferring instead to drive a heritage piece and calling anything else Euroshit.
jonsey77 said:
Was thinking back earlier to the reanult 19 16v I had about 5 - 6 years ago, I wanted one for ages and thought it was the best thing when I had it but god was it unrelaible it was off the road for half of the time I had it.
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
Snapped cambelt
6 x wheel bearings
Exhaust twice
Snapped bolts in the alloys
Snapped clutch cable
Engine fire from the plastic sparkplug cover sliding onto the exhaust
Water leaking through bonnet vent onto spark plugs, so used plywood to stop it. etc etc
Loved it though, but my Dad hated it! Anybody else have a similar experience. Car or bike to keep everybody happy?
My son's first car after family-hand-me-down. Red of course. Alternator went - 4 hours labour as shoehorned engine
Replacement was duff so back for a second Didn't have too many mechanical problems, none of those listed above IIRC, but the dashboard electrics worked only when they felt like it :gallicshrug: Fun to drive.
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