Most unrelieble car?

[jonsey77]

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?

[jonsey77]

Gad-Westy said:

Having said that, the Golf 1.8T I replaced it with wasn't the paragon of reliability I was led to beleive...

Agreed I used to sell them and they were often back to be fixed, new engines before 5,000 miles in a few cases.

[jonsey77]

vrooom said:

Citroen AX GT. in 6 month, i spent 1 grand fixing up, and nearly killed me, as the car like to swap rear end for front, and brakes doesnt work.....

I wanted one of these for ages, didn't they have different rear wheel arches to the normal one?

[jonsey77]

One of the reasons I asked about this is because my experiences with cars over the past 6 - 7 years have been of dissappointment in terms of reliability even the brand new VAG wagons including Audi's that I used to sell.

My BMW was IMO poor in terms of reliability. It didn't actually break down but was tempremental in many ways that you wouldn't expect.

Maybe I just expect too much from a car?

In realty it is just moving parts.