X builds the car you want but you wish is was built by Y
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Whilst fixing a failed sensor on my A6 I started thinking what I'd replace it with, after some thought there isn't anything to replace it with, I just wish it was built by Toyota in the '90's.
I like the Audi because its a big estate with 4 wheel drive, is fast and is nice inside. I dislike it because its a typical unreliable VAG product. If Toyota had built a 4wd, big, fast nice estate in the '90's that was essentially an A6 but without the over complication and sometime daft design features thats what I'd want.
Anyone got any others?
I like the Audi because its a big estate with 4 wheel drive, is fast and is nice inside. I dislike it because its a typical unreliable VAG product. If Toyota had built a 4wd, big, fast nice estate in the '90's that was essentially an A6 but without the over complication and sometime daft design features thats what I'd want.
Anyone got any others?
It is unfortunate but Audi do build a good variety of cars covering all bases, but the A6 is turning out to be the most unreliable car I have ever had bar my Peugeot 205, that was the end of ever buying French.
The Audi, failed locks meaning cutting through the door cards to open doors to replace mechanisms, drain channels blocking flooding interior ecus so door flick locked, open, windows drop, coolant sensor failed, vacuum hoses made from non flexible heat bristling plastic above manifolds, dash that controls everything with what looks like a worm going through the pixles obscuring everything, have the constant fear the auto box is going to fail as it randomly bangs and clunks. Wings rusting as they are lined with polystyrene. Then when you open the bonnet remove all plastic nonsense realise nothing cam be got to without engine out. There seems to be no reason it's as complicated as it needs to be.
I want the shell, seats, drive train but with Toyota doing the rest, all mechanisms, peripherals etc. preferably from the 90's so you open the bonnet and its straight forward engine a loom going to it then end.
The Audi, failed locks meaning cutting through the door cards to open doors to replace mechanisms, drain channels blocking flooding interior ecus so door flick locked, open, windows drop, coolant sensor failed, vacuum hoses made from non flexible heat bristling plastic above manifolds, dash that controls everything with what looks like a worm going through the pixles obscuring everything, have the constant fear the auto box is going to fail as it randomly bangs and clunks. Wings rusting as they are lined with polystyrene. Then when you open the bonnet remove all plastic nonsense realise nothing cam be got to without engine out. There seems to be no reason it's as complicated as it needs to be.
I want the shell, seats, drive train but with Toyota doing the rest, all mechanisms, peripherals etc. preferably from the 90's so you open the bonnet and its straight forward engine a loom going to it then end.
Herman Toothrot said:
It is unfortunate but Audi do build a good variety of cars covering all bases, but the A6 is turning out to be the most unreliable car I have ever had bar my Peugeot 205, that was the end of ever buying French.
The Audi, failed locks meaning cutting through the door cards to open doors to replace mechanisms, drain channels blocking flooding interior ecus so door flick locked, open, windows drop, coolant sensor failed, vacuum hoses made from non flexible heat bristling plastic above manifolds, dash that controls everything with what looks like a worm going through the pixles obscuring everything, have the constant fear the auto box is going to fail as it randomly bangs and clunks. Wings rusting as they are lined with polystyrene. Then when you open the bonnet remove all plastic nonsense realise nothing cam be got to without engine out. There seems to be no reason it's as complicated as it needs to be.
I want the shell, seats, drive train but with Toyota doing the rest, all mechanisms, peripherals etc. preferably from the 90's so you open the bonnet and its straight forward engine a loom going to it then end.
To expand on this, I thought I wanted a Porsche 911, with Porsche build and Porsche badges.The Audi, failed locks meaning cutting through the door cards to open doors to replace mechanisms, drain channels blocking flooding interior ecus so door flick locked, open, windows drop, coolant sensor failed, vacuum hoses made from non flexible heat bristling plastic above manifolds, dash that controls everything with what looks like a worm going through the pixles obscuring everything, have the constant fear the auto box is going to fail as it randomly bangs and clunks. Wings rusting as they are lined with polystyrene. Then when you open the bonnet remove all plastic nonsense realise nothing cam be got to without engine out. There seems to be no reason it's as complicated as it needs to be.
I want the shell, seats, drive train but with Toyota doing the rest, all mechanisms, peripherals etc. preferably from the 90's so you open the bonnet and its straight forward engine a loom going to it then end.
I bought one, a 2001 model. It was lovely, looked lovely, sounded lovely, all of that.
It was the most unreliable, rubbish car I have ever owned, by some margin. Everything went wrong, some trivial things, some massive things (continual gearbox faults - the box was in and out 7 times in the end, and it was never right even after that and mega £££££'s). In 4 years I spent 15 grand on repairs. Useless.
Even little things that you'd never expect from a Porsche - like pulling the windscreen washers on one day, hearing a 'pop' sound, and seeing washer fluid run down the road. The flipping pipe had popped off the reservior pump.
When I got to it, after dismantling the inner arch covers inside the NSF wheelarch, it was obvious that the pipe is just pushed onto the outlet fixing - without any kind of clip or tie around it. I knew this because there was no clip in sight, and the hose was perfect on the outside - if there HAD been a clip, the hose would have had the tell-tale dents around it. Porsche deemed it good enough that the hose would stay pushed on. This is the kind of crap you expect in French cars, no?
So - Porsche 911 built in Japan anyone?
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
To expand on this, I thought I wanted a Porsche 911, with Porsche build and Porsche badges.
I bought one, a 2001 model. It was lovely, looked lovely, sounded lovely, all of that.
It was the most unreliable, rubbish car I have ever owned, by some margin. Everything went wrong, some trivial things, some massive things (continual gearbox faults - the box was in and out 7 times in the end, and it was never right even after that and mega £££££'s). In 4 years I spent 15 grand on repairs. Useless.
Even little things that you'd never expect from a Porsche - like pulling the windscreen washers on one day, hearing a 'pop' sound, and seeing washer fluid run down the road. The flipping pipe had popped off the reservior pump.
When I got to it, after dismantling the inner arch covers inside the NSF wheelarch, it was obvious that the pipe is just pushed onto the outlet fixing - without any kind of clip or tie around it. I knew this because there was no clip in sight, and the hose was perfect on the outside - if there HAD been a clip, the hose would have had the tell-tale dents around it. Porsche deemed it good enough that the hose would stay pushed on. This is the kind of crap you expect in French cars, no?
So - Porsche 911 built in Japan anyone?
I have an 80's 911 and the complete opposite. Build Quality is exceptionalI bought one, a 2001 model. It was lovely, looked lovely, sounded lovely, all of that.
It was the most unreliable, rubbish car I have ever owned, by some margin. Everything went wrong, some trivial things, some massive things (continual gearbox faults - the box was in and out 7 times in the end, and it was never right even after that and mega £££££'s). In 4 years I spent 15 grand on repairs. Useless.
Even little things that you'd never expect from a Porsche - like pulling the windscreen washers on one day, hearing a 'pop' sound, and seeing washer fluid run down the road. The flipping pipe had popped off the reservior pump.
When I got to it, after dismantling the inner arch covers inside the NSF wheelarch, it was obvious that the pipe is just pushed onto the outlet fixing - without any kind of clip or tie around it. I knew this because there was no clip in sight, and the hose was perfect on the outside - if there HAD been a clip, the hose would have had the tell-tale dents around it. Porsche deemed it good enough that the hose would stay pushed on. This is the kind of crap you expect in French cars, no?
So - Porsche 911 built in Japan anyone?
I also have a 1988 Lotus Esprit Turbo....... Every single Lotus part is perfect and original, Almost every single Toyota part has failed.
I would absolutely love the Aston Martin DB9 V12 to be built by Alfa Romeo........ I would now be able to afford one as a shed! Maybe even a couple in different colours depending on my mood.
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Even little things that you'd never expect from a Porsche - like pulling the windscreen washers on one day, hearing a 'pop' sound, and seeing washer fluid run down the road. The flipping pipe had popped off the reservior pump.
When I got to it, after dismantling the inner arch covers inside the NSF wheelarch, it was obvious that the pipe is just pushed onto the outlet fixing - without any kind of clip or tie around it. I knew this because there was no clip in sight, and the hose was perfect on the outside - if there HAD been a clip, the hose would have had the tell-tale dents around it. Porsche deemed it good enough that the hose would stay pushed on. This is the kind of crap you expect in French cars, no?
Funnily enough that is a french thing, and it works really well. I changed the washer pump on my 106 and the hoses were rock solid on the old one - never touched from the factory. A clip would be wasted time.When I got to it, after dismantling the inner arch covers inside the NSF wheelarch, it was obvious that the pipe is just pushed onto the outlet fixing - without any kind of clip or tie around it. I knew this because there was no clip in sight, and the hose was perfect on the outside - if there HAD been a clip, the hose would have had the tell-tale dents around it. Porsche deemed it good enough that the hose would stay pushed on. This is the kind of crap you expect in French cars, no?
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