most unreliable car
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One Pal of mine will say Megane then his A3...both bags of s
t....owned from new...various issues with both, specific to each model....another Pal with a Beemer 3 and then he chopped in for a 1 coupe thing....both crap too....and to think he took the piss out of my Mrs and her Citroen that has been 100% since new....
t....owned from new...various issues with both, specific to each model....another Pal with a Beemer 3 and then he chopped in for a 1 coupe thing....both crap too....and to think he took the piss out of my Mrs and her Citroen that has been 100% since new....I'm glad someone brought up heat issues - brings back memories.
Friend/workmate once ran a Phase 1 R5GT which was MASSIVELY brilliant to drive but did lead to the following issues...
1 - was on first-name terms with the guys at the Renault Dealer just from picking-him-up that many times. He got Christmas Cards from them, so much did he spend...
2 - if we went out for lunch, lunch had to be less than 20 mins or more than 1 hour because it would NOT restart in that 25-55 min window (fuel evaporation)
3 - It simply refused to start in cold/damp conditions - which always seemed to coincide with coming out of a club at 3am - pushing the damn thing to start it was a great way of sobering-up tho (the driver/owner was tee-total hence it was always his car!!)
Good days tho - I'd not own one as a daily driver if it were the last car on earth but they're MASSIVE fun when they work
Friend/workmate once ran a Phase 1 R5GT which was MASSIVELY brilliant to drive but did lead to the following issues...
1 - was on first-name terms with the guys at the Renault Dealer just from picking-him-up that many times. He got Christmas Cards from them, so much did he spend...
2 - if we went out for lunch, lunch had to be less than 20 mins or more than 1 hour because it would NOT restart in that 25-55 min window (fuel evaporation)
3 - It simply refused to start in cold/damp conditions - which always seemed to coincide with coming out of a club at 3am - pushing the damn thing to start it was a great way of sobering-up tho (the driver/owner was tee-total hence it was always his car!!)
Good days tho - I'd not own one as a daily driver if it were the last car on earth but they're MASSIVE fun when they work
Adz The Rat said:
I had a 52 plate one and yes it was awful, it fell apart and was only 8 months old.
What fell off? I have a 54 plate that I've had since new. Nothing has ever fallen off. The sunroof rattles and the fake leather trim on the steering wheel has melted but nothing has fallen off.
Out of all the car either my friends,family or myself have had these stand out.
Seat Toledo 1.8 20v. No end of trouble. Left me stranded on average once every two months and it wanted for nothing maintenance wise.
Seat Ibiza 1.4. Broke down more often than enough.
Seat Ibiza 1.9tdi. Great Miles per gallon, supposedly, my mate never found out as it was always getting fixed.
Audi a4 tdi. Always under dealership inspection? Seemed like it.
BMW e39 525 and 528, other than ABS units failing in both and cupholders breaking no real mechanical faults, never been stranded, only parts that should have been replaced many 10s of thousands of miles ago have failed.
Citroen SAxo VTR with 140,000 very hard miles on it, rev limiter used from cold, brutal gearchanges without clutch, handbrake turns everywhere, every bump in the road treated as a ramp to get air from.... so reliable we are kind of worried that it really should have went wrong and that it hasnt is a bit odd. Head gasket went from standing for months and then being raked. On the plus side, they are stupidly easy to work on.
Seat Toledo 1.8 20v. No end of trouble. Left me stranded on average once every two months and it wanted for nothing maintenance wise.
Seat Ibiza 1.4. Broke down more often than enough.
Seat Ibiza 1.9tdi. Great Miles per gallon, supposedly, my mate never found out as it was always getting fixed.
Audi a4 tdi. Always under dealership inspection? Seemed like it.
BMW e39 525 and 528, other than ABS units failing in both and cupholders breaking no real mechanical faults, never been stranded, only parts that should have been replaced many 10s of thousands of miles ago have failed.
Citroen SAxo VTR with 140,000 very hard miles on it, rev limiter used from cold, brutal gearchanges without clutch, handbrake turns everywhere, every bump in the road treated as a ramp to get air from.... so reliable we are kind of worried that it really should have went wrong and that it hasnt is a bit odd. Head gasket went from standing for months and then being raked. On the plus side, they are stupidly easy to work on.
Jimbo. said:
Maserati 3200GT. By. A. Mile. Assuming if course it could run for a mile without the engine light coming on AGAIN, or the engine going into limp home mode AGAIN, or the fuse for the indicators and electric windows blowing AGAIN, or the central locking going haywire AGAIN. And this is before you factor cost into the equation...
Had one at a circuit where I was an instructor - it almost never worked due to electrical issues...my company honda crv 2.2cdti,ok its an ambulance response car.06 plate 154k,on its 3rd engine,new discs and pads every 12 weeks,track rod ends,prop and driveshafts fail every 3-4 months,rear subframe failed at 120k sheared the rear wheel off,thank god my collegue was driving at 30 mph..alternater sheared off,aircon compresser failed,oil cooler pipes split....most unreliable car i have ever driven...our y reg 120k astra diesel is still going strong, sack of sXXt but just wont break..
I ran a new Audi TT 225 on a 1999(V) for 4 years, but despite the excellent build quality it was the most problematic car I've ever had. All fixed under warranty I had a crack develop from the bottom of the windscreen on TWO separate occasions; a faulty air flow meter causing it to over-fuel and run rough; a lateral G sensor on the ESP failed; a rear wheel bearing developed a noise and was replaced; the reader-coil on the ignition switch that senses the immobiliser transponder in the key marooned me on more than one occassion and it took 3 visits before they fixed it; and of course, it had to go back across the channel to have the rear spoiler/suspension modification.
I was on first name terms with the service desk guys and spent most of my time driving the rest of the Audi range in courtesy cars. The best of which was an A4 TDI (110) which I surprisingly loved to bits.
On top of that, when I sold it to a friend, the microswitch in the drivers door that senses the position of the glass failed and the window wouldn't drive up to meet the door seal. That cost me £200 as a goodwill gesture. German engineering at its best.
I was on first name terms with the service desk guys and spent most of my time driving the rest of the Audi range in courtesy cars. The best of which was an A4 TDI (110) which I surprisingly loved to bits.
On top of that, when I sold it to a friend, the microswitch in the drivers door that senses the position of the glass failed and the window wouldn't drive up to meet the door seal. That cost me £200 as a goodwill gesture. German engineering at its best.
Cobnapint said:
I ran a new Audi TT 225 on a 1999(V) for 4 years, but despite the excellent build quality it was the most problematic car I've ever had. All fixed under warranty I had a crack develop from the bottom of the windscreen on TWO separate occasions; a faulty air flow meter causing it to over-fuel and run rough; a lateral G sensor on the ESP failed; a rear wheel bearing developed a noise and was replaced; the reader-coil on the ignition switch that senses the immobiliser transponder in the key marooned me on more than one occassion and it took 3 visits before they fixed it; and of course, it had to go back across the channel to have the rear spoiler/suspension modification.
I was on first name terms with the service desk guys and spent most of my time driving the rest of the Audi range in courtesy cars. The best of which was an A4 TDI (110) which I surprisingly loved to bits.
On top of that, when I sold it to a friend, the microswitch in the drivers door that senses the position of the glass failed and the window wouldn't drive up to meet the door seal. That cost me £200 as a goodwill gesture. German engineering at its best.
So the build quality wasn't excellentI was on first name terms with the service desk guys and spent most of my time driving the rest of the Audi range in courtesy cars. The best of which was an A4 TDI (110) which I surprisingly loved to bits.
On top of that, when I sold it to a friend, the microswitch in the drivers door that senses the position of the glass failed and the window wouldn't drive up to meet the door seal. That cost me £200 as a goodwill gesture. German engineering at its best.
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