PH says my car is crap - I don't care thread
Discussion
santona1937 said:
All you folks with " crap ML's, Crap Fiesta's, Crap 120d's etc. THis is a crap car. But currently serves well as a 60 mile a day diesel N/A commuter hack. Has the requisite gaffer tape ( body coloured of course, can't be seen to be council!) that holds the rear arch on to the rest of the body. This year has seen new glow plugs and rear suspension rebuild as rear turret collapsed, other than that it is in fine fettle.
t. I love it!
Red 4 said:
I like it. I don't think I'd want to own it or drive it - but, as a casual passer-by, it's got character. I can see why you're attached to it.
I once got the previous model (Skoda Forman) as a 'gift' - mate wanted to get rid of it. Similar level of tattiness, only in washed out blue. Was bored of cars and the idea was to see how long I could make it last on the very cheap. Almost two years before I could not be arxed to get the CV joints done... Best feature was the zink garden door latch riveted to roof (closing mechanism for the sun roof 
). Properly rubbish by modern standards. But inverted snobbery can be fun for a while. And it's liberating to own a real snotter.
Next car coming probably also a thread contender. According to PH, I ordered the most boring performance car on the planet: A Golf GTI. In Grey.
DoubleD said:
cmvtec said:
X-Type, anyone?
Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
Im not sure that the general public would hate it. Its just another car thats all.Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
cmvtec said:
DoubleD said:
cmvtec said:
X-Type, anyone?
Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
Im not sure that the general public would hate it. Its just another car thats all.Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
Can't beat a Skoda Felicia Estate.
I Have an E220, don't think PH really care about them, it does have LED headlights which PH hates, I think it's great, comfy, packed with equipment, does driving up and down motorways perfectly.
Our other car though, is a Vauxhall, not just any Vauxhall but a Corsa with a 1.4 engine. Just if anybody is curious why I chose a Corsa over a Fiesta (this was 2016, so the previous model Fiesta), The Corsa has more equipment, a nicer interior, and looking online better reliability. I drove a Fiesta and didn't notice any difference to driving the Corsa.
I Have an E220, don't think PH really care about them, it does have LED headlights which PH hates, I think it's great, comfy, packed with equipment, does driving up and down motorways perfectly.
Our other car though, is a Vauxhall, not just any Vauxhall but a Corsa with a 1.4 engine. Just if anybody is curious why I chose a Corsa over a Fiesta (this was 2016, so the previous model Fiesta), The Corsa has more equipment, a nicer interior, and looking online better reliability. I drove a Fiesta and didn't notice any difference to driving the Corsa.
I had a mark 4 Golf GTi remapped to 210 bhp, PistonHeads hates it saying it’s overweight, poor handling, slow.
After the remap it was like st off a shovel and on a dry road it gripped well. I was a lot younger when I had it and raced all sorts of cars and it’s in gear torque was impressive
Went straight to 130 on the motorways
I never understood the hate it got and I’ve had fast cars since
I’d love to drive one now and see if it is actually as good as I remember
I did get it directly after a 1.3 Fiesta so obviously that helped
After the remap it was like s
t off a shovel and on a dry road it gripped well. I was a lot younger when I had it and raced all sorts of cars and it’s in gear torque was impressive Went straight to 130 on the motorways
I never understood the hate it got and I’ve had fast cars since
I’d love to drive one now and see if it is actually as good as I remember
I did get it directly after a 1.3 Fiesta so obviously that helped
cmvtec said:
DoubleD said:
cmvtec said:
X-Type, anyone?
Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
Im not sure that the general public would hate it. Its just another car thats all.Seems to be well hated by not just PH, but the general public.
Greenbot35 said:
Hyundai coupe, not really fast in a straight line but when In good fettle it did everything I wanted brilliantly. I can't find a replacement car for love nor money.
My Mum has had these for years. Her first was the well-loathed facelift of the original in Tropic Green with the 2.0, identical to this:
She bought it at 10,000 miles and drove it until it was written off by a van in the lanes at 150,000. It spent most of those miles in the Cornish lanes and only ever needed multiple wheel bearings and a catalytic converter. Even the original exhaust that our mechanic thought was on its way out when she first bought it was still fine until the end.
She managed to rear-end somebody in it prior to the final accident, and somehow her insurance company paid to get it fixed! She even drove it around with the bonnet crumpled whilst she waited for repair!
Sometimes we'd wonder why it sounded a bit rough, before realising that the oil was right at the bottom of the dipstick. Great car!
Once it was written off, it was of course replaced with a 2008 Coupe 2.0 TSIII, this time in a much more agreeable white.
aaron_2000 said:
Ranger 6 said:
Another SUV owner here, but mine is an.......
X3
Not just PH hates them.....
I've now got a newer version, but still had two of the old shape.
I don't have a picture to hand, but we had a dark blue 3.0sd with cream leather and wood for 3 years, remapped to around 320bhp and over 500 lb/ft. Seriously fast car. X3
Not just PH hates them.....
I've now got a newer version, but still had two of the old shape.
As a matter of interest, who remapped yours?
)Brynjaminjones said:
My Mum has had these for years. Her first was the well-loathed facelift of the original in Tropic Green with the 2.0, identical to this:
She bought it at 10,000 miles and drove it until it was written off by a van in the lanes at 150,000. It spent most of those miles in the Cornish lanes and only ever needed multiple wheel bearings and a catalytic converter. Even the original exhaust that our mechanic thought was on its way out when she first bought it was still fine until the end.
She managed to rear-end somebody in it prior to the final accident, and somehow her insurance company paid to get it fixed! She even drove it around with the bonnet crumpled whilst she waited for repair!
Sometimes we'd wonder why it sounded a bit rough, before realising that the oil was right at the bottom of the dipstick. Great car!
Once it was written off, it was of course replaced with a 2008 Coupe 2.0 TSIII, this time in a much more agreeable white.
Personally i dont get the hate for these, i mean sure, ive been in a (more modern) hyundai, and they are a bit cheap, but i find it hard to believe even back then the cars wouldve been deathtraps or significantly more shed-y then a mazda or toyota.She bought it at 10,000 miles and drove it until it was written off by a van in the lanes at 150,000. It spent most of those miles in the Cornish lanes and only ever needed multiple wheel bearings and a catalytic converter. Even the original exhaust that our mechanic thought was on its way out when she first bought it was still fine until the end.
She managed to rear-end somebody in it prior to the final accident, and somehow her insurance company paid to get it fixed! She even drove it around with the bonnet crumpled whilst she waited for repair!
Sometimes we'd wonder why it sounded a bit rough, before realising that the oil was right at the bottom of the dipstick. Great car!
Once it was written off, it was of course replaced with a 2008 Coupe 2.0 TSIII, this time in a much more agreeable white.
Measured up against an M3, obviously a hyundai coupe will be crap, but i can only imagine they should be fun enough to drive, and small coupes to me are much more interesting then the SUV dross the general public has adopted.
M1C said:
Harry H said:
A few years ago I bought my daughter a Pug 206 for her 17th. Every one slags them off but even with its little 1.1L engine it's great fun to drive. Loves to be thrashed to within an inch of it's life. Trundles along the motorway quite happily at 80mph and she's reckons she's edged it over the ton on the M6 toll.
You have to earn your speed and once you've got it you can't give it up easily which means roundabouts are great fun. It's getting on for 13 years old now and has been totally reliable. And consumables are so cheap. Had some new discs recently and I thought I'd misheard the Indi workshop when he said they were ?12 each(£275 a corner for my Audi)
I'll second this.You have to earn your speed and once you've got it you can't give it up easily which means roundabouts are great fun. It's getting on for 13 years old now and has been totally reliable. And consumables are so cheap. Had some new discs recently and I thought I'd misheard the Indi workshop when he said they were ?12 each(£275 a corner for my Audi)
The 206 gets a bit of a slating, but i drove my step-dads 2000 1.1 a fair bit and it was good fun. Driving postion was poor for me though, difficuly to get properly comfortable.
Also, i had a Saxo at the time with the same 1.1 engine and it was much, much MUCH faster in comparison, but it was tiny and cramped and old fashioned.
But yeah, the 206, we liked it. He had it for years and it rarely gave any problems at all.
Wanted a commuter car for my wife and I to go 25 miles up and down the motorway every day. Had to be cheap. Semi-disposable for parking anywhere. Had to be an estate for chucking mountain bikes in the back, doing tip runs and carting around DIY materials. Wanted a decent sized diesel engine with good reputation for reliability. Problem is Missus Nealio has only ever had a clio and was reluctant to drive anything bigger/wider.
Enter ‘The Donkey’ - a silver 206 SW 2.0HDi with 100,000 miles. Cheap to buy (under £1k), cheap to run, cheap to maintain. No DPF or DMF to go wrong.
40,000 miles later it’s had nothing significant other than careful servicing and consumables. Tediously reliable and everything works perfectly. We both find it quite comfortable to plug up and down the motorway in. We like it. There, I said it.
Edited by Nealio on Wednesday 28th February 12:57
HannsG said:
Panda 100hp? Not fast enough by the guys on this forum I reckon.
I love mine, maybe more than the wife's ST or my other car the M3 at times.
Small enough to park, don't worry about dings, nippy enough and ridiculous around roundabouts.
I have one too and it's the most PH car I've ever owned, despite being the least powerful. There's more to motoring than horses... I love mine, maybe more than the wife's ST or my other car the M3 at times.
Small enough to park, don't worry about dings, nippy enough and ridiculous around roundabouts.
Wife has a Vauxhall Corsa 1.7 diesel which is often derided on PH and I can see why.
It's noisy, unrefined and rolls about a lot.
However it's a very pretty little thing ( like my wife ) is loaded with every conceivable extra, is cheap to run, insure, tax etc and has never let her down in the last three years.
The 1.7 Diesel engine is really from a different era but it's tough, flexible and economical.
It's grown on me but I won't be encouraging her to buy another one when it's time is up, which could be a while.
It's noisy, unrefined and rolls about a lot.
However it's a very pretty little thing ( like my wife ) is loaded with every conceivable extra, is cheap to run, insure, tax etc and has never let her down in the last three years.
The 1.7 Diesel engine is really from a different era but it's tough, flexible and economical.
It's grown on me but I won't be encouraging her to buy another one when it's time is up, which could be a while.
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