PH says my car is crap - I don't care thread
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DoubleD said:
FIREBIRDC9 said:
I used to have this beast!
And i loved it to bits! It had a really clunky 2 litre petrol engine , Handled like an aircraft carrier , Manual gearbox that felt like it was off an old truck but it was awesome!
If i had more money i would buy another in a heartbeat!
What did you find so awesome?And i loved it to bits! It had a really clunky 2 litre petrol engine , Handled like an aircraft carrier , Manual gearbox that felt like it was off an old truck but it was awesome!
If i had more money i would buy another in a heartbeat!
I worked in a Chrysler Dealer in 2006 and would say that the PT was genuinely a car with no redeeming features whatsoever. The engines were harsh, noisy, low on power and thirsty (the 2.4 attached to the auto box spectacularly so). Handling was ponderous and the interiors despite acres of leather were uncomfortable, cheap and flimsy. They also wore out bottom wishbone bushes for fun.
But the owners loved them to bits.
Thesprucegoose said:
PDP76 said:
2006 BMW touring 320d , and it’s remapped !
Owned it for 11 yrs, great for chucking mountain bikes in the back dirty and wet lol.
I’ll replace it when it’s dead.
ive never seen a thread saying they are crap, actually the opposite, the best thing since sliced avocado.Owned it for 11 yrs, great for chucking mountain bikes in the back dirty and wet lol.
I’ll replace it when it’s dead.
It’s done alright to be fair. The only expensive bill was when it blew the turbo at 90k and I was expecting that anyway.
Audi S6 V10 - its not the RS6 so every time I see one of those I wonder why "I bought the wrong car".
It has the engine right out front so I "understeer like a mad man" as I throw it into roundabouts like a driving god extracting 10/10ths from a large estate car while listening to radio 4.
I should not be able to hear radio 4 as it definitely needs an open exhaust to make it "sound like it should".
I really quite like it, they way I see it if I am going to drive around in a massive estate car it might as well have some decent power but without everyone knowing about it.
It has the engine right out front so I "understeer like a mad man" as I throw it into roundabouts like a driving god extracting 10/10ths from a large estate car while listening to radio 4.
I should not be able to hear radio 4 as it definitely needs an open exhaust to make it "sound like it should".
I really quite like it, they way I see it if I am going to drive around in a massive estate car it might as well have some decent power but without everyone knowing about it.
Thesprucegoose said:
come on a S6 is crap? this thread is for basically everything not German.
Fair enough, I suppose Piston Heads can wear you out with reading why every car is not right... remember page after page as to why the Golf R was some sort of satanic monstrosity. Actually thinking about it the 'crappiest' car I have had was probably a Pug 504 pick-up, derv non turbo, an amazing brown plastic interior, no power steering, four speed etc... thing rusted to bits but it would go anywhere and it you ended up loving it as you sort of felt sorry for the thing.
Sarah has a Vauxhall Insignia estate.
No s
ts given. Bought as an 18 month old car with 21K, top trim level, 170bhp (?) TurboDiesel, CATD because of being vandalised. £10,400. Nothing came close for the money, and it does everything of it she asks (20k P/A job)
The anti Vauxhall rhetoric on PH is ridiculous. They're perfectly capable cars.
No s
ts given. Bought as an 18 month old car with 21K, top trim level, 170bhp (?) TurboDiesel, CATD because of being vandalised. £10,400. Nothing came close for the money, and it does everything of it she asks (20k P/A job) The anti Vauxhall rhetoric on PH is ridiculous. They're perfectly capable cars.
Skoda Octavia 1.0t petrol SE Tech
People said it would be underpowered, wouldn’t be able to cruise at mway speeds, be noisy, be uneconomical etc...
I love it, 700miles in and 59.8mpg, easily holds its own on the mway and around town. It’s comfortable and very quiet ... cheap new motoring at its best
People said it would be underpowered, wouldn’t be able to cruise at mway speeds, be noisy, be uneconomical etc...
I love it, 700miles in and 59.8mpg, easily holds its own on the mway and around town. It’s comfortable and very quiet ... cheap new motoring at its best
Slushbox said:
^^^^
Speaking of Suzuki, I have a thrilling Baleno BoosterJet SZ-T.
Now a year old, I only bought it because my local Suzuki dealer is nearby and doesn't give me the 'Do you really not want the Scotch-Guard for only £400?' bull-spit that my last Volvo dealer tried on. And it came with 'free' grey metallic paint, and the rear-view camera, and some mats.
The Baleno was designed in Turin, has a 1 litre Japanese engine, an IHI turbo, and was made in India. Tomorrow's car, today! Two million Indians cannot be wrong!
Think Swift, with more legroom. BoosterJet triple engine has two modes: granny-pootle, and turbo-nutter. Although peak nuttering only gives 110 bhp. But that is brisk enough.
It's actually Quite Nice, to the point I can't be arsed to get anything else.
As to sales in England, I've never seen another on the roads here. Another Pistonheader has one, so UK sales are at least two, or possibly, three.
As I've said before on these forums, the Baleno is a very underrated car. It's much nicer to drive than my Skoda Fabia.Speaking of Suzuki, I have a thrilling Baleno BoosterJet SZ-T.
Now a year old, I only bought it because my local Suzuki dealer is nearby and doesn't give me the 'Do you really not want the Scotch-Guard for only £400?' bull-spit that my last Volvo dealer tried on. And it came with 'free' grey metallic paint, and the rear-view camera, and some mats.
The Baleno was designed in Turin, has a 1 litre Japanese engine, an IHI turbo, and was made in India. Tomorrow's car, today! Two million Indians cannot be wrong!
Think Swift, with more legroom. BoosterJet triple engine has two modes: granny-pootle, and turbo-nutter. Although peak nuttering only gives 110 bhp. But that is brisk enough.
It's actually Quite Nice, to the point I can't be arsed to get anything else.
As to sales in England, I've never seen another on the roads here. Another Pistonheader has one, so UK sales are at least two, or possibly, three.
Hobbit1 said:
SidewaysSi said:
I have a 2.0TD 2003 147 and it is bloody brilliant.
Genuinely good fun and punchess far above its weight in that respect. Under valued and under appreciated but would run rings around a Golf and Focus for anything like similar money if you like driving.
Until it breaks down. You need some Toyota reliability, life is good :Genuinely good fun and punchess far above its weight in that respect. Under valued and under appreciated but would run rings around a Golf and Focus for anything like similar money if you like driving.
You lot posting up Audi TT 3.2s and S6s and Rover 75s...crap cars? Really?
THIS was, by PH standards, a crap car but I loved it. Reliable, spacious, slow, covered in dents. I replaced it with a Gen 2 CRV which is has many of the same qualities but just hasn't got under my skin the same way.
I don't think it's considered crap (if it's considered at all), but my bike was always overshadowed by the original Fireblade. Don't care, I love it!
THIS was, by PH standards, a crap car but I loved it. Reliable, spacious, slow, covered in dents. I replaced it with a Gen 2 CRV which is has many of the same qualities but just hasn't got under my skin the same way.
I don't think it's considered crap (if it's considered at all), but my bike was always overshadowed by the original Fireblade. Don't care, I love it!
Packrats said:
2014 Astra gtc 1.6 200ps.people slate them.had it 4 yrs never a issue
I like the sleek-i-fied looks of the Astra. Was on my shortlist last year in a sort of 'I don't give a damn' way.Also some of the 'crap' cars on here are strangely appealing. That pointy beige Peugeot is almost lovely.
I've had five of these over the past 11 years. Two of them in this fetching JRG shade..
The interiors have the build quality of the Airfix models I made as a kid. At present this car has a reluctant drivers window motor and a potentially expensive electrical issue.
I've only ever had one break down when a cooling hose split.
Never had to replace a head gasket though this car had the modified replacement before it was mine.
There's just something about them I really love.
I'm toying with the idea of re-organising the cars when the latest Disco Sport comes up for replacement and making a Jag F-Tyoe the main car with perhaps an old Volvo 850T5 as the dog/shopping car.
That would realistically mean the end of MGF/TF ownership which is a genuinely sad prospect.
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