Why do I kill cars- no seriously why?

[CO2000]

hora said:

CO2000 said:

Sounds like you need a Kia (& 7 years of trouble free motoring......) or a Vauxhall.

Considering going back to an Aygo. With 5yrs warranty. Loved my old one, took it to Germany and back and almost got it on the 'Ring....fun without too much speed.

Aygo sounds good or how about some sort of Honda ?

[ZeeTacoe]

nouze said:

hora said:

I'm all over things like that. Slightest dip or noise and its investigated and replaced/solved. Cars serviced on the dot. No ditchfinders, no cheap oil.

They just seem to shed parts in my ownership.

Cars are like women, the less you care the more they love you

Now you're all reading that in his voice

[RemainAllHoof]

hora said:

So come on, why?

In my professional opinion, you're a loser.

[ally_f]

I've bought cars from as little as £20, given them a once over and replaced any broken bits and then run them for several thousand miles, I've never had anything breakdown. This might just be luck / fluke but there's a long list of mostly French and Italian cars (and a few Japanese ones).

My latest car (an 11 year old Fiat Coupe) has covered 40k in 3 1/2 years (now on 110k) and all it's asked for is 4 services, a backbox (which it didn't really need but the chrome tailpipe went rusty!), a brake pipe, 2 sets of front tyres, 2 sets of brake pads and a set of brake discs. Oh and a second hand injector which stuck ocassionally.

The least reliable cars I know of are a friend's two BMW E46 330Ci which, similar to an above poster, went through several cam/crank/DSC sensors, suspension parts, cooling components and various other things from as early as 5 years old.

I think luck, driving style, preventative maintenance and previous owner plays a much bigger part than the make or model of car.

[hman]

hora said:

Cv boots, driveshaft, clutch release bearing, window motors, steering rack, master slave, engine sensors etc.

Most of this stuff wears very gradually (apart from engine sensors which are a law unto themselves).

However
Clutch release wear can be brought on by driving excessivly in traffic, and holding the clutch down for long periods.
CV Boots wear quicker if you are doing lots of high steering angle/ high speed cornering as the boot has to flex and roll to stay together
When you say driveshaft I suspect that means cv joints or u/j's etc which again wear faster if fast changes of force are applied like accel and braking and / or they have to operate over acute angles at high speed- or if you let the grease escape from cv's and continue to drive on dry cv's.
Window motors, in my experience the windows that arent regularly moved get stuck in place and the windows which do get regularly moved wear out- air con is your friend - unless you cant stand the smell of your own farts?
Steering rack, high cornering forces, sawing at the wheel, clipping kerbs, parking which uses lock to lock and "dry steering" ie turning the wheels when stationary.
Master Slave ( presumably master cyl and slave cyl - are you really running drums still??), excessively hard braking, again lots of stop start, lots of heavy braking, inefficienies in the other parts of the system like seized brakes, corrosion etc - theres a few answers for that one.

perhaps buy newer? dealer warranty would cover all that you have eluded to.