Who says moderns are more reliable.

eek

me dad bought a 93 shitroen xantia for 5k in 96

apart from oil change and diesel

in 9 years its had a new remote plipper and a foot long suspension pipe renewed

and we done 40k in it now on 120k

A mate of mine used to work for a Pug dealer and he said that the salemen had bets to say how many new cars would be returned on the first day of new reg plates. Used to be alot.

I'm not the only one with trouble with motability motors then. I sometimes make use of a motability Poxhaul Zafira 1.6, becuase of a disability consisting of a bad ankle and knee that are a combination of injuries I got years ago and a rare blood disorder that makes matters worse, although I rarely drive the Zafira because if I'm too ill to be driving the Imp then normally I'm too ill to be driving anything at all so I just get a lift anywhere I need to go. Anyway, the Zafira is the single most unreliable car I've ever had to put up with, my Imp's like a Volvo in comparison. It's only two years old, and already it's on it's third clutch, it's had it's ECU investigated and tinkered with twice, and needs it again, the first time to do with serious underperformance and dire fuel economy, the second time because the engine was cutting randomly and having to be restarted, which is not good fun in the middle of the motorway when the car decides to stop! Also the doors don't shut properly half the time, and the interior noise even when the doors do shut is unbelieveable. In short, it's a bloody lemon. If I had actually bought the thing I'd have burnt it and claimed on the insurance by now. Now I've never had such an unreliable Imp.

I certainly don't.

Dad & step mum's Volvo 850 threw a rod at 90k with no warning other than a nasty noise seconds before a huge bang - dad had just enough time to depress the clutch, & a rear tyre was punctured by the shrapnel. Stepmum's comment was "The old Volvo* would never have done that." ;D ;D

*The Amazon which I now have, and which she insisted was replaced by the 850 as she had just become self employed and wanted a smarter car. I wasn't complaining

Then there was the new J reg 945 SE Turbo.... the mechanic at the dealer thought mum was being stupid when she took the car back, saying she couldn't change gear - a new gearbox was fitted under warranty!!! However, after that, it was fine and did 40k in 18 months

Admittedly, the Amazon has had a few problems (but so far it has always been able to get me home but nothing as major as that 850, which I consider to be a POS. The Amazon even leaves it behind on motorway hills ;D

my mate's clio182 - done about 4000 miles i think - arrived at work last week with the engine warning light on. tried to make it home again and it just floods the engine whilst driving, and splutters to a halt. AA come out with the regulation laptop (who needs spanners these days) and it's the oxygen sensor and heater.

can't get booked in for two weeks so he's stuck with warming the engine for 5 minutes before going anywhere

So he has to give it a chance to warm up first?
Err, shouldn't you do that anyway? Oil preassure/temeperature and all

Yeah, it was.
Any car should be given time to warm up.
All these modern cars with fuel injection and gizmoz still suffer from engine wear, most of which happens from the time the start until the time they've warmed up.
Even with all these modern synthetic oils and stuff, it still happens

;D ;D In a bloody Zafira? That'd be a bloody laugh! I'd be less annoyed if it was capbable of burnouts, remember that it's a heavy front wheel drive with as much power and torque as a food mixer!

I said attempted - hence the cooked clutches

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