stephen emery

BMW 320 P reg from new, It had to have, a new cluch, gear box, ecu( after it caught fire) only did 12k and part ex for scooby anyone had else had probs with new cars?????????????? Steve

mega_stream

1981 Golf MK1 desiel, cam snapped, knacked 2 cylinder heads, never started.

Nightmare car [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Scoobs_4ever

Mercedes C250TD was a nightmare.

The car was absolute crap, spent more time in the workshop than on the road. Have to say though, the level of customer from Falcon Mercedes in Loughborough is second to none.

Then I bought a Scoob.

ice man

Ford Probe, bloody thing had a mind of it's own on the motorway

mkyboy

A BEE-EM!

320 coup, what a load of sh*%e!!!!

Got rid after 2 months!

dazzaTypeR

Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec: 1month old fuel pump goes, few electric niggles and 6 months on its back at dealers as it wont start and dealers have no idea whats wrong with it, one more prob and i want me money back

p1 tud

my dad had a 2.0 vectra and it had so many faults that i couldnt possibly list them on here, it was that bad!

Edcase

My most recent motor, classic shape saab 900 turbo. Nothing buy f-ing problems. Gearbox went 3 days after I bought it. Headlining sags, engine keeps re-tuning itself. Turbo pipes keep blowing off on the motorway. Brake master cylinder went. But hey, if it HAD have been reliable I wouldnt have bought my Scoob

gareth60

Peugeot 309 Gti. Great engine/gearbox/chassis, cr@p body work. I dented it by leaning on it once.. only owned it 6 months.

Gareth.

Gary A

Nearly snap - 309 Look special edition engine forever flooding.

scooby_xt_turbo

Peugeot 205 1.1 XR
Peugeot 205 1.6 GTi
Can't tell which one is worse.

Chip_Butty

Two spring to mind actually
1/ MkIII Golf GTi 16v
2/ Second hand Porsche 924, so horrid it put me off buying used again.

taffyboyo

Peugot 104 ,died after 20 mile.
Lancia Delta 1.5, gearbox fell out,lasted 4 hours.
Ford Orion 1.3L,engine went after 1 week.

Chip_Butty

Taffyboyo, no wonder you bought a Subaru (JD Power, top reliability etc) with that record

taffyboyo

Oh yes, I have allways had good quality cars,
right from the start!

scooby_xt_turbo

LOL, i had a Lancia Delta 1.6 GT and the gearbox was hanging off the car after i passed over a bump doing 20mph. I went and bought a Thema the very next day, never regreted it.

scoobycar60

Sorry to say Subaru Impreza STI2 in the course of 1 year
Big end failure rebuild cost £3500
Cluch failure £1000
Head gasket blown engine out rebuild again! £1900
Gearbox v noisey.. was on the way £2000+ to rebuild/fit
Exhaust, heater shield, back box.....all fell to bits
Interior.. seat material wore out stuffing changed shape carpets desintegrated
water leaks in car/boot
radiator died
wipers gave up the ghost
sensor problems too numerous to mentions
Joke brakes discs replaced, warped replaced, warped etc
over boost shutdown without any reason?
Never really ran well
And the cost of parts ...UNBER-FLUKING-LIEVABLE

Great car though when working!

Had 2 more since MY01 and now STI7 with warranty!
no problems at all!

R.B

Mk 2 Escort i had it about 10 months

2 engines
1 gearbox
1 diff
6 clutches
5 sets brake pads
4 cibies brand new only on the car 3 months (looking at 2-girls at the bus stop and upps bang up the 5rse of a mk3 Escort.
My next car would which completley lost my confidence was a

Lancia intergrale 16v (The car looked and drove incredable but)

Had the car 6 months

Blew the headgasket
Strip 4 teeth on the cambelt
Broke the transfer box bearing

I just want to state that i drive all my cars with great respect

All grown up now. (I think)

Rich........

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Probably a 309 GTi, the rear beam went on me so needed replacing, cost was 800 quid, had some problems with the accellerator cable but apart from that it wasnt too bad (for a car with 101k on the clock and 10 yrs old).

Tony

pslewis

1982 Ford Sierra 2.0GL - when they VERY first came out, had all the teething troubles a new model could have - sold after 7 months for MORE than I paid!!

Pete

Chip_Butty

That must be because you filled the tank with petrol

pslewis

It didnt CORNER as well as you though!!

Pete

HGV1 Driver

Vauxhall Viva, it was white when i got it, rusty when i sold it !!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Jon

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Mk111 Escort: had it from 6 weeks old:
Poor starter--always,
3 automatic chokes,
2 new carbs,
2 new water pumps,
3 batteries,
2 clutches,
1 oil pump,
4 exhausts,
1 complete short engine,
all in 3 years and less than 40000 miles!!!
F ix
O r
R epair
D aily.
Alcazar

Chip_Butty

Pete, I am not surprised it was a bl00dy Ford

themaverick

i must say mine was a black renault 5gtl with orange cloth interior and wheels the width of a prawn cracker,mechanically it was good .....well except when i jacked it up to change tyre and the axel stayed on the road! but the body work was so bad i filled all the rusty parts with filler and re-painted it(by hand...yes wuth a brush) and then in a moment of sheer brilliance i decided to do the bumpers aswell! not black though,oh no i decided to do them WHITE!! ..what a car,just a pity i looked like an advert for berti bassett..

cheers kev

Colin P

My worst car was the TVR chip 'batty boy' has now. Cornering was so bad I **** my self, literaly. Has the smell gone yet sad boy?

S55DRJ

Has nobody had a Renault 5 Turbo here then??!!! I still have nightmares, and to make it worse, i had 2 of them, just in case i was wrong with the first one!

themaverick

i now have a ren 19 16v until jan03 when i purchase my 2nd scoob............. can't bloody wait either, not that anything wrong wi the 19 its a peach of a car, 1993 K 2 previous owners from new with fsh and 65,000. and its up for sale
e-mail with offers

cheers kev

MGJohn

V E R Y Interesting reading Scooby folks .... a few surprises and omissions there .... what was that about German build quality? Makes you think though ...