Lemon/dog/money pit

[shokenore]

I think John and his Multipla wins the money pit prize.(no actual prize expressed or implied or offered).
I think the next one will have to be a Jap motor.
Before making the switch to the Surf the Mrs had a Vtec Accord which she used to redline daily.
In the six years of ownership it got tyres and filters and belts and petrol, lots and lots of petrol and about 95k+ miles later it was sold and everything on it still worked.
My dad many many years ago bought a Datsun Cherry brand new.Fourteen years later it failed an MOT on washer fluid.Yes the bottle was empty.
That had the same type of service history tyres filters and belts.

[POPEYE]

Worst pit i had has to be a 1968 Buick Riveria, poured several K into it (admittedly much of that was re-chromeing) but still, cost me £400 spent upwards of 3K and travelled about 5 miles in the fecker, on it's last trip up the road it blew piston rings in two cylinders and the rad split covering the road with red tranny oil
Surf!, apart from bling bits and useual service parts and being a guzzler next to nowt, gone through 9 mot's on the trot,

[slobodan]

I think John and his Multipla wins the money pit prize.(no actual prize expressed or implied or offered).
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Maybe not...The cost of parts for a Fiat are laughable, that list of parts that has been replaced on mine (apart from the tyres) probably in total, cost less than a full dealer service on a BMW.

[Reece2.4]

only thing Ive done to the surf is repair the starter motor so far


2003 audi a4 owned less than a year and needed to replace

2 x clutch
clutch master cylinder
windscreen
handbrake cable
bonnet release cable
bulbs in rear lights
2 x same front fog light
rear window winder
crash bar
radiator

1996 subaru legacy import owned less than a year and needed to replace

2 x engines
4 x turbos (twin turbo)
maf sensor
map sensor
ecu
intercooler
countless coil packs
boot lid seal
exhaust mounts
wing mirror
wheels and tyres

still have the legacy and still fixing it, boost issue now...

[shokenore]

Maybe not...The cost of parts for a Fiat are laughable, that list of parts that has been replaced on mine (apart from the tyres) probably in total, cost less than a full dealer service on a BMW.

Good point
So far, since September, it has cost me about £260 in parts and that is not including two tyres.
That total, will, no doubt increase come Saturday when I get the chance to investigate the reason the thermostat was removed

[Diezel Weazel]

Best £1300 Iv'e ever spent n only running repairs or Mods in nearly 6 years ...

12+ Years of Surfs ..... n Faultless to a "T" is my Yota !!

[RebelV8]

2001 Alfa Romeo 166 3.0L V6 - Cracked impeller on the water pump, blown seals on the brake master cylinder causing loss of all braking in rush hour traffic, then 4 of the five bolts on one of the front wheels shear off, the wheel nearly came off and would have done if I hadn't stopped to let a bus pull out - all this in less than a year.
It went on ebay

[leighh]

Now I think that the majority of us can agree with the almost legendary reliability of our trucks, but some have clearly had a hard life and no doubt where servicing and repairs have been concerned a limited budget may have been a factor, but after shelling out again for my own personal albatross I was wondering what other experiences you would like to share.
I will get the ball rolling with my own worst nightmare.
Vauxhall Astra 1.7dti purchased September 2013 for £700.
Full dealer service with the last service being carried out by a local garage.
So far....
Oil pump and oil pump seal
Crank seal
Coolant sensor see below
Two new rear tyres
Central locking doesn't
New thermostat to replace the missing one...
The lack of thermostat is now the main concern, it has obviously been removed to hide some other horror.
New battery
New alternator

The Astra, now affectionately renamed Dis-Astra.

I had a 1.6 8v Astra Estate. Bought it for 1200 and had it for 18 months, in that time...

Replaced the cam belt
Full Exhaust
O2 sensor
Head gasket
Water pump
Alternator
Battery
ECU
4 tyres
Brake discs and pads
Power steering rack and pump unit

I gave it away after that.

[RebelV8]

All these comments just go to prove that we still suffer from the alleged "Friday afternoon cars".

[andyverran]

All these comments just go to prove that we still suffer from the alleged "Friday afternoon cars".

Having built buses and fire engines in the past, I can assure you there are also Monday morning cars, bank holiday cars, we've all got a hangover cars etc....

[RebelV8]

Having built buses and fire engines in the past, I can assure you there are also Monday morning cars, bank holiday cars, we've all got a hangover cars etc....

So, for total reliability, we all need to buy the car that was built at approximately 2:15 on a Wednesday afternoon in June or July (no bank holidays, not a weekend, and no hangover as it's midweek), lol

[andyverran]

So, for total reliability, we all need to buy the car that was built at approximately 2:15 on a Wednesday afternoon in June or July (no bank holidays, not a weekend, and no hangover as it's midweek), lol

Ah, "the hump of the week car"... ;-)