Vehicle management systems to start with. Who TF needs them? We can live with electronic ignition because its more reliable than mechanical contact breakers but who needs a system that won't run the engine just because there is a dodgy connection to the instrument panel?
Electric window winders. Always go wrong, leaving you with a window that won't shut/open, or in the case of a working colleague, gratuitously wind themselves open after he's parked & locked the car and walked away from it.
Dimmers on interior lights. WTF? Who cares? 'kin just switch 'em off when I close the door!
Central locking. Always goes wrong. Sometimes won't let even the legal owner start the engine (link to "vehicle management"). What was wrong with proper keys?
Things that go wrong most - always put in the least accessible place.
Torx bolts. WHY for God's sake? Was there anything wrong with Allen bolts, cross/slit head screws and ordinary hexagonal nuts?
The people that design these things are fucking morons and I'd love to kick the shit out of them.
"Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Yeah, I remember all that fun in the pissing rain and yes the performance improved and my economy would jump from 23 mpg to maybe 25mpg (for a while) in mkIII cortina.
Massive backward step all this engine management malarkey.
Although I'm happy not to have all the toys to go wrong.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I now drive a modern hatchback deisel. It is 4 wheel drive , 0 to 60 in under 8 seconds and I get 55 to the gallon and starts every time .
I go back to the good old days of "damp start" everytime it rained , WD40 on HT leads , and my Escort Mk 1 had a brake failure and I ended up under a truck and inches from being decapitated ... Yeah the good old days
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
@ICBM you're doing well if your Renault hasn't broken down.
I know most of the AA men around Cambridge from my 2 years working at Renault..........
Mostly electrical issues too.........
Honestly if we get 1 AA truck with a breakdown a week with Peugeot I'd probably be over estimating, and the ones that do are usually the older, less well cared for models.......
BTW my 13YO, 100+K mileage Volvo has never given me any problems, or had anything other than regular service parts in 7 years......
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
1972 Vauxhall Viva, ha ha ha,,, fond memories of not going places cos it wouldn't start. Glad it got nicked, sad when the coppers found it.
1975approx. Morris 1300. Door fell off. The top hinge pulled away from the pillar because it had rotted. Wheel fell off, drive shaft snapped
1979 approx, Datsun 120Y where to start, good reliable engine, everything else rotted, couldn't open the windows because the exhaust fumes got sucked in.
1982 Triumph Dolomite 1850, lovely car, rot box. Needed new gearbox when i sold it....
All of the above would have regular starting problems in winter.
1984 Ford Cortina, Valve guides wore out with very little mileage on em. Burnt oil badly. More reliable.
1987 & 1996 Ford Sierras (2 off) getting better since both had electronic ignition. Gobbled fuel.
2006 Ford Galaxy Diesel. Apart from some trouble with the rear passenger heater (which burns neat diesel or not and causes loads of smoke!) way way more reliable than any previous car I've owned, bigger heavier and yet will easily go nearly twice as far on a gallon.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Poor old Phil though, I feel your pain bud.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein