Mercedes rant

[ChrisH]

I drive a VW Passat 2ltr Deisel Estate, 08 plate now with 45K on the clock.

Other than a sensor going in the particulate filter whatever that is ? and 2 sets of front tyres it's done well.

The Car my fellow engineer got which was 2 plates away from mine and the same model has been scrapped by VW after they spent £17k yup you read it right, trying to stop the handbrake coming on when it felt like it. He refused to drive it in the end.

I've had everything from Ford Escorts, Mondeo's, Citroen ZX's, Vectra's and all have been pretty reliable. The one that stands out was the Citroen ZX which did 150K miles and all it ever had was a power steering pump at £200 and tyres.

Sadly I don't think it matters these days what you buy if there is going to be problems you can't avoid huge cost.

Look at Toyota once the most reliable cars on the road, I wouldn't buy a new one now.

 

[Richard King]

For general transport duties, no-one needs anything more sophisticated or expensive that a 2ltr Mondeo Mk3...

...says the man with a Ford Mustang in the garage...lol

wifes 2.0 mondeo mk3 is nearly the most reliable car I have driven, you can service it with one hand and a handful of cheap parts, and there inst a cambelt, there is a cam chain . It has 110000 miles to catch up with the sierra I had that went ronud the clock twice and some


My Omega is a bloody electrical nightmare, typified by the cable connector under the drivers seat dealing with moving the seat about. They decided in their wisdom not to make it "click in" meaning that when lardy boy leaps in, the cable falls out

 

[Richard King]

Garry, have you tried your local car breaker that "we know?" he knows how to track a part down