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Old 16-01-18, 08:57 AM   #21
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2011 skoda superb
250000 miles. Had an engine rebuild before I drove it. Ran the motor in and wound it up on a motorway to clear the dfp out and it spat oil out all over the engine bay and any road it drove on.

Then the brakes, needed pads discs and calipers after the boss drove it after I complained about the brakes under heavy load (glowing in emergency stops)



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Old 16-01-18, 08:59 AM   #22
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J11 qashai.
Poor pannle fit.
Rattles from the interior trims
Grinding front suspension top mounts.
Creaking lower column bush.
And the stop/Start system destroyed the battery.
Sounds like it's the same stop start service that Renault commercial are now using (dodgy brake sensor causes it) and suspension supplier

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Old 16-01-18, 10:13 AM   #23
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Then the Vauxhall shovit that replaced that for £200 at 3 months old after it had suffered an engine fire. 4 replacement engines in my 150,000 miles. that 1256cc 3 bearing crank was a crock. middle of nowhere when it throws a con rod through the block, snapped woodroof key in the cam chain causing a valve/piston incident etc. Never owned a Vauxhall since. Or bought write offs.
Not the worst by any means:
1930 Austin 7, 750cc, 2 bearing crank.
While testing the rev limit and finding it would do a squillion in third, it was time for top.
BANG!Shrapnel everywhere ( and oil! )
Pressing the clutch pedal meant it increased the 'whirling' of the crank. The two middle pistons made a break for freedom and the rings came out the top of the bore. The rods were wrapped round the camshaft and the starter motor was broken off.
12 miles from home, so what to do?
Apply starting handle and drive home on 2 pots ( after all that's what an SV has ) Bought replacement engine for less than a fiver.
Happy daze - I loved that car!
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Old 16-01-18, 10:51 AM   #24
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Triumph Dolomite.
Bought it, clutch was always slipping, even with a new clutch, it broke down one day and wouldn't start. Then somoene ran into it in the middle of the night in the fog, tore off the door and wing and probably did me a favour.
I don't miss it. At all.
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Not the worst car in some ways because at the time I had no car and it was given to me free, but I had a black Chevette estate. No style whatsoever. My friends called it the Hobbit Hearse.

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I forgot the clutch on the Zafira
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