motor

AlienDB7 · 10-09-2003, 06:15 PM

Was going to put this up as a poll question but not really sure what options to include.

I'm just feeling a bit down today, knowing about a serious problem that can occur on my car. To sum it up with a quote from jeremy, "...someday, it'll fall apart." No, I'm not lucky enough to own/drive an alfa romeo :cry:

So, what do you guys think about your cars?

gis · 10-09-2003, 06:21 PM

my car is not bad at all,she had her service/MOT 3 weeks ago and everythin passed with flying colours and she has 60k miles on her now.this my first car and no doubt in time when i buy an actual "performance" car i will get more troubles but for now,she is doin what she was made to do.

whats gone on with your car alien?

fedezyl · 10-09-2003, 06:36 PM

As reliable as long as the maintenance is good..

AlienDB7 · 10-09-2003, 06:42 PM

There's a known problem with the coolant gasket on the gm v6 and the dex-cool used. So coolant may leak out or into the engine. Been noticing some fluid on the garage floor lately, hopefully it's not the coolant. Checked the level of all the fluids, everything seems to be fine though. Maybe I'm just a bit paranoid

There's a class action suit against gm regarding the problem now, hopefully when the problem does occur (according to many, it'll sooner or later), they'll fix it for free even after warranty expired.

TT · 10-09-2003, 07:12 PM

Oh well, my first car was terrible.. one of those cars that came out from the factory with lot of bad luck built in.. It was just a Pug 106, ok, I did some mods to it, but nothing major and didn't touched the engine.. the closest I went was the exhaust and a K&N airfilter,that's all... but after the first year electric problems began and never went away.. they ranged from the car simply unable to keep the idle throttle, keeping turning off.. or just impossible to turn it on.. it even happened to me, inside the Gotthard tunnel (the longest in Europe, 17 km), while I was driving at 80 km/h (the speed limit inside it), that the car simply shut down... It wasn't good at all LOL! I just pushed the clucth pedal, slot in 4th gear and released the clutch.. lucky it started again...
Another funny problem.. from time to time,let's say once a week, while cruising arond at normal speed, the throttle just starting going crazy and accelerating w/o me touching it! I sear it's true! Luckily it was only a 75-80 hp car.. but when it happened to me the first time while in second gear, while slowing down to a stop light it was quiety hard to control LOL!
Obviously it happened to me to be stopped at a red light and see the revs rise, from 800 to 1500, 3000, 5000 and stay there, at a steady 5000!! W/o touching the pedal!!! And when I dared touching it, the car simply shut down..

I spent lot of money trying to make various dealership fixing the problem but the prob was always there.. I was happy when I managed to get rid of it for a mere 3000-3200 USD..

So, to make a long story short, from my BMW now I expect perfect reliability

but I'm used to terrible cars so also a car w/ problems every 3 or 4 days would seem perfect to me

j/k, from a BMW 3-Series, even if it's the E36 model, I expect a very good reliability, that's it

draak666 · 10-09-2003, 07:41 PM

Rest assured, TT. I have 185.000 km on my 318i and I haven't had any major cost for years. In it's first couple of weeks BMW replaced the exhaust under warranty and after I learned to drive and got my drivers licence the clutch needed to be fixed

. Those are the only major costs I can remember. The car is running smooth now for years. However, I expect some problems to occur when I reach 200.000 km. But next year I'm planning on following a mechanics course, so I can repair some things myself. Springs, brakes, minor engine problems and all that... I never plan to sell it. I will equip it to become my 'ring'-car.

jakaracman · 10-10-2003, 06:52 AM

Haven't had any major problems for 7 jears. My car (Twingo) is in use almost exclusively by my wife for town driving (only 50.000 km), so a 2nd gear syncro replacement is not unexpected, and one exhaust in 7 years is also not bad. But next one wil be japanese, preferrably Toyota (or Lexus).

FoxFour · 10-29-2003, 08:31 PM

My Cobra has endured the years quite well. My '84 SVO Mustang, good car that it was, did have some minor wear and tear problems, window motor sticking, door lock actuators failing; etc. This car has much better components; interior-wise. I guess it's a continual improvement of the breed. And everything else on the car is in great shape 'knock on wood'

sportVeloce · 10-30-2003, 10:09 AM

I see no one else owns a Lancia, because at worst they are minor problems... Before reading, please note that Lancias are wonderful cars.

My Lancia:
4 Motors (complete from 1.8 to 2ltr) - 6 full engine pulls, 1 gearbox (split-pin broke doing 110), 2 Carbys (fire, and one was a Solex - Yuck!), Diff (gear box sent metal flying including a 3/4 inch piece of steel into the Diff), Coil, ECU (computer-yep too many positive earths-go figure that!), 1 exhaust and headers, 2 Dizzys (cracked 1 with a spanner-oops, 1 was earthing through a crack in its case), CVs & boots, Thrust Bearing (clutch), Sump (damn bumps), disc pads, fuel pump (after fire), hoses and pipes (some rusted), thermo fan, radiator, plugs (not really counted cause they are just general maintenance), Starter motor (yep, tick, tick, tick.. bugger), Solinator thats about all i can think of at the moment. I am sure there is more. I should take some pics of my parts... i have way too many car bits. Im not even going to start on what Ive done to the interior and bodywork...

I carry tools whenever I go out in my Lancia. Its currently off the road

with a couple of minor issues .. ok major. Might do another engine pull and drop a VX in it.

I have a daily driver (not Lancia), and its quite refreshing to get into a car that starts everytime

but then its boring as hell. The noise, the experience, the hard suspension, the leather, damn.. ive got to stop talking about my Lancia. My wallets ran and hidden under my couch just hearing the word Lancia. :roll: damn wallet.

RC45 · 11-05-2003, 01:51 AM

Not very. While an excellent performance car, the Z06 is a little fragile - one day I might dig up the list of all the issues I have lived through.

Most of which I easily forget when I blow the doors off just about any car I happen to meet on the way to or from work...

blah · 11-05-2003, 03:54 AM

I drive a Honda nuff said. 8)

stracing · 11-05-2003, 04:07 AM

i've only owned japanese cars..nuff said 8)

cho_888 · 11-05-2003, 04:46 AM

i dont have a car to call my own as yet, but when i do i wont it to be super sat carry heaps of people, handel good have a V12 and never brake down for around 3 grand... am i asking to much?

I know i fella that had a porsche 911 GT2 and it broke down in the middle of no where. The machanics wouldnt touch it so they had to send it 2hours away to fix a $40 part!

RC45 · 11-12-2003, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by RC45

Not very. While an excellent performance car, the Z06 is a little fragile - one day I might dig up the list of all the issues I have lived through.

Most of which I easily forget when I blow the doors off just about any car I happen to meet on the way to or from work...

...and the saga continues - the Z is in the shop for "rear end whine" - and they are going in to conduct surgery today... this afetr the rear-end seals have failed 3 times already.

Did I mention GM's Wal-Mart quality before?

troskap · 11-14-2003, 11:23 PM

I'm rather glad my car's somewhat reliable. The engine is fairly sturdy, besides the required normal maintenance items, and the occasional intake manifold seal :shock: It's the tranny that I'm worried about, being that it's the weak point of the car, but I haven't thrashed the car too much, so that should last for awhile yet. Fortunately, with time's passing, I'm beginning to do more and more of my own maintenance, which makes things a HECK of a lot cheaper (though it does make for a few nervous moments when you start the car for the first time after you fix something....)

Of course, now that I'm outside of GM's warranty on the car, I just KNOW the car will start busting apart on me *knocks on forehead...er, wood* On the other hand, why replace a part, when you can always upgrade....