BEN99W Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Anyone else seen this competition on evo to decide the worst UK built car? There's some worthy contenders, but I certainly don't agree with the TR7, Imp or Sunbeam being there when Maestro, Metro and Reliant Robin are not. Its on http://www.demographix.co.uk/surveys/TWHI-SO67/KBACVZXN/ for what it's worth... Quote
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 My worst one is on there: Princess 2200HLS Auto - 1980 model year. Never a day from new on which there wasn't something wrong with it. My two Heralds (yes, I was a masochist with cars) were pretty grim but at least they were somewhat older when I had them - the Princess was brand new. The Triumph Acclaim wasn't too bad, nor the Austin 1800, and even the Hillman Imp (yes my missus had one in the Singer Chamois guise) was okay if you looked after it properly. All things being 1960-70-80 quality that is. Quote
JeffC Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Mg Midget I had whan I was a boy of 19 was a sack o" s***e and prob my worse car , blew up gods no how many engines and the bodywork was like a bag O" crisps welded it up covered t in filler painted it, threw an engine from a triumph toledo in it and sold it on for a fortune Quote
Rory's Dad Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Would you buy a used car from that man?? Rory's Dad Quote
pistonbroke Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 65 Vauxhall Victor 101 rust heap and handled like a bag o s***e Quote
AidanPlace Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 QUOTE Mg Midget I had whan I was a boy of 19 was a sack o" s***e and prob my worse car , blew up gods no how many engines and the bodywork was like a bag O" crisps welded it up covered t in filler painted it, threw an engine from a triumph toledo in it and sold it on for a fortune I bet you sold me mine.......... was as described above Aidan Quote
JeffC Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Would you buy a used car from that man?? could be worse either of this duo Rory's Dad Quote
cast iron Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Vauxhall Astra Andreas has been in the dealers for 2 months to fix an oil warning light. Returned it 4 times claiming fixed and guess what, it comes back on after 15 miles of motorway driving. h Quote
pistonbroke Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Vauxhall Astra Andreas has been in the dealers for 2 months to fix an oil warning light. Returned it 4 times claiming fixed and guess what, it comes back on after 15 miles of motorway driving. h Thats not a fault its a feature Quote
originalgeezer Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 come on, compare eggs with eggs. the slate the british car industry over the years does really grind, not saying they were all great but look at the market at the times, not just when things were failing. We so quick in this country to slag ourselves off. the cars competing with the very same cars were just as bad if not worse The MG you had was it built after 76? if so i think this was the time of the steel crisis, when everyone in manufacturing could only buy cheap steel Princess, if i am right, was first car to have seat belt warning light on? big deal back in its day the italians built cars out of tin foil and household wiring the japanese built boxes that fell apart as soon as it rained or snowed the german market was massively over priced and we built/ repaired all the factories for them to do it after the war sorry, but why in this country are we so ready to jump all over the british car industry when at one time, despite what you may think, we have acomplished a great deal and led the field spend some time at the heritage centre at gaydon for example and learn about all the good things we did do, you maybe surprised. We aint perfect by no means, but the British Car Industry led the way in many areas and still does in some areas. Quote
blankczechbook Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 ...heritage centre... - don't bring heritage into the discussion pls i don't really mind laughing at older cars and their problems.. we'll look back at this period and laugh at the number of faults and problems that are simply the sensors faulty - when nothing mechanically is amis at all... come on - how many faults are rectified by a sensor swop - no real spannering needed at all now ? Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 come on, compare eggs with eggs. the slate the british car industry over the years does really grind, not saying they were all great but look at the market at the times, not just when things were failing. We so quick in this country to slag ourselves off. the cars competing with the very same cars were just as bad if not worse The MG you had was it built after 76? if so i think this was the time of the steel crisis, when everyone in manufacturing could only buy cheap steel Princess, if i am right, was first car to have seat belt warning light on? big deal back in its day the italians built cars out of tin foil and household wiring the japanese built boxes that fell apart as soon as it rained or snowed the german market was massively over priced and we built/ repaired all the factories for them to do it after the war sorry, but why in this country are we so ready to jump all over the british car industry when at one time, despite what you may think, we have acomplished a great deal and led the field spend some time at the heritage centre at gaydon for example and learn about all the good things we did do, you maybe surprised. We aint perfect by no means, but the British Car Industry led the way in many areas and still does in some areas. Ah that must be why we still have a British car industry then. Quote
cast iron Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 - how many faults are rectified by a sensor swop - no real spannering needed at all now ? the ruddy Astra isnt New Sensor - didnt work New ECU - Didnt work New wiring harness - Didnt work Quote
Morbius Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 come on, compare eggs with eggs. the slate the british car industry over the years does really grind, not saying they were all great but look at the market at the times, not just when things were failing. We so quick in this country to slag ourselves off. the cars competing with the very same cars were just as bad if not worse The MG you had was it built after 76? if so i think this was the time of the steel crisis, when everyone in manufacturing could only buy cheap steel Princess, if i am right, was first car to have seat belt warning light on? big deal back in its day the italians built cars out of tin foil and household wiring the japanese built boxes that fell apart as soon as it rained or snowed the german market was massively over priced and we built/ repaired all the factories for them to do it after the war sorry, but why in this country are we so ready to jump all over the british car industry when at one time, despite what you may think, we have acomplished a great deal and led the field spend some time at the heritage centre at gaydon for example and learn about all the good things we did do, you maybe surprised. We aint perfect by no means, but the British Car Industry led the way in many areas and still does in some areas. Ah that must be why we still have a British car industry then. The British Car Industry (like most of our industry) was killed off by confrontation between poor management and militant unions (neither of whom saw the threat from cheap, but better quality foreign imports for what it was) and died when they stopped making proper Triumph, MG and Rover Cars. Ford was never British, and Vauhall stopped being so when they started making rebadged Opels for the General. FWIW, I had two Heralds, and they were very reliable because I didn't skimp on the preventive maintenance. I think the only reason the TR7 makes an appearance is because it was such a disappointment after the TR6 and the X-1/9 was prettier. Quote
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