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Corsa_Sri_93
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7th Sep 04 at 20:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What are some of the worst f*ck ups that have been made by car manufacturers ?

Stuff like:

The Ford Pinto that had the petrol tank too close to the rear bumper so when another car crashed into the back of one it would explode !!!
jr
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sure it was the pinto though

the renault avantime
jr
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the focus rs, ford made a loss on every one they sold
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Vaux Nova Mk2....hazard warning light switch, pull it out and turn it upside down, push it back in and the ignition comes on....(without the keys in!!!)

didnt believe my mate till i tried it.
jr
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pmsl thats brillant

the 1980s mustangs
jr
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the ford probe
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If you are the lucky owner of a VW Touareg and the alternator gives up it will cost £400 for the new part, oh, and not to mention the £4000 labour cost to have it fitted - the whole engine needs to be removed to access it. The same goes for the starter motor.

[Edited on 07-09-2004 by 1800ed]
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Ford
jr
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
If you are the luck owner of a VW Touareg and the alternatore gives up it will cost £400 for the new part, oh, and not to mention the £4000 labour cost to have it fitted - the whole engine needs to be removed to access it. The same goes for the starter motor.


but the oldest tourags are 10months old, still got 26month of warrenty left to run
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Yes, but it is unlikely for those parts to fail in that time.
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how do you know it takes 59 hours to replace a tourag engine then
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PSg staring to make body kits for corsas, one of the greatest fuck ups off all times
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
how do you know it takes 59 hours to replace a tourag engine then

MattB works for VW as a mechanic, has told me a lot of funny stuff about how they do things now.
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
sure it was the pinto though

the renault avantime


Don't start!!!

No shit, i hadn't seen an Avantime other than on tv until yesterday when i saw 2 different ones in the same town. Spooky!
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i also work for VW ,

for example if your W12 engine ever goes your looking at £6,995 for the block
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sri_93
quote:
Originally posted by jr
sure it was the pinto though

the renault avantime


Don't start!!!



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1.0 12v engines in corsa's
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And the fact that the 'feature loaded' VW Golf 'match' (you will have seen the ad on TV) didn't ever come with central locking or electric windows, so when people wanted it fitted as an extra when buying the car outside companys had to come fit the equipment.
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and the bbs wheels on the golf 25th anerversory are £435 each, we replaced a set last week
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quote:
Originally posted by chewy
1.2 8v engines in corsa's

Actually. The 1.0 12v engine aint too bad...
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
And the fact that the 'feature loaded' VW Golf 'match' (you will have seen the ad on TV) didn't ever come with central locking or electric windows, so when people wanted it fitted as an extra when buying the car outside companys had to come fit the equipment.


thats becasue you will have to mess with the loom, if it goes wrong the warrenty company wont pay out if its been fitted by a delership, if its fitted by an outside company and it goes wrong there responsible, not vw
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt.H
Vaux Nova Mk2....hazard warning light switch, pull it out and turn it upside down, push it back in and the ignition comes on....(without the keys in!!!)

didnt believe my mate till i tried it.


PMSL

I don't think you should have posted that really
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quote:
Originally posted by Peugeot Nut
quote:
Originally posted by Matt.H
Vaux Nova Mk2....hazard warning light switch, pull it out and turn it upside down, push it back in and the ignition comes on....(without the keys in!!!)

didnt believe my mate till i tried it.


PMSL

I don't think you should have posted that really


i believe cant you do that in a corsa? im sure someone posted that it worked in corsa's
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the idea that cadillac's would sell in the UK

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