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From: Lozzo on 23 Nov 2009 19:21 SteveH wrote: > Marc Gerges <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French > > > cars and have found that in general, build quality is shite. > > > > There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the > > ones picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso > > best of class > > What else is in the same class?.... Alfa Romeo, that makes anything, just anything else a winner. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, SR250 SpazzTrakka, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) Garage clearout - Yamaha SpazzTrakka 250 for sale, email for details
From: Marc Gerges on 24 Nov 2009 01:19 Oily <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: >> > >> > What else is in the same class?.... >> >> Volkswagen Touran > > Now that's in a (better) class of it's own Personal preference, methinks. It feels built like a rock. Sadly, it drives like one, too. Still, breaks down every now and then. cu .\\arc
From: Catman on 24 Nov 2009 02:23 Lozzo wrote: > SteveH wrote: > >> Marc Gerges <marc.gerges(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> I'm also dumb-founded. I've had lots of experience with French >>>> cars and have found that in general, build quality is shite. >>> There's your exception: few years ago, german automobile club (the >>> ones picking up broken cars on the road) declared the Xsara Picasso >>> best of class >> What else is in the same class?.... > > Alfa Romeo, that makes anything, just anything else a winner. > Meh. My 156 feel better put together than my ex-bosse's Saab 9-5 and my ex-minion's Merc C200 nasty thing. Both our daily Alfa's were *much* better put together than the POS Asta 1.6 slug SWMBO got as a loan car. Not so much in terms of fit and finish, they were pretty much comparable, but the quality of the materials used seemed very different. YMMV obviously ;) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: J�r�my on 24 Nov 2009 03:20 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in news:faokg51317gqumv4ht71mgq5jnu54ur491(a)4ax.com: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:54 +0000, Pete Fisher > <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>SWMBO's Punto JTD has gone 5 years and 43000 miles without any problems, >>yet most on here will say all Fiats are rubbish build quality. For some >>people 'build quality' seems to be more about the aesthetics of the >>plastic cabin and instrument panel than basic reliability. > > Quite - what they really mean is 'fit and finish', usually judged by > the noise the door makes when you shut it. > > This is why I always has a hollow laugh when Honda motorcycles are > claimed by newbies to have a high 'build quality'. Exactly. If they don't have doors, how can you tell? -- Jeremy R1200RT
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 24 Nov 2009 17:19
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > >I remember some Skoda being recalled because they just ran the brake >pipe under the carpet or something for the RHD conversion, and if (in >panic mode) a front seat passenger instinctively jabbed for a brake >pedal (and I bet we have *all* done that at some time) they could >actually crimp the brake hose and actuate the brakes. I think it was a Yugo, IIRC. And the problem was that they left the braking stuff on the LHS and ran actuating rods over to the right. The bulkhead was so flimsy that it could flex and move the actuating rods, hence applying the brakes. Hard. >Not all cars work for RHD, though. Renault never engineered the original >Twingo for it, for example. New Mini Clubman suicide door, for example... -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye? |