A little smug...broken porsche

[Mercdan68]

Some people on here may relate to this tale, my neighbour has a new Porsche and constantly has banter with me about my old cr@p as he calls it, but tonight I'm a little smug, said Porsche is sitting broken with the rear spoiler raised and a whole row of warning lights displayed and non starting,oh and all for something that cost over 46k just over a year ago! He phoned Porsche who have told him to "get it to them" and he has asked to borrow one of my cars over Xmas........god I love cars that are bought for less than £2000 and prove just so reliable! E class merc diesel for £1200 and is just so reliable! I'm happy and having a smug chuckle to myself

[Mercdan68]

Penance for my smugness the old "bangers"

[mjphotography2016]

someone i knew few years back went and bought a tdv8 range rover sport (new) great until it snowed and it got well and truly stuck at the bottom of the lane where he lives he didnt use it much after that and still drives around in the old 90 pickup that he had to go and get that had been left in a field for about two months. drive through the fields to get by the sport and then drag it out the way so others could use the lane.

i knew of a renault laguna (newer shape) that got parked in a field when it wasnt even two years old as it was constantly having to go back to the main dealer.

[DavidB]

None of my sub 500 quid cars have ever broken down, that's about 40 - 50 I've had. My newish mini is currently off the road lol.

[Ray Singh]

All modern cars have inherent faults. I was put of modern porsche, when i visited a main dealer and sat in a £100k 911 Turbo S. The light switch was exactly the same part as fitted to my 2002 audi A4 diesel. It just took some of the shine away from the 911.

Old cars is where it is at.

P.S - Still feel sorry for your neighbour though.....

[rod6e]

Exactly why I don't like 'new' cars. Too many sensors and too much software, they have to be fixed with laptops as opposed to hammers.

I consider the '05 c-max family wagon to be far too modern.

[bortaf]

That's one of the reasons i love my P100 so much, every time somone comes in with a modern TD with leaking injectors or blocked inlet manifolds, i get a smug feeling (and look) and of course i have to point it out, "see that shitheap over there mate, cost me £40 in servicing every year for the last 6, by the way here's your bill for £500" LOL

[Mercdan68]

In the season of good will to all men I have offered the use of the escort estate !

[qwerty]

I wonder if people had this same kind of discussion in days gone by.

Imagine the 70's version.

"Bloke next doors got one of those new Cortina's. Had to replace the void bushes already!"

"Aye, I was laughing as I drove past in the Pop."

[andyborris]

Dec 24, 2015 14:10:01 GMT qwerty said:

I wonder if people had this same kind of discussion in days gone by.

Imagine the 70's version.

"Bloke next doors got one of those new Cortina's. Had to replace the void bushes already!"

"Aye, I was laughing as I drove past in the Pop."

And no doubt some horse rider said something similar about the driver of a broken Benz in 1898!

[Anthony]

I don't wish a breakdown on anyone, particularly not at this time of year.

However, there's something karmic when it happens to those smug individuals that look down their nose at lesser or older cars.

My boss is one of those people and was forever singing the virtues of his VW EOS and being rather more disparaging towards my aged French fleet. He's toned it down somewhat after his "quality German" car ended up going back to VW for the umpteenth time and has broken down at least twice, whereas my "unreliable French" car hasn't missed a beat and, as I took great pleasure in pointing out when I gave him a lift to collect it - cost me less than he'd just paid out again for repairs

[820]

Dec 24, 2015 9:26:48 GMT rod6e said:

Exactly why I don't like 'new' cars. Too many sensors and too much software, they have to be fixed with laptops as opposed to hammers.

Spot on.

[georgeb]

As we all know, Land Rover pioneered the concept of the "Total Loss Oil System" whereby you just stick the stuff in the top, and it does the rest, well...

The guy who parks next to me in the Pit of Hell has a four-ish year old Hyundai People-something and underneath it he puts a flattened out cardboard box to catch any oil drips. In his case though, it's more a steady stream but rather than do anything about it, he just puts a new box down - every week! Apart from a tiny weep from the sump, mine's (amazingly) dry   I reckon he spends more on oil a month than I do in fuel.

Dec 24, 2015 16:07:42 GMT 820 said:

Dec 24, 2015 9:26:48 GMT rod6e said:

Exactly why I don't like 'new' cars. Too many sensors and too much software, they have to be fixed with laptops as opposed to hammers.

Spot on.

That's why I love the '38, best of both worlds, see? The top half is a mass of computers with the actual intelligence of a turnip whilst the bottom half is genuine Land Rover hammer territory  

[colnerov]

Yes, but it may be cheaper to keep putting fresh oil in than pay to have the leak fixed.

Colin

[georgeb]

Dec 24, 2015 20:00:32 GMT colnerov said:

Yes, but it may be cheaper to keep putting fresh oil in than pay to have the leak fixed.

Colin

That would be called "maintenance" and I believe we've discussed this concept before, in Asian terms.

[Darkspeed]

Schadenfreude is the word you are looking for.

[Deleted]

Reminds me of the guy with the almost brand new (not a year old) Toyota WhatevertheywerecalledafterCorolla, wich went "weo wah whh wr" when he tried starting it, after being sat outside the bus station for two days. Meanwhile, my '75 Opel Ascona had been sitting outside the gas station on the other side for like a month, because a friend uses the garage there (its been automated so theres only gas pumps, but the garage parts get rented out) The Toyota guy assumed i too was stuck, seeing as i was showeling 1m of snow off the Ascona, wich really did look snowed in (mind you, it was something like -15 degrees) so he was all "Heh, cars, aye? At least mine works in the summer, ha ha" to wich i replied "Yeah sure mate" and started the old Opel (did cheat by putting gas directly into the bowl of the 32\36.) He didnt say anything after

Oh, also "You cant drive a lowered old car in winter mate"



I beg to differ!

[datsundrew]

A dickhead neighbour of mine, the sort that says ' messing about with that old stuff again, dunno why you bother' finally got his justice when a few years back when the temperature dropped to -10. I went out to my 1960 Landy, started it up (first go as always) and got out to scrape ice. He exits his new ish Laguna in a pissy and gets into his newish carry van, then get out of that in more of a pissy.....the Laguna won't start, and the battery is flat in the carry!
He comes over to me and says your lucky that old thing started.....really I say? Yes he says, I doubt that old thing will go then.....pointing to the Amazon covered in ice, I hope so, as my partner is off to work in 10 mins. Partner comes out, starts Amazon and scrapes ice. He said his battery is flat so I offer him a jump, but he explains his battery is under the seat and the van is full, I say shame both out batteries are at the front ready to go!
I ended up lending the jump leads and a big battery.......and drove off!
He returned them in the evening, he was sheepish, he has never questioned what I do or drive since.....but he's still dickhead.