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[Bean]

I had a Fiat as one of my first cars (A Seicento) & loved it!


For me, a car manufacture is successful if it's a car you park up & can't stop looking at when you walk away from it! And get excited to jump back in to it at the end of the day!

But - that's just me - I'm a "car person".

[megamini_jb]

Renault the worst

[a_woolhouse]

Daewoo? i mean come on who created the matiz?! lol IMO there isnt a decent looking one

F.I.A.T (Fix It Again Tomorrow/Today)

F.O.R.D (Fix Or Repair Daily)

Edited by a_woolhouse, 20 March 2013 - 09:55 PM.

[Ryang556]

I had a Fiat as one of my first cars (A Seicento) & loved it!


For me, a car manufacture is successful if it's a car you park up & can't stop looking at when you walk away from it! And get excited to jump back in to it at the end of the day!

But - that's just me - I'm a "car person".

I agree with you completely, although to me it being easy to work on is a big factor in it for me as I don't think car owners want to be forking out silly money for jobs that should be simple

[Ryang556]

Daewoo? i mean come on who created the matiz?! lol IMO there isnt a decent looking one

Daewoo mate, cheap and cheerful, the Lanos is a laugh to drive, they're that awful they're good

[Chance]

I had a Fiat as one of my first cars (A Seicento) & loved it!


For me, a car manufacture is successful if it's a car you park up & can't stop looking at when you walk away from it! And get excited to jump back in to it at the end of the day!

But - that's just me - I'm a "car person".

This is what its about for me

I had a corsa b for a short while, was so boring, just felt horrible and bland, soon went back to the mini

[Relatively Normal]

Has anyone noticed none of the major Japanese car manufacturers have been mentioned? Mainly because they are brilliant. Ok Mazda could do vetter as they are in bed with ford but Toyota (when not trying to get government funding for building crappy electric cars) are excellent. Honda again are superb and Subaru when not driven by morons are good cars.

[Ryang556]

I had a Fiat as one of my first cars (A Seicento) & loved it!


For me, a car manufacture is successful if it's a car you park up & can't stop looking at when you walk away from it! And get excited to jump back in to it at the end of the day!

But - that's just me - I'm a "car person".

This is what its about for me

I had a corsa b for a short while, was so boring, just felt horrible and bland, soon went back to the mini

Ahhh now, the corsa B is one of my worst cars of all time, hate that car!

[DAVEY_C]

if ye can't work on it yourself its not worth looking at, thats my moto , so that would be possibly anything post 2000 out the window with all the sensors and crap

there are alot of so called junkers out there with some real potential... for example i'd love to get a lada and stick an RB or 2jz engine in it then go have some fun.... each to their own though

also shame on who said mk1 escorts aren't worth their price... their such a cool car and alot cooler than the mk2's, a fun car to have sideways but i wouldn't mind a shot in a well sorted 1. we broke a rotten 1 a year ago to build our locost from which i can't wait to take on the road when finished

[mini-luke]

Daewoo? i mean come on who created the matiz?! lol IMO there isnt a decent looking one

Daewoo mate, cheap and cheerful, the Lanos is a laugh to drive, they're that awful they're good

800cc matiz: irritating other drivers up hills since 1998

Edited by mini-luke, 20 March 2013 - 09:58 PM.

[Ryang556]

Has anyone noticed none of the major Japanese car manufacturers have been mentioned? Mainly because they are brilliant. Ok Mazda could do vetter as they are in bed with ford but Toyota (when not trying to get government funding for building crappy electric cars) are excellent. Honda again are superb and Subaru when not driven by morons are good cars.

Honda are awesome cars, even the Jazz is jazzy... see what I did there

But yes, Honda's are good cars!

[TylerW53]

What about Talbot? My Mum had a Talbot Samba but always says it was a brilliant car.

[Ryang556]

if ye can't work on it yourself its not worth looking at, thats my moto , so that would be possibly anything post 2000 out the window with all the sensors and crap

there are alot of so called junkers out there with some real potential... for example i'd love to get a lada and stick an RB or 2jz engine in it then go have some fun.... each to their own though

also shame on who said mk1 escorts aren't worth their price... their such a cool car and alot cooler than the mk2's, a fun car to have sideways but i wouldn't mind a shot in a well sorted 1. we broke a rotten 1 a year ago to build our locost from which i can't wait to take on the road when finished

That would be me sir! You can't tell me a Mk1 Escort Mexico RS 1600 is worth in excess of £16,000, they're just not!

[dennismini93]

Has anyone noticed none of the major Japanese car manufacturers have been mentioned? Mainly because they are brilliant. Ok Mazda could do vetter as they are in bed with ford but Toyota (when not trying to get government funding for building crappy electric cars) are excellent. Honda again are superb and Subaru when not driven by morons are good cars.

thats a good point. cant think of much wrong with jap cars. they just get on with it and make excellent cars. some are boring but still good cars at the end of the day

[Ryang556]

Not a manufacturer but a certain car...

Those little Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo etc things

We failed a 2009 one on rotten brake pipes!

They'll be nothing left of them in a few years! I mean they don't even paint the inside of the bonnet, it's just primer!