What Cars Are Lemons?

[Bleedin Thumb]

I was looking under a BMW sedan on a hoist the other week. Have they done away with a chassis and replaced it with an alloy pan - box section set up??? wierd looking thing must be hard to accesss a lot of parts.

[JackoH]

Fix
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[Article99]

Hmm. Have lived with a '93 Renault 19, an '89 Hilux, and most recently an '89 GPX 250.

The hilux, as much as I loved the old girl was really getting on in the tooth. Constant problems getting the butchered distributor on it to play ball. Eventually bit the dust after one too many burnouts. (Only possible in the wet, mind you.)

The GPX has been an interesting bike to own. Leaks coolant like a sivve, but otherwise quite reliable. (Patch one hole and another appears kinda thing.)

Out of the cars, I'd gladly take the Renault again, truth be told. $ for $, it was more comfortable to drive than any Ford, Holden, Mitsu, Toyota etc, and had more features for the money. (Power windows, mirrors, etc etc.)

Rarely gave me any troubles (once threw a belt, that's about it.), ran on the smell of an oily rag. Only needed a new radiator when I bought it. Fresh out of the box at Alpine Affaire in Ringwood was $80.

If you can put up with the flak from your mates about driving a french car and are really only looking for an A to B proposition, I wouldn't go past a 19.

Or, if you're after cheap cheap kilometers, the GPX gets 380km's to $17 worth of fuel.

[echnidna]

How much timber can yer put on a tandem trailer behind a GPX?

[Article99]

Tandem trailer? Nah mate. Just strap it across my shoulders and see if I can either fly or get stuck entering alleyways.