All Stags Overheat...PHACT!!

[Cheggers]

Following the inevitable rust comment on Messy Smith's Lancia thread, let's get all those hoary old generalisations out of our systems

 

I'll kick off with my own bete-noir:

 

Princess Anne used to own one and they all catch fire (Scimitar)

 

Over to you for your favourite/ most hated chod cliches...

[messerschmitt owner]

you can't drive into a garage forwards in a bubble car with a front-opening door as they don't have a reverse gear!

[messerschmitt owner]

Citroens have complicated suspension.

[Lankytim]

Allegro rear wheels fall off.

[Cheggers]

And they're more aerodynamic going backwards

[kinkersaab]

"rover 214 is a honda engine so will last forever..."

[Paul Dupart]

"VW Beetles are air-tight!"

[kinkersaab]

"Vw's are brilliant, strong reliable cars"

[Paul Dupart]

"SAAB 900's don't have sills!"

[cort16]

All american cars are shit to drive.

[barefoot]

Citroen 2CV's are more than the sum of their parts.

[kinkersaab]

"Automatics are shit in snow..."

 

"diesels are cheaper to run.."

[cort16]

ABS stops you skidding on black ice.

[Joey spud]

Bond Bugs have Hillman Imp engines in 'em don't cha know...

[splatthefat]

Modern Renaults are as reliable as any other car (as said to me by a local dealer)

[fordperv]

"ooh a capri make sure you put some council slabs in the boot in winter"

the amount of times ive heard this old chestnut is amazing

[scaryoldcortina]

"Oh, a sierra! Is it tax exempt?"

 

(substitute any other post 1973 but not modern car, see also ebay ads with "will be tax exempt next year because it's 24 years old")

[ashmicro]

The modern Skodas are brilliant, they're just VWs with a different badge

 

Mini's are fun

[fotorabia]

Holden fanatic: Fords are shit.

Ford fanatic: Holdens are shit.

[cort16]

V-tec engines never break.

[ashmicro]

"rover 214 is a honda engine so will last forever..."

I've heard people say that of the CityRover engine too!

[scaryoldcortina]

"rover 214 is a honda engine so will last forever..."

I've heard people say that of the CityRover engine too!

 

I've even heard someone call the XUD9 in a R8 400 a "honda engine". Much mirth when you tell them it's actually french!

[Jack_Harpers_Teeth]

Jaguar X-Type is "just a Mondeo".

 

Hillman Imp's engine is a WW2 Water Pump.

 

Allegro's windscreen pops out when you jack it up.

[Guest]

Piazzas? Yeah, they're just a Chevette underneath, you just take the back axle off and it'll fit straight on a Manta / Chevette....

[simmo]

All Rover P6 panels are bolt on; even the roof.

[dollywobbler]

Phact. The following cars don't rust.

Reliant Scimitar

Trabant

Porsche 924/944

[Spiny Norman]

Jaguar X-Type is "just a Mondeo".

This.

 

Also - Saab 900/9-3 is just a Cavalier/Vectra underneath.

[Bobthebeard]

It's a VW. You will always get your money back whenever you decide to sell it.

[nottinghamphil]

All VW 'Enthusiasts' are bearded, tightwad, unwashed, animal loving soap dodging wannabe Green party members

 

oh... and Audi/BMW drivers are tossers

[Bobthebeard]

All VW 'Enthusiasts' are bearded, tightwad, unwashed, animal loving soap dodging wannabe Green party members

 

oh... and Audi/BMW drivers are tossers

 

Yes.

And your point is.....?