car dealers taking the mick

[Martin Oxenham]

Why would Renault be better quality than Vauxhall ?. Its all the same van !
I Expect the Renault ones are imported and the Vauxhall ones are local.

[Peter Normington]

quote Martin Oxenham:

Why would Renault be better quality than Vauxhall ?. Its all the same van !
I Expect the Renault ones are imported and the Vauxhall ones are local.

Nah both are made in Luton, maybe not for long though…

[Martin Pearson]

Chris, I would go with the Renault ones as well. Pretty obvious they are better quality just look at how much more they are. Plus you have the added bonus of having a spare spring just incase you ever need one. :lol1:

[Phill Fenton]

I can sympathise Chris.

Don’t get me started 😕

[Chris Wool]

bit mellow today Phill

[Phill Fenton]

:lol1: :lol1:

Would you believe I actually originally composed a 500 word essay in reply…then thought Nah!!..

[Nigel Hindley]

quote Phill:

:lol1: :lol1:

Would you believe I actually originally composed a 500 word essay in reply…then thought Nah!!..

I would Phil yes! 😀 😀 😀

[Ian Johnston]

quote Phill:

:lol1: :lol1:

Would you believe I actually originally composed a 500 word essay in reply…then thought Nah!!..

actually i was expecting a book by now, :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Shane Drew]

Hey guys, seeing this has reminded me to ask about the Fiat 120 somthingorother van.

I had a client buy one and bring it straight here from the dealer for signing. It was not booked in, and it has sat here for 3 weeks until I could find the time to fit it in.

Its done 74klm’s, literally from the dealer to here.

The client picked it up on Friday and drove it to his factory 10 klm’s away. When he went to go home, it is sitting in a pool of oil.

He rings the dealer and they get it picked up by a tow truck.

The client rings me today and says that Fiat may have to replace the bottom half of the motor as it has such bad corrosion, its leaking oil from every seal.

Are Fiats that bad? They are a new model here, but have been in Europe for a while obviously. I’ve just had another client buy the 160 version, and wants me to sign it too. Should I park it on the dirt in case it drops oil while I’m signing it do you think?

I rather like what the van has to offer and was considering trading up to one, but not so sure now 😕

[Ian Johnston]

quote Shane Drew:

Are Fiats that bad?

definition of a FIAT

Fix It Again Tomorrow :lol1:

[Hugh Potter]

quote Phill:

:lol1: :lol1:

Would you believe I actually originally composed a 500 word essay in reply…then thought Nah!!..

lol, you’d not believe how many times i’ve done that, then by the time i’ve re-read it i’ve calmed down and binned it cos i can’t be bothered anymore!

just done it now in fact!

[Chris Wool]

shane you don’t trade up to a fiat.

don’t squeegee to hard on the side panels.

in this economic climate i have decided to buy the vauxhall part as it did last the warranty period and 1 month.

as this purchase has added a sale to the parts inventory do you think they may stock it in future.

got to keep the Luton boys in work

chris

[Angelique Muller]

quote Ian Johnston:

quote Shane Drew:

Are Fiats that bad?

definition of a FIAT

Fix It Again Tomorrow :lol1:

Our local mechanic can’t say the word Fiat without another f-word in front of it…. 😮

[Shane Drew]

quote Angelique Muller:

quote Ian Johnston:

quote Shane Drew:

Are Fiats that bad?

definition of a FIAT

Fix It Again Tomorrow :lol1:

Our local mechanic can’t say the word Fiat without another f-word in front of it…. 😮

😮 oh dear……

[John Childs]

quote Ian Johnston:

definition of a FIAT

Fix It Again Tomorrow :lol1:

And, along the same lines…

LOTUS

Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious. 😀

[Peter Normington]

And the others….

ALFA: Aging Latin Fuckwit’s Ambulance.

ASTON MARTIN: A Silly Toy Of Neurotic Middle Aged Rich Toffs Investing Needlessly

AUDI: Another Useless Deutsche Invention.

BMW: Bought My Wife; Brings Me Women; Big Money Waster; Broke My Wallet; Babe Magnet Wannabe, ‘Bavarian Manure Wagon!’

CADILLAC: Crazy And Demented Idiots Like Large American Cars.

CHEVROLET: Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips.

CHRYSLER: Can’t Have Refund, You’re Stuck Leasing Edsel’s Replacement. Company Has Recommended You Start Learning Engine Repair!

DODGE: Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere. And how about – Dad’s Old Dead Garage Experiment. And – Don’t Over Drive Gutless Engines.

EDSEL: Every Day Something Else Leaks. More to add to the Edsel’s woes

FIAT: Failed Italian Automotive Technology, Feeble Italian Attempt (at) Transportation; or the well known favourite – Fix It Again Tony!

FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily; Fast Only Rolling Downhill; First (or Fails) On Race Day; Found On Road Dead (thanks Sameer P): Funding Our Retirement Daily (from a mechanic`s point of view); and perhaps best of all: Driver Returning On Foot (Ford spelled backwards!)

GMC: Greatest Made Chevy

HOLDEN: Holes, Oil Leaks, Dents, Engine Noises, and from Jason we have – Heaps Of Loud Disgusting Engine Noises. Come on Aussie come on!

HONDA: Had One Never Did Again; Hold On, ‘Nother Dickhead Arriving; plus (and this is a true rarity among these acronyms) one that says something positive about the car – Happy Owners Never Drive Anything (else)

HYUNDAI: A bitter one – Hope You Understand Nothing’s Driveable And Inexpensive; and a clever one – Hang Your UNDerwear Anywhere Inside

ISUZU: It Sucks, Unless Zero Used

JAGUAR: Junk Always Going Under At Repair Shop.

JEEP: Once again, a bitter one – Junk Engineering Executed Poorly; and a clever one – Just Enough Engine Power

KIA: Kick It Again; Keep It Away; Kill It Anyway, and another – Kills Innocent Americans

LOTUS: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious. It’s no coincidence that the acronym for the the Lotus Owners Of New York car club is LOONY!

MAZDA: Mostly Always Zipping Dangerously Along; Made After Zero Design Analysis. Z’s are always hard to work into these things

MERCEDES: Many Expensive Repairs Can Eventually Discourage Extra Sales

MG: Merciless Garbage; Money Guzzler; MG-B: Might Go Backwards; the new MG-F: Might Go Forwards

MINI: Moron Inside Notably Insane

MINIVAN: Manhood Is Nonexistent, I’m Vasectomized And Neutered.

MITSUBISHI: Mostly In The Shop Undergoing Big Investments, Sometimes Halfway Incomplete; and another – Motor Is Tough, Sounds Unbelievably Bad, Intimidates Slow Hondas Incessantly

MOPAR: Move Over, Professionals Are Racing, Mostly Old Parts And Rust

NISSAN: Needs Imminent Salvage So Abandon Now. You have been warned!

OLDSMOBILE: – Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday; and another – Old Ladies Drive Slow – Mostly Off Bridges Into Lake Erie!

PLYMOUTH: Please Let Your Mother Out Under The Hood!

PONTIAC: People On Narcotics Think It’s A Cadillac

PORSCHE: Proof Of Rich Spoilt Children Having Everything.

SAAB: Send Another Automobile Back; Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown; Start Adding Additional Brakefluid; Sad Attempt At Beauty. !

SUBARU: Screwed Up Beyond All Repair Usually

SUZUKI: Space Usually Zero Unless Kids Inside

TORANA: Tons Of Rust And No Acceleration. And the SLR variant – Slightly Less Rust

TOYOTA: The One You Ought To Avoid, They Overcharge You On Their Accessories, and Take Off Your Oversized Tires Asshole

TRIUMPH: This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help; and another – Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt!

VOLVO: Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object; Very Old Lazy Vehicle Owner.

VW: Very Weird; Virtually Worthless.

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Peter Normington:

MINI: Moron Inside Notably Insane

that one is spot on :lol1: :lol1:

[George Zerbino]

Had this list for a very long time:

A C U R A
All Cars Usually Require Adjustment
Americans Can Underestimate Routine Accidents
Another Case of a Useless Requested Acronym?
Another Crummy, Useless, Rotten Automobile
Any Child Understands Real Automobiles
Asia’s Curse Upon Rural America
Automobile Causes Universal Road Accidents
Awful, Crappy, Unreliable, Rusty Automobile

A L F A
Another Lemon From Antonio

A M C
A Mutated Car
A Morons Car
All Makes Combined
All Major Cost
All Muscle Car
Afro Motor Company
Ain’t Merely Chevy
Another Major Catastrophe
Another Miracle Car

A U D I
Automobile Under Demonic Influence
Awfully Unsafe Designs Implemented
Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
All Un-informed Drivers Insulted
All Unnecessary Devices Installed
Always Undermining Deutsche Intelligence
Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
Another Ugly Deutsche Invention
Automobile Unsafe Designs, Inc.

B E E T L E
Battered Everywhere, Expect To Lose Engine

B M W
Babbling Mechanical Wench
Babe Magnet On Wheels
Barely Moving Wreck
Bavarian Manure Wagon
Bayersher Mist Wagon
Beastly Monstrous Wonder
Beautiful Masterpiece on Wheels
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Big Money Waste
Big Money. Why?
Big Money Works
Bimbette Motoer Weapon
Blasphemous Motorized Wreck
Bought My Wife
Born Moderately Wealthy
Bowel Movement Wagon
Break My Window
Breaks Most Wrenches
Brings Me Women
Brings More Women
Broke My Wallet
Broken Money Waster
Broken Money Works
Broken Monstrous Wonder
Brutal Money Waster
Bumbling Mechanical Wretch
Business, Money and Woman

B O W T I E
Big Over Weight Tired Impotent Engines

B U I C K
Big Ugly Imitation Chrome King
Big Ugly Import Car Killer
Big Ugly Indestructable Car Killer
Big Ugly Indestructable Compact Killer

C A M A R O
Can’t America Make A Real One?
Cool American Made Automobile, Runs Outstanding

C H E V R O L E T
Can Handle Everything, Runs Over Limbs, Even Trees
Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
Car Has Extensive Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
Cheap Hot-Running Engines, Very Rusted Out, Lose Every Time
Chews Heads, Eats Valves, Runs ONly Low ET’s
Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques
Cracked Head, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
Cracked Head, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks, Exhaust Too

C H E V Y
Charged HEaVilY
Cheapest Heap Ever Visioned Yet

C H R Y S L E R
Car Having Really Yucky Stupid Lazy Engine Runs
Could Have Remained Your Sickly Lame Elderly Relative’s

C I T R O E N
Crap Interior Terrible Road-holding Owned Entirely by Nutters

D A T S U N
Detroit’s Angry Towards Sneaky Unscrupulous Nips

D O D G E
Daily Overhauls Do Get Expensive
Dead Old Dog Going East
Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater
Darn Old Dirty Gas Eater
Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
Dead On Delivery, Go Easy
Dead On Delivery, Guarantee Expired
Dead Or Dying Garbage Emitter
Dear Old Dads Garage Experiment
Dem Oil Dudes Go Everywhere
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere

E D S E L
Every Day Something Else Leaks

E F I
Extra Freaking Insurance

F I A T
Failed Italian Automotive Technology
Failure In Automotive Technology
Famous Italian Automobile Triumph
Feeble Italians Aren’t Trustworthy
Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
Fired Idiot Assembled This!
Fix It All the Time
Fix It Again Tomorrow
Fix It Again, Tony!
Flaky Italians Assemble Trash
Flipped It Again Tony
Found In A Taxi
Found In A Trench

F O R D
Follow Our Rusty Dogsled
Foot On Road Decelerates
Forced On Reluctant Drivers
Formed Of Rejected DNA
Forwarded Once; Return Denied
Forward Only; Reverse Defective
Forlorn, Old, Ratridden Dustbin
Fork Over Repair Dough
Fouled Out Re-done Dodge
Frequent Overhaul, Rapid Deterioration
Free Or Reduced Drastically
Frequent Opinion Really Disappointed
Fumes and Odors Readily Detectable
Funny Old Rattling Dump
Fantastically Orgasmic Realistic Dream
Finally Obsolete Racing Device
Fireball On Rear Denting
First On Road to Dump
Fix Or Recycle Dilemma
Flipping Over Results in Death
Flipped Over Roadside Disaster
Driver Returns On Foot (Backwards)
Fabricated Of Refried Dung
Fast Only Rolling Downhill
Failed On Race Day
Fails On Rainy Days
Fault Of R&D
Features O.J. and Ron`s DNA
First On Race Day
First On Recall Day
First On Rust and Deterioration
First Over Rated Disaster
First Over Rated Dodge
Fix Or Repair Daily
Flip Over Read Directions
FlOoReD
Found On Roadside Dead
Found On Russian Dump
Found Out-Right Dangerous
For Off Road Driving
For Old Retired Dudes
Fraternal Order of Restored DeSoto’s
Freakin’ Owner Real Dumb!
Frigin’ Old Rebuilt Dodge

G E O
Good Engineering Overlooked

G M
Garbage Makers
General Maintenance
General Mistake
Generally Miserable
Generous Motors
Grossly Misconceived
Grungy Merchandise
Gypped Me

G M C
Garage Man`s Companion
Generally Mediocre Cars
Get More Chicks
Gigantic Mountains of Crap
God’s Mechanical Curse
Got A Mechanic Coming?
Got More Crap
GrandMothers Car
Great Mountain Climber
Great Motor Car

G T I
Get’cher Tools Out
Got Tossers Inside

H O N D A
Had One, Never Did Again
Hallmark Of Non-Destructible Automobiles
Hand Over Dollars to Asians
Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
Happy Owners Never Drive Anything (Else)
Heck Of a Nice Damn Automobile
Helping Out Nips Destroying America
Hold Overs Not Doing Anything
How Odd-No Darn Acceleration

H Y U N D A I
Hope You Understand Nothing`s Driveable And Inexpensive

J A G U A R
Jews And Germans Usually Argue Retail

J E E P
Jinxed Engine has Extra Parts
Jumps Everything Ever Parked
Jump Excitedly in Every Pothole
Junk Electrical and Emissions Parts
Junk Engineering Executed Poorly
Junk Everyone Eyes for Parts
Just Eat Every Pickle
Just Eats Every Part
Just Empty Every Pocket
Just Everyone Else’s Parts

L O T U S
Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious

M A Z D A
Model All Zoids Drive Aimlessly
Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along

M G
Money Guzzler

M G B
Might Go Backwards

M G F
Might Go Forwards

M I A T A
My Intention: Always To Accelerate

MOPAR
Massively Over-Powered And Respected

MONTE CARLO
Makes Old Nissans Take Every Car Around Racing, Losing Only

M O P A R
Manny Odd Parts Arranged Randomly
Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
Mitsubishi’s Over Priced American Replicars
Most Often Passed At Races
Most Original Parts Replaced
Mostly Old Paint And Rust
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Move Over Power Approaching Rapidly
Mutilates Other Products At Races
My Only Problems Are Repairs
My Old Pig Ain’t Running

M U S T A N G
Motor Under Strain, Transmission Almost No Good

N A P A
Never Any Parts Available

N I S S A N
Nasty Import Sucks Savings Away to Nippon
Now In Some Shotty Automobile Nightmare

O L D S M O B I L E
Oh Look Darn, Some Massive Oil Burning Idiot’s Leaking Everything
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
Old Loose Dented Sheet Metal Outdated By Infamies Like Edsel
Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick`s Irregular Leftover Equipment

P I N T O
Paid Inspector Nicely To Overlook
Put In New Transmission Often
Put In Nickel To Operate

P L Y M O U T H
Please Leave Your Money Out Under The Hood

P O N T I A C
Poor Old Nut Thinks It’s A Cadillac

P O R S C H E
Phased Out Racer-Still Can’t Hold Engine
Please Overlook Really Shotty Cardboard Horrible Engine
Proof Of Spoiled Children Having Everything
Pulled Over Regularly So Cops Have Enough
Puts Out Really Smoky Carbonate Hazardous Emissions

P R O T O N
Possibly the Riskiest Option to Travel On-road Nowadays

R E N A U L T
Retarded Engine No Acceleration Ugly Lump of Trash

S A A B
Sad Attempt At Beauty
Send Another Automobile Back
Sorry Auto, Always Broken
Such An Arrogant Boy
Still Ain’t A Bimmer
Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown
Swedish Automobiles Always Broken

S M A R T
Slow Moving And Really Tiny

S T P
Stop Those Pistons

S U B A R U
Send Undercover Boat And Radioactive Uranium
Shot Up Bad A– Racing Unit
U R A BUS (Backwards)

T O Y O T A
Taking Our Yen Out — Thanks All
The One You Ought To Avoid
Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto

T R I U M P H
The Risk Involving Useless Machinery Pays Heavily
This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help!
Tired Repairing Until My Parts Hurt

V O L V O
Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

V W
Virtually Worthless