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Its been a reliable car, paid 1700 pounds for it 3, 4 years ago and have put 50000 miles on it.
I had to replace a suspension bush when I got it, but its passed every CT (technical control) without problems since, but afer gradually falling apart, including; alarm packed up, had to take it out, divers door electric window broke, heater system went onto part time mode, ignition barrel broke, had to start it with a screw driver, getting hit by a bus in Luxembourg, taking out the RHF foglight, door mirror, wing and windscreen, getting hit by my wife while parked up taking out the rear wing, it has now finally failed to start at all so I can at last get rid of it! 
modified 4-Dec-13 8:21am.
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It has served you well by the sounds of things.....What you having next?
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alfa 156 JTS 2.0 veloce. I always liked Italian cars the best, and this has the 165 bhp motor, full leather etc. And they are cheap.
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A friend had an Alfa (being a petrol head, had a full garage of tools, manuals) dang thing kept going wrong! They are cheap as they are made of tin foil, rust if they get damp, the EMU is questionable. Most importantly with tinted windows they look COOL!
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They used to be bad for rust, all Italian cars were, but since the 90s they upped their game a lot and are now very good. They are mechanically reliable though, always were, they make very good engines and running gear the Italians. Its the electrics that worry me though. Perhaps I will need to have a lap top plugged into the CAM BUS on a permenant basis so I can monitor the sensors!
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They had to! Pat (my friend who I mentioned earlier) has gone and bought a new Massarti at the end of last year, he just found a rust spot on the door frame! better but... The electrics, are a mystery, he had to get a Gel battery so the darn thing would start. 
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Worst car I had for electrics was a Renault 25. It drove well, it was quick enough and had good handling, but the electrics were crap, as well as the interior, which gradually fell apart.
One day the engine died at some traffic lights. I pushed it off the road, and had a look. It was sparking so probably had an injector issue. Knowing one problem with theese engines are the relays that sidt under the ECU, whcih control the fule system, I took them out and got a taxi to the nearest parts center, got some replacement relays, and went back to the car. I put them in and it worked fine!
I had an oil pressure sensor fail on me once too, the diaphram must habe bust because I noticed a smell, pulled over, and saw oil was squirting out of the sensor. I took it out and hammered a nail into it, sawed it off, and put it back, then drove to a prts center to get a new one.
The dashboard instruments werent properly soldered either, they used to work intermittently untill I resoldered them.
It really was a crap car in many ways, sh*tty build quality, that marred an quite decent car underneath.
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My Dad has a Citreon Xsara, all the gadgets, cr*p interior the rubber seals rotted in a month (or two), gear stick legend went in 2 years, the security system works all the time even when you don't need it, the lock remote I have had to re-fix the terminals and replace the battery holder... French good wine, not so good cars...
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I am quite happy with my little Citroen (the C1).. No problems at all. All the other French cars I knew (not mine) all had bad eletrical problems.. So mine must be the exception..
BTW, I don't know who built the concept, because Peugeot and Toyota have the exact same model.
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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Like all the mass produced cars (items in fact )there are good ones and bad ones, the main thing is does it do what is was intended to do, you have a good one!.
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Having said that I had a Peugeot 405 GTD turbo, it was a really good car, and reliable.
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As above, mind you a good rule of thumb is the further from Germany the greater the chance of automotive failure 
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Well done BMW.
As a side note, The Wife's 1996 FIAT punto is still alive...
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Its amazing how well cars last these days; back in the 80s a ten year old Fiat was close to being scrap.
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Well, nowadays they are already scrap brand-new, so you don't notice the deterioration. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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My fun car was built around then on a 1961 MG engine. Last year the head gasket blew; it was the original. Apart from a tendency to get holes in the radiator and an idiot [me] cracking one of the front mudguards, the cars great.
speramus in juniperus
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Sorry to hear that it's come to the end of its useful life. Here's[^] my '91 325iX. I continue to drive it every day.
/ravi
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Thats in very good nick, even the tool tray plastic strap hasnt bust! You must live somewhere dry and warm.
Odd car though, LHD but with miles and kilometers on the speedo? Is it an import into a country that uses miles?
--edirt--
Seeing your profile I see you are In Canada, that explains the LHD and miles combo, but not the heat!
amazing you have kept it so good. Well done!
modified 4-Dec-13 9:15am.
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I bought the car when I lived in Mass, USA. Cars sold in Canada don't have dual km/miles per hour dials on the speedo. She's always been handwashed and waxed every year. Runs beautifully, but has lost some compression over the years. No rust (so far!).
/ravi
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Especially when the coders don't think too hard!
Amazon sent me an email today, with a books list - Sous Vide Cookbooks if you must know - and I followed a few of the links.
One of them looked good, but had a warning: "Ordering for Christmas? This item requires additional time to dispatch and will arrive after December 25."
And in little letters quite a distance away: "Publication Date: 17 April 2014"
So...might not arrive in time then...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ordering for Christmas? This item requires additional time to dispatch and will arrive after December 25.
OriginalGriff wrote: And in little letters quite a distance away: "Publication Date: 17 April 2014"
Maybe they mean after December 25 2014 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Publication Date: 1st April 2014"
Since you are an old dog, you know, the eyes are not fail-proof anymore. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Is it me or is CodeProject flying after that little down period a short while ago?
I think maybe Chris received a brand new batch of super hamsters. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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No, Sean has threatened to wear the Mankini again if they didn't buck their ideas up.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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'again'? I thought he was lobbying to make that the company dress code.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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