Shhh
Had the car for nearly 12 months now. Car is a March 04 Racing Blue Clio 182 with both Cup packs and racing stripes.
Ive done 18,000miles since Dec 30th 04. Since then ive had multiple warranty claims, well infact 12 warranty claims... so you could say one a month. I worked it out that it has cost me £3000 in fuel @28mpg. Im on my 3rd set of of tyres on the front so thats another £370 (4x £93 ish). Also add another £300 for when mum put diesel in the car. :S
When i first got the car the speedo / cruise control was out of sync so the speedo was changed. The car was on about 12,000mile so the mileage went back to zero miles. The car is now on about 18,000 so thats 30,000miles in total in less than 2 years old from new. The car has probably been off the road for 2 months in total.
The faults ive had are..
Speedo / Cruise control out of sync
Engine mountings out of alignment
Alternator burning / smelling
Alternator cables damaged
STOP , ((!)) and SERV light when cornering
Rear washer inop
Car not starting (thanks mum
)
Battery change (not done yet as they not free to fit it)
Heater / Air Con not working
Buzz coming from Dash / Light area
Plastic thing over fuel tank broken
Steering pulling to the right (from new)
Blebbed tyres (from new)
Damaged alloy (from new)
Clunk with full lock on steering (wheel catching wheel arch / suspension)
Leaking right hand rear shock
Thats only part of the problem, i could list more if i looked through all the paperwork. After the year ive had with the car, makes me wonder if i should sell up and move on. Tho i must admit, its a pretty perfect car now that all the problems have been fixed. Suppose its one of them things for having one of the first few cars off the production line. The later cars get the modifications.
Ive done 18,000miles since Dec 30th 04. Since then ive had multiple warranty claims, well infact 12 warranty claims... so you could say one a month. I worked it out that it has cost me £3000 in fuel @28mpg. Im on my 3rd set of of tyres on the front so thats another £370 (4x £93 ish). Also add another £300 for when mum put diesel in the car. :S
When i first got the car the speedo / cruise control was out of sync so the speedo was changed. The car was on about 12,000mile so the mileage went back to zero miles. The car is now on about 18,000 so thats 30,000miles in total in less than 2 years old from new. The car has probably been off the road for 2 months in total.
The faults ive had are..
Speedo / Cruise control out of sync
Engine mountings out of alignment
Alternator burning / smelling
Alternator cables damaged
STOP , ((!)) and SERV light when cornering
Rear washer inop
Car not starting (thanks mum
)Battery change (not done yet as they not free to fit it)
Heater / Air Con not working
Buzz coming from Dash / Light area
Plastic thing over fuel tank broken
Steering pulling to the right (from new)
Blebbed tyres (from new)
Damaged alloy (from new)
Clunk with full lock on steering (wheel catching wheel arch / suspension)
Leaking right hand rear shock
Thats only part of the problem, i could list more if i looked through all the paperwork. After the year ive had with the car, makes me wonder if i should sell up and move on. Tho i must admit, its a pretty perfect car now that all the problems have been fixed. Suppose its one of them things for having one of the first few cars off the production line. The later cars get the modifications.
