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another in a long line of historical trivea relating to cars. over the last 40 odd years, what models were known for 'unfortunate' stying errors or bad design or manufacturing. eg of the top of my head. (as its a ford forum and lots has been posted about EA and AU....lets give them a break)
Edsel (stying) corvair (rear suspension) HD holden - front and rear styling HQ kingswood - handling orig falcon - front suspension failure Camira - smoky engines sigma - smoky engines magna - auto gearboxes VX commodore with 5.7chev (oil consumption) VL 3.0 (headgaskets) rotary Mazdas (seals failing) this is a specialty for mechanics ou there who made a fortune on some of these cars...
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Daily: AU1 Fairmont Ghia - 380,000 km (still going strong)
Weekender: 2009 G6ETurbo - 21,656 km - Seduce/Cashmere (The only shopping list I need: 4 Litres and a hairdryer) Daily: SZII - 56,000 km - converted to Tezza |
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Ego BFII Ghia Titanium Silver E53 X5 4.4i Gunmetal EF XR6. Now retired from active duty. Roses are red. Violets are blue. OS X rocks. Homage to you. |
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anything ssangyoung BUT UGLY
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90s Mazda 626 - auto boxes
N12 Pulsar - manual gearboxes
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Nissan 300ZX:
- stupid temp guage (Either cold, normal or overheating, nothing in between.) - Bastard to work on, to do anything is a real pain in the neck. Normal mechanic won't touch them. Any work costs LOTS of $$ in labor. - Reliability issues.
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Paul Gover and Graham Smith are determined to add the Territory to that list, since Ford sorted out a brake recall, they are getting stuck into the ball joints........
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Ego BFII Ghia Titanium Silver E53 X5 4.4i Gunmetal EF XR6. Now retired from active duty. Roses are red. Violets are blue. OS X rocks. Homage to you. |
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apex seals lol
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How can anyoned forget the immortal Datsun 120Y the greatest pile of dung ever made.
Anything with an alloy head anyone cracked a cast iron head? |
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VT - VXS1 rubbish IRS.....oh wait that's in general.
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A dozen posts and no mention of the P76!
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The P76 lol!!, Also i dont think ssyangyong believes in style!!
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Or from our side of the road:
XC Falcon, gutless petrol eating monster. TE Cortina 4.1, dangerous overpowered underhandling underbraking petrol eating monster. EA Falcon, gutless gasket eating monster. AU How many synonyms can you think of for the word UGLY BA1 GT/GT-P/Pursuit (early builds) oil eating, rattly gearbox, clunky diff, relatively slow BA2 F6 Typhoon, (early build) gutless and clutch failure. I have owned a new one of all of the above so this is personal observation not third hand anecdotes |
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Daily: AU1 Fairmont Ghia - 380,000 km (still going strong)
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Daily: AU1 Fairmont Ghia - 380,000 km (still going strong)
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Reminds me of the R100 Rotaries. Anyone remember them, at Bathurst in late 1960's? Used to flip over at the thought of a corner BTW Apex seals in rotaries are no longer a problem thanks to an inventive Australian Company PTS (WA I think) I have them in my 13B turbo and they have survivied incredibly harsh treatment including a complete engine failure where even the eccenric shaft (crankshaft) broke into 2 pieces The only things we could salvage were the APEX and corner seals, the water pump and the alternator!!! Even the clutch got bent My Dad reckoned HD Holden was for "horrible design" |
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Lightburn ZETA or worse the ZETA sports!!
http://www.adelaidetalkbacksa.com/fo...read.php?t=868
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Shockwave mk11 BA XR8. G&D cai, Redback quad cat back, Shaker, 18x8 Advanti rims. . |
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Yes, but weren't they fun (I had 2 TE 4.1's and a TD 4.1). They could also be described as part of the Darwinian selection process, you either learnt to handle unexpected situations, or you died. |
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Ford Pinto??
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3.0 blow me up turbo diesel nissan patrol
same car with 5th gear falling out of the gearbox
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BA brake and diff issues.
VL headgasket oh and BA handbrake.
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What about magna,triton,sigma any thing with the astron engine?
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XA-C coupe had a bit of a rust problem..
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Holden Sunbird? no wait...... Datsun Bluebird "Australias Four Cylinder Limousine!!".......... Shockers... both of them, Holden because of the 'Starfire' four banger which made made a 60's diesel landcruiser seem like a rocket... and the Bluebird because it was just crap in general.
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