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[omega3000]

So what was your most reliable car ever owned ? Mine was a Ford Cougar 2.0
  Followed by Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 

[Ever Ready]

Most reliable was a Volkswagen Passat

Closely followed by a Volvo S40

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My 2.6 MV6 auto.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

So what was your most reliable car ever owned ? Mine was a Ford Cougar 2.0
  Followed by Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 

What about your Pug?

[the alarming man]

skoda octiva

[martin42]

Mk1 astra van,used to take 3 of us,all our tools,fittings,pipes and ladders,never broke down,only serviced once in the 2 years of owner ship,and it had a rear seat conversion.

[SP_3.2]

Have to say i did love my 3.2 Elite to death and even when it was not 100% which was not much  it was still get me around until it was fixed.
Was so much fun....  

[05omegav6]

In pure abuse terms, an F reg 1.3 Polo, never once refused to start and nothing ever broke on it. Second would be either a 1.8 Vectra C or current Omega as said yes stuff breaks, but it's usually a quick and easy fix

[omega3000]

Old Astra Mk1 was pretty bullet proof as well 

[chrisgixer]

Lexus is300 3.0  THE STRAIGHT 6 ONE!

Can't really say the omega is reliable, what with hbv's, crank sensors, alternators and bushes etc. but it will no doubt do the most miles of any car I've owned. So on that basis, Omega.

Ha, who'd o' thought.

[PhilRich]

Morris Traveller! Oh how I wish cars were as simple today!!

[Rods2]

Ford Consul 2.5 followed by 2.8i Granada although power steering racks used to only last about 20,000 miles on the Granada.

Most unreliable was a Volvo 960 estate, which was pre-registered with zero miles when I got it, new engine at 27,000 where there was a casting flaw in the block, blown head gasket and new head at 86,000 where the casting had started to disintegrate and along the way, just about every electronic sensor needing replacement.

[zirk]

Escort XR3i never let me down once, nippy little drive as well from memory. 

Thinking about it my old Sierra Cosworth never let me down either, that was a tad nippy as well 

[05omegav6]

Treat the list of usual bits and bobs on an Omega as service items and actually they're not too bad

[kevinp58]

Ford Granada 2ltr twin cam. Cost me £150 had it 2 years not a penny spent and sold it for £275. 

[05omegav6]

Ford Granada 2ltr twin cam. Cost me £150 had it 2 years not a penny spent and sold it for £275. 

Must have had a head and slushbox before you bought it then 

[kevinp58]

Ford Granada 2ltr twin cam. Cost me £150 had it 2 years not a penny spent and sold it for £275. 

Must have had a head and slushbox before you bought it then 

It did come with a whole load of paperwork but nothing to do with head work 

[05omegav6]

Unusual what was the Reg

[Stemo]

Ford cortina 2.3 ghia. Lovely motor but very waggy at the back under acceleration.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Ford cortina 2.3 ghia. Lovely motor but very waggy at the back under acceleration.

A nice old bus in it's day.

[Del Boy]

My Omega would be one, 5 years with just service items, few minor things but nothing major. Then again, a MK4 Astra Van which I had for a while never put a single foot wrong.

[Shackeng]

'53 Mk1 Consul (rallied as well!), and a  '59 1100cc Beetle which I ran for 11 years.

[henryd]

My 406 has been the most reliable I've owned to date,4 years and only routine maintenance and all straight mot passes,its done 204k miles and was a taxi so has seen life

[Keith ABS]

   The Carlton GSI manual I had before the Omega. But the Omega only let me down due to shoddy repair work done by others
Keith B

[BazaJT]

That's an easy one my 1995 XJ6,it's never let me down yet[and I'm having to sell it because the dragonlady struggles to get into/out of it.Second would be the 1990 Senator I owned several years ago and have regretted selling ever since!!

[Sir Tigger KC]

I bought a 1978 Ford Cortina 2.3 Estate for about £250 in Sydney.  Drove it all around Australia and all I did to it was flush the radiator and treat it to new headlight bulbs.  It had done about 300,000 kms, of which 25,000 or so were mine and I sold it for about £400 a couple of days before I left Oz!! 

Otherwise it's my Omega.    In 8 years and 75,000 miles it's only let me down once and that was a couple of weeks ago when the alternator packed up!    Mind you I've never fettled with any other car like I have this one!! 

[TheBoy]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

[kevinp58]

Unusual what was the Reg

J plate and the 8 valve not 16 

[05omegav6]

Must have been a Wednesday car

[Grrrrrr]

Mk II Cavalier. That car took everything!

[henryd]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

[TheBoy]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

[omega3000]

   The Carlton GSI manual I had before the Omega. But the Omega only let me down due to shoddy repair work done by others
Keith B

Arh i forgot my trusty 2.0 CDX carlton . Excellent reliability but a tad slow 

[henryd]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

its a 75

[TheBoy]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

[tooleater]

Vx Carlton Cdi manual, 325.000 when scrapped and still running

[henryd]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

That'll scrub out ,only bought it as a loaner,should be ok once I've fixed the motor

[omega3000]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

That'll scrub out ,only bought it as a loaner,should be ok once I've fixed the motor

Head gasket henry 

[kevinp58]

Must have been a Wednesday car

There had to be some good ones Law of averages 

[henryd]

The 2 most reliable cars I've owned are:

2000 Rover 25 1.6 iS
1990 Rover 216GSi

I see a theme...

I've just bought a Rover for small change,04 plate too

If a 25 or 45, they were facelifted in 2003, and the trim tends to fall off and be delicate. Must like the Omega facelift

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

That'll scrub out ,only bought it as a loaner,should be ok once I've fixed the motor

Head gasket henry 

Very low compressions on two pots,thinking pistons/liners which is ok as the bits are sensible prices now

[Vamps]

Here it would be;

A Rover 827
Mitsubishi Galant V6

Only ever service and service items costs, must say the Current Mig is looking good, we have had it 2 years or so now........

[Sir Tigger KC]

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

Did you buy it from Uncle STEMO then Henry? 

[henryd]

its a 75

Better built, if you can get rid of the smell of wee

Did you buy it from Uncle STEMO then Henry? 

 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Since my Fiesta, cant say I have had an unreliable car.

Certainly never one that broke down on (touch wood).

The Facelift Omega we ahd for 9 years, no failures, just servicing and maintenance.

My old Nova I had for 9 years, treated badly but ran and ran and ran.

The Cav was also very good.

The Zafira I have now put 100k miles on and it still does 50mpg and is on the original brakes!

[2woody]

Vauxhall Cavalier estate - I did 326,000 miles in it on the original clutch

[Steve Brookman]

Strangely enough my current Range Rover. It has had a few niggly faults in 7 years (central locking) but has never failed to start or get me to my destination and back.

Steve

[2boxerdogs]

Had a 2001 Mazda 626 diesel estate from new did over 100,000 miles & never missed a beat, started jumping out of 2nd gear so px'd for the 2.6 in December 2010.. the only thing I miss about the Mazda is the fuel economy.

[tigers_gonads]

I had a 84 model fiesta popular plus with the 1.6 diesel engine which I spent 3 years trying to kill with no joy 
Rain. snow or shine, it started, went and stopped everyday without fail till some piggin scumbag hit and run driver decided to ram it one night and do a runner outside my house   

[bigegg]

My (current) 1997 transit 2.5Di (bannnanana engine) which I paid £850 for
138K - 30K in my ownership over 3 years.
Never Ever failed to start first time - even at -18c, and has taken me from Cornwall to the far north of scotland.
passed last two MOTs WITHOUT WELDING
The heater works...

too early to tell on the lexus GS300 (3L straight 6) - but no issues yet in 6 months of ownership and cost £600ish

[TheBoy]

The Zafira I have now put 100k miles on and it still does 50mpg and is on the original brakes!

A sure sign you've now officially become an old man. You've lost the will to try.

Still, there's always the mid-life crisis to look forward too

[Seth]

Gotta be our current 2.5TD Estate

[hoofing it]

My old Datsun Sunny sms268x I had to be careful every time I shut the door (slam it to hard and something fell off ) it finally died after 328000 miles on the clock the old tin worm got it in the end

[Martin_1962]

The stoved in the side one

[TheBoy]

My old Datsun Sunny sms268x I had to be careful every time I shut the door (slam it to hard and something fell off ) it finally died after 328000 miles on the clock the old tin worm got it in the end

My bro had one as a runaround, when he was trying to keep his (new) 525 for special outings.

You could see the road, every warning light was on, the brakes had a metal on metal sound.  In the end, the MOTer couldn't get it through. Thankfully.

[omega3000]

Well for consistency for starting even though its not turned a wheel in 6 weeks its got to be the current MV6  If that was an old ford it would have died by now .

[cem_devecioglu]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

[omega3000]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

 French spaghetti 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

What is your opinion of the V6 clit that you own, Cem?

[omega3000]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

What is your opinion of the V6 clit that you own, Cem?

 

[Dan282]

A suzuki swift 1.0. 2 years and 25k 2 oil changes and that was it. 

[cem_devecioglu]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

What is your opinion of the V6 clit that you own, Cem?

V6 ..thats entirely a different league different subject Opti.. apart from its famous oil , water leaks and bottom end issues pistons are ok


however I must note that v6 is too complicated compared to k4m.. and k4m is primarily small volume rally engine.. so stock internals can easily cope with 180-190 hp from its 1.6 volume..  there are super 1600 variants that have  220 hp  in na form
 

[cem_devecioglu]

K4M  engine.. most reliable one I have ever seen..  yes its clit engine.. car is also ok apart from some small electrical problems..

 French spaghetti 

here are the electrical problems that I have faced,

weak battery recharge because of alternator and battery feed cable from alternator which routes via  key module..  solution servicing alternator and extra battery feed line..

remote keys stop locking/unlocking (both) which requires main fuse circuitry to be changed(not an immo or coding problem)

[Mr Gav]

Vauxhall Senator, 351k and still running when scrapped due to tin worm, 113k in my ownership. Paid £200 for it and got £150m scrap after four years 
Best car I`ve ever owned 

[Vamps]

Vauxhall Senator, 351k and still running when scrapped due to tin worm, 113k in my ownership. Paid £200 for it and got £150m scrap after four years 
Best car I`ve ever owned 

 

[Crazycarzowner]

I had an old Peugeot 405 grtd a few years back as a stand in car for a few months. L reg and 389k on the clock when I got it. It was taxed 4mths & had 8 months ticket, although it moaned & groaned a bit it started no matter what weather was chucked at it . Not a bad car really and was very economical too. Got it to 418k just before  fuel pump went west,  cheesed off wanted to get it to 500k. Still, got £200 scrap!

[Omegatoy]

Rover sd1,bought at 80k for 875,put 3 hundred thou on it over 6 years,fitted twin turbo,s halfway through the six year period,sold it for 5 hundred after removing the tubo,s then sold the turbos for another 5 hundred,briliant car!
followed by H16Owl,A £500 wreck of acarlton gsi which required new sills and some chassis welding, which in spite of thrashing around almost all the racetracks on track days only ever let me down once,when i blew the engine on track at Castle Combe while holding off a mitsubishi evo for 4 laps, got it towed home fitted new engine on the monday,and was back at work on the tuesday,fitted injected Lpg a year after i got it,lost track of the miles it has on it,as i never looked! well over 200k though, and sold for 2grand

[Rog]

The Mrs 1997 Volvo 940 2.3. Brilliant, it just keeps on going. 

My first omega was pretty good an 02 2.6 CDX Est, but my others since then have been, well a bit reliability crap regardless of how much cash I throw at them. 

[dillan]

my old 518 she took a good abusing
crashed it many times a few zip ties n was ready to go even when I took out 20 fence posts
miss it dearly just lacked the power

[Mart280]

I've been driving legaly  since 1985 and have probably had about 15-20 cars but thinking back hard I think my Omega has been the most reliable, I have had a few of the usual problems but out on the road it has only ever let me down once in 3 years.

[TheBoy]

A suzuki swift 1.0. 2 years and 25k 2 oil changes and that was it. 

Back to my 1990 Rover GSi, after I gave to my big bro, he went from 80k to 140k, and only ever bought 2 tyres, and annual MOTs. Nothing else. No oil, coolant, brakes, nothing.  I think his MOT chap used to put some screenwas in to get it through

He used it was a workhorse when rebuild his house, which knackered the bodywork a bit, which is what killed it in the end.

[slowboy]

jag xk140 inlate 60s

[omega3000]

Nissan Sunny till my ex blew it up