do problems come in 3's for anyone else?

suj

Wheel Connoisseur
Jan 1, 2009
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Birmingham
haha,mine is reliable and gorgeous....unlike most of my exes,note present other half is excluded from this...and it's not cos he's a member on here :cartman:

hahaha i was kidding, my ex's are always perfect....in their own special way :D
just like this car,
you wanna end it (sell it)
but then it works (out) and you remember why you have it, as it puts a smile on your face :D
 

old 'uns

Modern Life is Rubbish...
Mar 20, 2003
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walsall
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righto then....HU arrived yesterday, now fitted & all seems OK.
Blaupunkt Melbourne SD , no disc player so 1 thing less to break!

finally replaced heater panel bulb after 2 years & also the 2 rear parcel shelf/speaker panels so the shelf now tilts with tailgate after about 4 years

getting there slowly :)
 

suj

Wheel Connoisseur
Jan 1, 2009
5,808
1
Birmingham
what was the bulb in the heater panel mate? mine went when i got my car, never really bothered me, but if i can change it, even better :)
 

Grayboy

Full Member
Jan 31, 2005
970
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Beckenham
3s I Wish
rocker seal leaking down on spark plug (5 attempt to get the right one from useless steelers)
Broken dizzy.
shorted throttle position sensor wires
3 cracked breather pipes
and currently siezed rear calipers and weird problem with petrol vapor recirc system not to mention reversing my ladies car into a lampost.

my previous one never missed a beat in 3 years.
 
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vikki

Active Member
Apr 9, 2009
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Beverley, Nr Hull
im with the trouble in 3's.
1 (3 or 4 weeks ago) - had a blow out on a motor way so needed a new tyre
2 (2 weeks ago) - rear axle bushes went so had to be replaced
3 (last week) - brake regulator went and spat all my brake fluid out so had to be replaced

All come within a month of each other, a matter of weeks before my next student loan so when i am skint!!
 

Seat-Chris

MK2 1.4 Sex :D
Jul 20, 2008
253
0
Derby
your lucky to have only 3 not so major problems :happy:
my cars current faults are :
1.heavy clunking from steering (drive shaft me thinks)
2.temprature gauge works occasionaly
3.radio dosnt work what so ever
4.the tracking is so far out to go in a straight line my steering wheel has to be held(it trys to straighten itself and pulls left) 30 degrees to the right
5.gearbox leak that i cant (be arsed too) repair so keep topping up the oil :D
6.the engine sounds like its slowly dying

but she still runs and i love her so im not fussed about the 'niggles' hahaha
 

CraigW

Craig.
Apr 12, 2007
4,607
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Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
your lucky to have only 3 not so major problems :happy:
my cars current faults are :
1.heavy clunking from steering (drive shaft me thinks)
2.temprature gauge works occasionaly
3.radio dosnt work what so ever
4.the tracking is so far out to go in a straight line my steering wheel has to be held(it trys to straighten itself and pulls left) 30 degrees to the right
5.gearbox leak that i cant (be arsed too) repair so keep topping up the oil :D
6.the engine sounds like its slowly dying

but she still runs and i love her so im not fussed about the 'niggles' hahaha

Try changing the thermostat and/or coolant temp sensor to solve that one.
 
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