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I’m not patriotic at all, yet the 3 cars I would go out and buy straight away if I won the lottery are all British.
Lotus Esprit GT3
Lotus Elise S2
TVR SagarisThis isn’t specifically a winter thing, but it goes along with what to carry in the boot/trunk.
When I change the alternator and power steering belts I thrown the last set in the boot with the spare wheel. If one of them snaps I have a far greater chance of someone stopping with some tools, than someone stopping with some tools and the exact belt I happen to need. That works for something as common as a Ford Focus, but doubly so for a rare import car!
This isn’t specifically a winter thing, but it goes along with what to carry in the boot/trunk.
When I change the alternator and power steering belts I thrown the last set in the boot with the spare wheel. If one of them snaps I have a far greater chance of someone stopping with some tools, than someone stopping with some tools and the exact belt I happen to need. That works for something as common as a Ford Focus, but doubly so for a rare import car!
Whoa SpawnedX, I gotta step in a defend my marque here :cheer:
Actually, I was going to step in anyway to make a couple of points. My first is that I think the best way to have a reliable car is to take your time in purchasing, and then stick with it. Service it when recommended, and do it yourself where you can so you know the right fluids, torque settings, etc, were used. And when things fail, as they will, investigate them and find out if there’s an upgrade part that can save it happening again. After a while you will have a well sorted car that should do you proud.
I have a Mitsubishi 😉 FTO, which were only ever made in Japan, so I can testify to what road2perfection said. I’ve had the same car for 11.5 years now, and it has NEVER broken down. Once I had an overheat from a broken thermostat, and even then it somehow managed to fix itself. Of course I changed it though. Maybe Mitsubishis made in Europe or the US are of different quality.
I think the key is to look around at what you can see before buying a car based on the brand and assuming it will be fine. A friend just returned a Mercedes and got a full refund after 6 months because of the troubles he’d had. Including 4 sets of discs!! :ohmy: So nothing is guaranteed, you can only try to get as much info as you can, and find the best example you can.
Whoa SpawnedX, I gotta step in a defend my marque here :cheer:
Actually, I was going to step in anyway to make a couple of points. My first is that I think the best way to have a reliable car is to take your time in purchasing, and then stick with it. Service it when recommended, and do it yourself where you can so you know the right fluids, torque settings, etc, were used. And when things fail, as they will, investigate them and find out if there’s an upgrade part that can save it happening again. After a while you will have a well sorted car that should do you proud.
I have a Mitsubishi 😉 FTO, which were only ever made in Japan, so I can testify to what road2perfection said. I’ve had the same car for 11.5 years now, and it has NEVER broken down. Once I had an overheat from a broken thermostat, and even then it somehow managed to fix itself. Of course I changed it though. Maybe Mitsubishis made in Europe or the US are of different quality.
I think the key is to look around at what you can see before buying a car based on the brand and assuming it will be fine. A friend just returned a Mercedes and got a full refund after 6 months because of the troubles he’d had. Including 4 sets of discs!! :ohmy: So nothing is guaranteed, you can only try to get as much info as you can, and find the best example you can.