mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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My girlfriends Y-reg Saxo is cursed.
Every month at least one thing goes wrong on it.
Last month it kept stalling when idling and lost nearly all power when driving along.
Month before that the rear window decided to blow up.
The brakes practically stopped working as one of the brake cylinders went.
The alternator decided to stop working and now the new one whines all the time. Been back to the garage and they reckon its normal but it wasn't like that before.
The power steering pump went.
All of this in the past 7 months. Its a total joke!  And before that there was other things but there have been that many I really cant remember them all
She is getting rid at the start of next year when she has some money saved up and is getting a Corsa 1.3 CDTi so hopefully that will be better.
Cant understand why things keep going wrong on it as other people dont seem to have these problems one after another and hers is quite well looked after!
This month's problems were that the clutch cable snapped right in the main street of the town I live in so I had to tow her out the way with my mums car. This morning the bolt that holds the spare wheel cage up under the car fell off while she was driving along so that was dragging along the road. Nobody has even been anywhere near the spare wheel recently to not have tightened it up properly so dont know how its happened! I was in bed when she rang so I told her to tie it up with something for now
Just all little things but its one thing after another and its turning into a money pit for her 
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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Strange must be cursed.
My R reg pug has been perfectly fine upto a certain standard. Only problem i had really was the temp sensor but that was easily fixed.
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
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its called a friday afternoon car
my corsa was the exact same anything that could have went wrong did
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Think she just got a bad car others have similar cars and not had the same extent of problems
Just remembered another one.
the exhaust fell off at the manifold about 4 months ago
[Edited on 23-08-2006 by Matty G]
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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unlucky
Sell the car and tell her to buy a corsa 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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My saxo let me down once, when the fuel pump packed in after 20k 
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ClaireF
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Registered: 1st Nov 05
Location: hurlford, scotland Drives: corsa again
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its not a curse, its cos its a saxo lol
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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my corsa was same, once one thing went, everything did, so i got rid!
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by ClaireF
its not a curse, its cos its a saxo lol
 always hear that but it doesnt matter what car you get you can still get a lemon
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Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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Think its time to get a new car
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Wierd my brother bought a Saxo a year and half ago and he hasnt even changed the oil in it yet
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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my mates y reg saxo rear window blew up we were accusing somebody throwing something at it as he went past. Found no evidence to confirm this so still dont know why it happend.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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my mates saxo hurled him into a ditch
and the rear window fell out
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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fecking french cars
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
fecking french cars
hmm not all french cars are crap
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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My first saxo was cursed.
Same thing everything went wrong with it, headgasket, clutch, suspension arms u name it.
My VTS however has served me well so far touch wood, i think sometimes your lucky and other your not
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
My first saxo was cursed.
Same thing everything went wrong with it, headgasket, clutch, suspension arms u name it.
My VTS however has served me well so far touch wood, i think sometimes your lucky and other your not
nothin bad has happened to me from any of the cars ive owned. I must be quite lucky.
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
My girlfriends Y-reg Saxo is cursed.
Every month at least one thing goes wrong on it.
Month before that the rear window decided to blow up.
Tell her not to leave the heated rear screen button on when shes not in the car - common problem this
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Reedy
quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
My first saxo was cursed.
Same thing everything went wrong with it, headgasket, clutch, suspension arms u name it.
My VTS however has served me well so far touch wood, i think sometimes your lucky and other your not
nothin bad has happened to me from any of the cars ive owned. I must be quite lucky.
U must be, or i was very naive when buying cars (didnt know what i was looking at when i was 17)
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
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Im 20 and im on my 3rd car.
Mini - still running strong.
Corsa - was fine but sold it on due to wanting more power
Pug - has been fine.
All cars i had were all below 25k mileage tho.
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