Why are British cars so crap?
Now I haved a Nissan, about 10 years old, 128 thousand miles on the clock, and it's just gone through an MOT with absolutely nothing wrong with it. NOTHING. Not even a lightbulb.
Was I sold a dud? Was I just unlucky? Or are all British cars utter, utter rubbish?
Answers:
You were really unlucky mate. you bought a Metro, they were terrible! Jaguars with the old British straight 6 engine were excellent, Mitsubishi Evo is British, just carries a Jap name badge for example. And if you want an example of how good a British car can be, try a Noble. The best car you can get sub £200,000 from ANY company. Will out-accelerate a Porsche Carrera GT, Maclaren Mercedes SLR, Ferrari 612, almost anything. Then you can look into the small British car industry, Ariel, Westfield, Parma, the list goes on, I believe a Westfield can out-accelerate a Bugatti Veyron 0-60. Does this sound like a list of junk cars?
u woz ripped off mate
Metros are probably the worst car in the history of the world!
LOTUS
TVR
JAGUAR
ROLLS ROYCE
BENTLEY
Yeah a real list of crap cars there.
because they are all owned by foreign company's i can only think of one truly British company and that's noble(which you've probably never heard of)every one that weatherman has listed is owned by a foreign company
British cars are known for being so crap, you can't go wrong with a Jap car, they last forever
.. look wise they were the best ... they never got into new technology ...
So many of our workforce are foreign now they might as well have 'made in Taiwan' stamped on them. British cars used to be the best in the world - like the country itself now - theres no pride in it any more.
my local garage told me to buy a jap car as nothing ever goes much wrong with them ( i have a renault, stupid me)
The most British car on the road is a VOLVO made in Britain assembled in Sweden.
My Discovery has just passed its MOT with 124,000 miles on the clock and has once again passed on everything. It has never failed an MOT. Hoe come your Metro got to that state without you noticing? If it failed that badly it must have been a real deathtrap. Sounds like it wasn't looked after.
u may have had a metro that had fallen under the curse of the Friday afternoon car, hot off the production line and all those welders/nut-tighteners/plastic grommet pushers, can't wait 2 leave 4 the Weekend.
half sods law mixed with yuk damp/grotty Brit weather our Brit-cars do tend 2 let us down!
shameful that these Jap cars seem 2 go on and on and on.
but u can't beat that Jap starter motor can u?
Here in the U.S., the British cars, especially two seaters, were quite popular in the '50's and '60's, but soon acquired the reputation of being VERY, shall we say, finicky AKA UN-reliable, especially in wet weather. Now, it seems to me that a place like the UK, would need cars not affected by weather.
OH!, to answer your question..I don't know.
look at it as it is.. you may have had a bad metro..
my mini 1989 just went straight through the mot and my mates 2003 BMW needed quite a few things,,, you cant tar all English cars with one unlucky experience.
and maybe the garage was a con merchant,,, you should have had it tested elsewhere too
and to another answerer, the proper mini was 100% British, the new (in name only) mini is a German monstrosity its using the mini/cooper name and will NEVER be as good as the proper mini 1959-2000..
Why? Underinvestment.
Don't try French though
I beg you pardon.who told you that our cars are so carp you should think before you said that have you ever drive a British car
It is because the average Brit Worker,myself included,is constantly Drunk.
Erm. When was the mini a BRITISH car? It might have started out as British when first produced. Search on the internet and you end up with BMW.
the car makers build them to last long enougth to pay it off so you will be forsed to buy another. allthough up keep is of key importance. I have a 92 pathfinder 4x4 with293000 works great and meany more to go. Ihad a ford arrow star van with 315000 miles sold it to a frend a yr ago and he loves it . take care of if and it will take care of you .
Why is British anything so crap! Cars, Architecture, washing machines. ATTITUDE - that's whats wrong in British Industry. People just don't know when they are well off. They have the wrong attitude to get things done and do a good job.
The thing about Euro cars is the inherent design flaws. Such as the failure to give the drivetrain ample operating space. When you cramp everything in you create very hot areas. Also the failure of Euro cars to keep up with modern standards and tech. Why would you make a 5 cylinder engine, its useless. Also the VW odd cylinder design is failed. The Japanese have invested much more time, effort, energy, money and pride into R&D. Euro cars just want to be different and that hurts manufacturing.
If we can still count Vauxhall as British, I run a 5 year old Vectra diesel. I bought it at auction with 112.000 on the clock for a couple of grand. Starts on the button, never lets me down and gives me about 50mpg. Metros were never any good. I am sure that a 10 year old Corsa would compare favourably with your Nissan, and it wouldn't look so plastic and nasty. (Jap/Korean interior trim is one of my pet hates.)
You were just unlucky. I had a Rover Montego for years and it was the best car ever. It served me faithfully for twelve years and it was 6 years old when I got it. I gave it to my daughter who also loved it for another year but traded it in for a small engine when the road tax changed for smaller cars. I cried when they drove it away and it's probably still going strong. I have a Fiat Punto now which is the second best car ever.
Tey are not crap it's just that most "american" mechanics have problems working on British Cars.
British cars have a history of "problematic electrical components". The appearance of Rolls Royce,Jaguar in your driveway would be envyous to all neighbors! The early vintage Jaguar,MG,B/C, Triump,Spitfire/TR-series/Stag even the Austin cars were cruising many a street and highway here in America! To say British cars are "crap/rubbish" is an insult which one would respond to you "GO TO BLOODY HELL!.Good luck!
You've learnt a valuable lesson there, never buy British!!
Especially the beef, it'll drive you crazy..
it was because at the time rover was getting cheap steal as goverment didnt want to spend money so they used cheap materials made a good small car total crap so you are lucky it reach 10 year old when bmw took over things lookewd up until they pulled the plug britain should have sold it to honda instead
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