Hall of shame

Mar4ix

One guy said there is some noise comming out of his '97 vw polo 1.4 engine. Ok, had look

dharn

Looks ok to me :cool:

Ded_Zebra

nct tester wrote: »

First picture is of a car that came in for full test with rusty brake pipes already leaking and probably on the point of bursting.

Second picture is of a badly cracked alloy that the owned didn't know about.

Third picture is of a mercedes front suspension with a collapsed/broken spring.

The first 2 are fairly shocking :eek::eek:


Good to see you back around these parts

JohnBoy26

nct tester wrote: »

First picture is of a car that came in for full test with rusty brake pipes already leaking and probably on the point of bursting.

Second picture is of a badly cracked alloy that the owned didn't know about.

Third picture is of a mercedes front suspension with a collapsed/broken spring.

The first car is a civic?

The cracked wheel is very noticeable, can't believe the owner never noticed it

challengemaster

nct tester wrote: »

First picture is of a car that came in for full test with rusty brake pipes already leaking and probably on the point of bursting.

Second picture is of a badly cracked alloy that the owned didn't know about.

Third picture is of a mercedes front suspension with a collapsed/broken spring.

Sincerely hope that's when the fail dangerous sticker came out..

Slideways

When I was testing (commercials) I had several vans blow brake pipes on the rollers. Berlingos and Caddys were the more common ones if I remember correctly


Here's a wee boo-boo v16 50L cummins turned into a V14 and got a new inspection hole.

Last photo shows your worst nightmare when you take the lid off a hydraulic tank

CJhaughey

Slideways wrote: »

When I was testing (commercials) I had several vans blow brake pipes on the rollers. Berlingos and Caddys were the more common ones if I remember correctly


Here's a wee boo-boo v16 50L cummins turned into a V14 and got a new inspection hole.

Last photo shows your worst nightmare when you take the lid off a hydraulic tank

Whats the brown hair all over the crankcase?
Kangaroo get shredded or something?:D

Slideways

Thats bits of oil spill pads Id say. It made a hell of a mess when it went pop and the enviromental crowd are highly strung around here!

nct tester

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The first car is a civic?

The cracked wheel is very noticeable, can't believe the owner never noticed it

No it's an Almera N16 model. Very common.

dharn

Anyone who drives an almera has no interest in cars

keithsfleet

dharn wrote: »

Anyone who drives an almera has no interest in cars

What's wrong with them? The n15 was a humdinger. Cheap and incredibly reliable. The pulzar gti beat a lot of cars in its class hands down.

keithsfleet

dharn wrote: »

Anyone who drives an almera has no interest in cars

What's wrong with them? The n15 was a humdinger. Cheap and incredibly reliable. The pulzar gti beat a lot of cars in its class hands down.

JohnBoy26

nct tester wrote: »

No it's an Almera N16 model. Very common.

Yeah I had a look at the photo again afterwards and was thinking the brake lines were elsewhere on the civic.

JohnBoy26

keithsfleet wrote: »

What's wrong with them? The n15 was a humdinger. Cheap and incredibly reliable. The pulzar gti beat a lot of cars in its class hands down.

The n16 almeras were a heap of sh1te to be fair.

The n15 were very reliable machines, mainly due to a very reliable engine being carried
over from the previous sunny.

Though they were reliable, they weren't great to drive due to a poor beam suspension setup at the rear. They also weren't built to last. Rust is the biggest issue on them.

The pulsar gti-r was sunny based and had proper independent rear suspension.

The newer pulsar vzr got the same suspension as the almera and is far from best in class, although it has a very nice engine.

ianobrien

dharn wrote: »

Anyone who drives an almera has no interest in cars

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The n16 almeras were a heap of sh1te to be fair.

I object to the Almera driver has no interest in cars. I've got an N16 Almera and I am a bit of a petrolhead (there is also a Mk2 Escort in the garage with a "nice" engine rebuild job). The logic for getting an Almera was that they were much cheaper to buy second hand when two years old compared to the Golf/Focus.

As for being heaps of sh1te, mine has just past 250K still on original gearbox, clutch, timing chain, suspension components (shocks changed) etc. The only things to be changed were heater motor resistor packs (blew when pollen filter was fitted, cure - remove pollen filter) and one rear brake caliper. I've driven mine fairly hard in that it has done retro rallies (pressed into service when the Escort threw a hissy-fit), set out multiple night nav & endurance event routes and a course car for a Forest Rally gathering timing gear......

Yes the car isn't as crisp handling as the Focus but then again you generally are not flinging it about the roads. Yes the plastics are not as soft as the Golf but I don't want it to drop random bits of plastic.

At this point, as the car is worth so little (high mileage petrol, sure who would want it!) that I'm planning on keeping it until it dies. Also, I want to get to 300K before I have to do a clutch change......

Edit - also, the Almera has got great ground clearance, which is handy when tearing down forest tracks and/or bumpy back roads. The Golf & Focus are just too low for what I send cars through.

dharn

To all the above im just surprised that car enthusiasts could get excited over an almera, sure they are reliable, but so is an oul corrolla or carina ,just you see so many almeras driven by oul lads ,never washed never minded in any way .... you get the picture they just look bland and boring

shedweller

dharn wrote: »

To all the above im just surprised that car enthusiasts could get excited over an almera, sure they are reliable, but so is an oul corrolla or carina ,just you see so many almeras driven by oul lads ,never washed never minded in any way .... you get the picture they just look bland and boring

Would you send am M5 down a forestry track?
Horses for courses and the majority of car owners arent interested in spending their time waxing their car or obsessing over small things.
Not getting at car enthusiasts at all but thats the way it is. Sure we'd all love nice cars but they come with baggage from what i see. That said, toyota gearboxes have gone to hell this past few years from what i hear!

nct tester

The 2 tyre pics are the same tyre and the brake pipe burst in the rollers, was very badly corroded as you can see at the top of the pipe.

corkgsxr

Wow. Ready to delaminate?

Mar4ix

nct tester wrote: »

The 2 tyre pics are the same tyre and the brake pipe burst in the rollers, was very badly corroded as you can see at the top of the pipe.

how old was tires ?

Frankie Lee

In the last week or so.

All pipes rotten and equalizer valve from an Inca.


Filter from a Yaris that was in place a while.



Regular sight.

hoodie6029

Its frightening to see the condition of some cars that I'm sharing the road with. What's worse is that there are cars out there never see a garage or NCT.

V.W.L 11

any advice on the 2000 Hyundai Accent gls 1.3 lads???just got one today dunno where to start :rolleyes:

dharn

Set fire to it ?

visual

V.W.L 11 wrote: »

any advice on the 2000 Hyundai Accent gls 1.3 lads???just got one today dunno where to start :rolleyes:

Did Hyundai Accent owner just abandon it in your drive.... :eek:

corkgsxr

visual wrote: »

Did Hyundai Accent owner just abandon it in your drive.... :eek:

Common problem.

V.W.L 11

corkgsxr wrote: »

Common problem.

not quite but not far off

Zcott

Drove one of those last week. Almost put me off driving forever.

visual

I bought a car of a dealer years ago mazda 626 had to bring it back because it started to burn oil.

He lent me a Hyundai Accent 1.3 it was the most unpleasant car I had ever driven. It looked to be in good shape but it was under powered, handled bad and the ride was bad. I just couldn't find any redeeming feature.

Anyway engine was bad in Mazda so I got a Honda accord in place of the Mazda. pretty decent of a small 2nd hand car dealer.

Mar4ix

visual wrote: »

I bought a car of a dealer years ago mazda 626 had to bring it back because it started to burn oil.

He lent me a Hyundai Accent 1.3 it was the most unpleasant car I had ever driven. It looked to be in good shape but it was under powered, handled bad and the ride was bad. I just couldn't find any redeeming feature.

Anyway engine was bad in Mazda so I got a Honda accord in place of the Mazda. pretty decent of a small 2nd hand car dealer.

You cant really compare Mazda 6 and accent , cant expect much power from 1.3 engine,.... at the moment i've got hynday accent 03 , 1.3 engine, and i cant say anything wrong about it. ok, cant compare really with other cars like merc, audi etc,... , but it does the work, simple enough to work on, nearly passed nct... just little faults, which could have any car... ride and handling fine .. probably your courtesy car was just in bad mechanical condition ...

... .. have some mixture of feelings, like golf mark 3 made in china ... . otherwise every single bit in car is working , descent enough power for 1.3 petrol engine (86 hp ) .

cant say anything wrong about them.

visual

Mar4ix wrote: »

You cant really compare Mazda 6 and accent , cant expect much power from 1.3 engine,.... at the moment i've got hynday accent 03 , 1.3 engine, and i cant say anything wrong about it. ok, cant compare really with other cars like merc, audi etc,... , but it does the work, simple enough to work on, nearly passed nct... just little faults, which could have any car... ride and handling fine .. probably your courtesy car was just in bad mechanical condition ...

... .. have some mixture of feelings, like golf mark 3 made in china ... . otherwise every single bit in car is working , descent enough power for 1.3 petrol engine (86 hp ) .

cant say anything wrong about them.

Fair enough its not a comparison to mazda 626 or honda accord but going from engine size astra golf corolla megane would be similar size engine and in fairness all far better in every respect.

JohnBoy26

visual wrote: »

Fair enough its not a comparison to mazda 626 or honda accord but going from engine size astra golf corolla megane would be similar size engine and in fairness all far better in every respect.

They were a good bit cheaper to buy when new though to be fair. I don't think they are as bad as they are made out to be. They are reliable enough and they are pleasant enough to drive, well in a cheap and chearful sort of way. Quality is not up there with more established(at the time) brands but it isn't terrible either IMO.

It's also a more reliable car than a 1.4 golf and megane imo.

V.W.L 11

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

They were a good bit cheaper to buy when new though to be fair. I don't think they are as bad as they are made out to be. They are reliable enough and they are pleasant enough to drive, well in a cheap and chearful sort of way. Quality is not up there with more established(at the time) brands but it isn't terrible either IMO.

It's also a more reliable car than a 1.4 golf and megane imo.

i got rid of a bora with a blown engine for the accent,so that alone says it all

dgt

Alfa 2.5 V6

So when was this last changed? :rolleyes:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/14635033841_cbf7993228_h.jpg

Oh look, missing starter bolt....
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3884/14451656859_e0472f39e7_h.jpg

Chris_Heilong

Frankie Lee wrote: »

In the last week or so.

All pipes rotten and equalizer valve from an Inca.

Regular sight.

sblythe

From my archives. Should give you an indication of how well maintained, mechanically, these were.

2013 Fiat 500.


2012 VW Amarok.


2000 Ford Focus.

MAJJ

Nice touch to have the air freshener in the Focus!

Esel

MAJJ wrote: »

Nice touch to have the air freshener in the Focus!

Yeah, pointed at the passenger (probably installed by them too).

The only thing a thief would take from that car would be the packet of Rizla.

Hal1

Brakes?, oh yeah sure!

http://i.imgur.com/NzT911U.jpg


:eek:

corkgsxr

Hal1 wrote: »

Brakes?, oh yeah sure!

http://i.imgur.com/NzT911U.jpg


:eek:

Is that a vw?

Not that uncommon once the pads go past a point they can jump out.

Happened me in a transporter and they weren't scraping

Hal1

It could be I seen it on reddit.

pablo128

corkgsxr wrote: »

Is that a vw?Not that uncommon once the pads go past a point they can jump out.Happened me in a transporter and they weren't scraping

I, up until recently, was looking after warranty, returns and exchange calipers. Any calipers we received that had run on the discs were refused the surcharge. The reason the pads fall out easily is because the discs have worn way beyond the point that they should have been replaced. There's a minimum disc thickness for that reason among others.

corkgsxr

pablo128 wrote: »

I, up until recently, was looking after warranty, returns and exchange calipers. Any calipers we received that had run on the discs were refused the surcharge. The reason the pads fall out easily is because the discs have worn way beyond the point that they should have been replaced. There's a minimum disc thickness for that reason among others.

A fair explanation.

Never seen it on and other brand Iv had.

I never measured them as that van was only to do for a few weeks but there wasn't any great lip on them.

Frankie Lee

Passed the NCT last week on brakes at least.

ba_barabus

I bet that FLEW THROUGH THE TEST, mainly as it had no brakes to stop :eek:

Frankie Lee

Failed on a few other things but passed on brake performance. The outer surface of the discs were not as bad (still bad enough) and the inner is not visible to the tester. Still though it is a good example of how fallible the NCT can be.

nd

my former rear tyre.



I only changed it because it went flat.

I should be shot.

Esel

nd wrote: »

my former rear tyre.



I only changed it because it went flat.

I should be shot.

If it was not on a track/field car, you definitely should be something.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Those snazzy sandals probably have more tread.

Esel

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Those snazzy sandals probably have more tread.

True, but socks with?

Stone him!