We called them all landcrabs. The Kimberly, the Tasman and the Maxi. lol
taurus61,
Mar 11, 7:46am
Trekka !
hotrodtodd1,
Mar 11, 8:31am
Friends dont let friends buy Mitsubishi.
Pity it took me a few to see the pattern in their unreliability. Didnt seem to matter if it was a manual or their genuinely awful and unreliable auto, if its a Mitsi, Im sure the trans will let you down sometime.
and then when you go to replace it, theres about 5 million different versions and they dont interchange.
Yuk, Yuk, Yuk
sr2,
Mar 11, 8:39am
I have to admit I??
nave12,
Mar 11, 9:23am
Heaps Of Lemons Dumped Every Night
phyco62,
Mar 11, 10:49am
What ever yar jerk!
socram,
Mar 11, 10:52am
Immaculate one was at my birthday bash two weeks ago. Owner also has some much nicer cars but thought he'd bring the Trekka for a laugh.
phillip.weston,
Mar 11, 10:57am
My 1991 Galant VR-4 which is somewhat of a performance saloon with 240hp, 4WD and 4 wheel steering has made it 20 years and 200,000kms without any serious issues. Granted I do care for it well but that basically includes just garaging it and doing a service every 6 months/5,000kms. I've only ever had to do maintenance items like tie rod ends and brake pads, I haven't come across any other car which doesn't require such maintenance.
It must have been the one i worked on years ago - what a piece of shit!
zevion,
Mar 11, 11:06am
1984 xe falcon - replaced every door handle on it at least three times. What didn't fall off it i had to repair. those Ford design engineers wanted shooting! And that comes from a bloke that likes american Fords.
pdc1,
Mar 11, 12:04pm
surely Triumph Stags need a vote too!
elvis58,
Mar 11, 12:12pm
Audi 80, almost all repairs are more expensive then the value of the POS car.
thejazzpianoma,
Mar 11, 12:56pm
Yes, and thirsty and underpowered to boot. Thankfully Audi/VW have come leaps and bounds since then.
bjmh,
Mar 11, 1:29pm
Isuzu Wizard or Holden frontera with 4JXI dieselthe poxiest thing on the road at the moment, you need to have one of these .like a wart on your .
elect70,
Mar 11, 1:49pm
most unreliablevl commythose poxy cam angle sensors always packed up miles from home had 4 plus 1 used dizy , Most reliablemitsi V3000 wagon aussie built300k never let me down .
stevo2,
Mar 11, 3:36pm
correct. cheers stevo
andrew499,
Mar 11, 3:41pm
Well, since we've strayed away from the original 10-15 years, how about the Vauxhall Viva and Chevette for unreliability! Cheers
franc123,
Mar 11, 3:57pm
clearly it didn't dawn on you that the door hinge pins and bushes were worn!replace those and adjust the doors properly and the handle breakage problem disappears.Those little taiwanese fellas that make the handles love people like you.
socram,
Mar 11, 4:09pm
That is another car built 30+ years ago, not 10-15.
Just for the record, the Austin 1800 only got the Landcrab nickname after its brilliant showing in the London to Sydney marathon and was a comment by a helicopter pilot I believe.The car would have won the marathon if the driver hadn't stopped to help out another competitor.Reputed to be one of the strongest monocoque bodyshells ever produced. (Ignore the rust - that wasn't part of the design!)
I just wish some posters on here would realise that times have changed from 40 years ago and to compare any ten year old car with any 40 year old car is totally pointless. If you want to rubbish 40 year old cars, just look around and note what models you don't see any more, either at shows or on the roads.
icemans1,
Mar 11, 4:19pm
+1. strong body but crap running gear
_peas,
Mar 11, 4:32pm
I too questioned the unreliable tag given to the Cavalier.I know that if things go wrong then go see the bank manager but wasn't aware of any serial problems with them. Still, wouldn't touch one.
From my 5-6 years of working in parts I'd have to nominate the 4D56-t hand grenade. er Pajero.Most requested vehicle for parts that I can recall.That may have something to do with the apparent lower socio-economic sector that owned them to whom servicing was checking the oil level.
gunhand,
Mar 11, 4:47pm
Well said. Its funny that its the door handles fault when the door clearly didnt open or close the way it should if correctly lined up. And why is it people excpect things that have been opened and closed slammed and banged 6 million times to last anyway. Things do wear out oddly enough.
andrew241,
Mar 11, 4:57pm
The sad part is they had it right with the 1HZ engine, Now with common rail and computer shit and what realy wrecked them is the 2010 onwards have air bags.Sad but true.
trogedon,
Mar 11, 5:05pm
_peas wrote: I too questioned the unreliable tag given to the Cavalier.I know that if things go wrong then go see the bank manager but wasn't aware of any serial problems with them. Still, wouldn't touch one.
A tidy black Cavalier passed me today.but I was on my bicycle.
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