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How about a link on the left here, to a list of cars that should be avoided? The Mondeo TDci and Renault Laguna can kick it off for starters! Might save people lots of cash, grief and hassle?
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Is there enough room :-)
Seriously though, it's surprising how many people have awful experiences with their cars then go and buy another, just the same !!
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Agree, V-m. There must be at least one contributor to this site who has had a bad experience for almost every model available. As always, one mainly hears the bad news. Perhaps the Recall Register is just as representative?
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Can't do this because it could be libellous. One thing to condemn a car on the basis of a lot of evidence. Quite another to allow anyone to call their model of car a lemon just because they have had trouble with it.
HJ
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Can't do this because it could be libellous. One thing to condemn a car on the basis of a lot of evidence. Quite another to allow anyone to call their model of car a lemon just because they have had trouble with it.
I bought an item of citrous fruit from a shop.
Would I be on thin legal ice if I called *it* a lemon?
'Cos it was.
I won't name the supplier.
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These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Toads.
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Toad,
Your incessant need to post a humourous comment to each and every thread is beginning to irritate me.
I have no wish to remove humour from the site, but a little more restraint would be appreciated.
And at this point I am being polite.
Mark.
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Ok, will give it a break.
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Toad :you should have made it 'brake' (motoring link)
Happy Motoring Phil I
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An increasingly irritated man, easily irritated.
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Can't do this because it could be libellous. One thing to condemn a car on the basis of a lot of evidence. Quite another to allow anyone to call their model of car a lemon just because they have had trouble with it.
Jezza Clarkson condemned the Vectra. Didn't stop millions being sold though.
He rated a certain Alfa Romeo (IIRC) It bombed.
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Such a link would open the floodgates for all those weird people who just didn't like french diesels on principal for some strange reason.
Besides, it's a 'Citroën', not a 'citron' !!
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HJ's prerogative of course but this forum is full of posts from people bemoaning their cars and the various marques (with nothing to substantiate their claims) so I don't see how collating all these creates any additional significant legal issues.
Can't really see too many people wasting their time producing multiple,
malicious posts just to rubbish a particular make/model.
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SWMBO wants a new(er) car, and she's found the GTC site. She got me to trawl through HJ at the weekend to see which cars should be looked at and which should be avoided, I was able to narrow my choice down enough just from the cbcb and a few reader's posts. She wants something Mondeo/Vectra - ish, no older than S reg, no more than 4 grand, must be manual not auto, and not a V6 :-( , but as many toys as poss, cheap to run and service, insurance group less than 14.
Ran a mile from Vectras, 406s and Xantias, looked at a couple of Primera SLXs, a brace of Avensis CDXs, an Accord SE and a fully loaded Mondy Ghia X, which I wouldn't have given 3 seconds to if HJ didn't rate it. At the moment it's looking like the Ford will be getting the nod.
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Didn't think it was possible to libel a company or organisation ?
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