getting rid of my problem car

hi all

at the moment i own a 2006 stilo m-jet sporting and had no end of problems with her.
 
i will be getting rid of her next year and i am looking at getting a mk1 convertable of some sort.
 
i have always wanted one since i was about 19 and now at 24 i think i should, but i am having troulbes getting the wife on board.
 
i need to make sure that this car will be realiable due to using it daily. i know i need to get a well maintained one and keep the maintaince up but are they hard to look after and costly or not
 
cheers all
Bean

I don't think anyone can say it will be reliable. Its possible to say it MIGHT be reliable. Beware, though. Spending a lot of money on a car is no guarantee of it being a good one, or reliable, etc. The best way to ensure ongoing reliability is to keep a car for a long time. When you first purchase it be prepared for teething troubles and sort out all the issues you can find. Also, use the best quality parts you can afford, a lot of issues come from cheap parts. And don't miss regular services or allow little niggling faults to develop, sort them out as soon as you're aware of them.

with regards to services how many should you give a car at this age ( 2 a year summer/winter ? )

Yeah I think that's what's in the schedule.

Will the wife be driving it? she,ll want power steering.

yea thats the misses to the T

if the car is older, then in her eyes is a rust bucket waiting to break down all the time.

i am trying to change this but its hard, might tell her it will gets rid of the bingo wings, That might do it.

Hi 0117bean

welcome to the club, and once you have your golf keep an eye out in the regional section as i will be arranging some Bristol meets soon.

With regards to reliability PaulC has pritty much covered it all, low mileage cars, or full dealer service history cars etc dont neccesarily mean reliability. I bought a FSH punto sporting one owner from new and had problem after problem, but a £45 sierra stop gap car from the auctions in Bedminster did me for the 6 months MOT it had remaining with not one problem!

i have sent you a pm reference your search for a cabby !

hi cheers for the warm welcome.

i will keep my eye out for your meets i might just come along to admire the cars and get some more info.

i will check out the PM when it come through

cheers Bean