chevrolux:

 

WyleECoyoteNZ:

 

As unfortunate as the Ops story has been, as others have said, the failure's aren't indicative of the range or brand.

 

More often than not now, the reason for a car becoming nothing more than a ton and a half of paper weight is going to be electrical, rather than mechanical.

 

As more and more technology in cars becomes mainstream (push button start, lane warning etc etc) the chances of a sensor\circuit failing are increased. And from personal experience, if a sensor\circuit\module fails, the vehicle becomes inoperable.

 

 

 

 

Had a Hilux with a 350 Chevy in it (hence my forum handle) and it was the only motor I've ever been able to work on. So simple! The only electrical thing involved was the distributor/coil and starter motor. I lift on the bonnet on our little Mazda 3 and promptly put it back down as there is just bloody plastic and wire everywhere!

 

Back in the day I had a Statesman 308. Sit on the guard and work on it. I also had a Twin Turbo Mitsi GTO, no room to put a packed lunch!