Most reliable car available to the Irish market?

Grahamb23 · 19-02-2013 01:49PM #1

In your opinion what is the most reliable car available to the Irish customer??

Sobanek · 19-02-2013 01:50PM

Opel

skoda octavia

dar83 · 19-02-2013 01:51PM

One that's serviced on time and taken well care of.

Too obvious?

Mycroft H · 19-02-2013 01:54PM

All new cars are much of a muchness. In general there is no such thing as the brand/model to avoid any more imo (new).

Though if I was to pick something second hand capable of intergalactic mileages? E91 Starlet/E100 Corolla. Anything with an XUD diesel.

Sobanek · 19-02-2013 01:56PM

Opel

The second hand market, well:
Straight-Six BMWs with M50 engines (E34 525i etc.) - seen a couple of those with 500k kms on them
Non-turbo Diesel Mercs - W124 200d - capable of doing over a million kilometres.

cardwizzard · 19-02-2013 01:57PM

Ford

No FIAT option OP??:D:pac::P

MuppetCheck · 19-02-2013 01:58PM

Carina E

Thatnastyboy · 19-02-2013 01:58PM

You're the "in the trade" you tell us :pac:

toyota carina II is the most reliable imho,

buy mine

M cebee · 19-02-2013 02:01PM

no honda or suzuki option?

Alanstrainor · 19-02-2013 02:02PM

Surely there will be bags of shite under every marque?

Mycroft H · 19-02-2013 02:06PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Surely there will be bags of shite under every marque?

I can think of a dud from almost every manufacture in that list. Except Citroen. They're brilliant. :pac:

Tea 1000 · 19-02-2013 02:06PM

Hyundai

Honda, no question.
It's not even on the poll though.
I agree, Suzuki should be there, and Subaru, and despite the laughter Fiat deserves it's place above many others on that list.

Sobanek · 19-02-2013 02:09PM

Opel

http://www.anusedcar.com/

M cebee · 19-02-2013 02:10PM

mitsubishi as well?

Oafley Jones · 19-02-2013 02:10PM

Of that list I'd pick mazda. Off It Lexus.

Grahamb23 · 19-02-2013 02:13PM

Ford

Sorry If I didn't put up all makes on the poll but if you think another car is more reliable than any of the listed please put it down.

Thanks

dgt · 19-02-2013 02:27PM

Anything diesel with an indirect setup (that doesn't have a Lucas CAV pump)

randy hickey · 19-02-2013 02:28PM

Ford

+100 for Honda.:D:D

ba_barabus · 19-02-2013 02:35PM

Volvo

Grahamb23 wrote: »

In your opinion what is the most reliable car available to the Irish customer??

A used UK car with a full service history

megafan · 19-02-2013 02:39PM

Ford

Toyota.... & maybe it's because when they find a fault for the most part they'll recall & replace... A lot of other makes go into denial mode....

Stallingrad · 19-02-2013 02:43PM

Kind of pointless thread...give me facts anyday.

Opinion = subjective
Reliability = not subjective

biko · 19-02-2013 02:48PM

Ford

Old school Volvo.
Made from tank parts, cannae kill them.

Sobanek · 19-02-2013 02:48PM

Opel

According to the TUV report, the most reliable car available to the Irish market is the Porsche 911.

monkeypants · 19-02-2013 02:55PM

Hyundai

I thought that Mazda had made top of some list or other for this.

As others have asked, is the question relating to car serviced at the recommended intervals and given the occasional wash or ones that are driven into the ground by the majority of owners?

R.O.R · 19-02-2013 03:02PM

Honda

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JohnBoy26 · 19-02-2013 03:07PM

Skoda

R.O.R wrote: »

Honda

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For older late 90's Hondas maybe. Newer hondas are only ok.

Tea 1000 · 19-02-2013 03:46PM

Hyundai

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

For older late 90's Hondas maybe. Newer hondas are only ok.

Newer Honda's are more than OK. They're typically better than everything else. Toyota have actually more issues and flaws in more of their cars in the last 10 years than Honda. Honda in the 90's were 100%, but while that might have dropped to 90% now a days, it's still leading the pack.

R.O.R · 19-02-2013 04:02PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

For older late 90's Hondas maybe. Newer hondas are only ok.

Really?

Based on a pool of how many vehicles?

nct tester · 19-02-2013 04:53PM

honda . lexus, toyota in general reliable. in general unreliable germans and frenchies

MugMugs · 19-02-2013 04:56PM

Kia

R.O.R wrote: »

Based on a pool of how many vehicles?

This poll is hardly accurate but I'd say on the basis of multiple tyres kicked and on top of what Joe from down the road said about his 09 Accord.

doopa · 19-02-2013 05:27PM

Volvo

Here are the results from the MOT in England and Wales.

http://data.gov.uk/dataset/anonymised_mot_test

Which get collated and analysed elsewhere:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/parts-and-accessories/2012-05/the-mot-files---the-full-story/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2010/01/mot_failure_rates_released.html

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