JDL
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I repaired a dent in my Chrysler. I did a decent job but, (BUT!!), I bought the paint using the code and it doesn't match at all. Ha ha. We live and learn huh....
Yup, that's the problem. You could go to a auto paint specialist with a sample of your existing paint and use a digital thingy which gives as close as possible to the original paint mix.
There was no way I wanted 2024 paint matched to 2005 paint. It would stick out like a carrot in a omelette 😋
JDL
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JDL
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12th Monkey
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Recently had a couple of small bits of corrosion attended to by a local one man band - absolutely flawless job. Had seen his work before though - not sure I'd have found it as easy to trust otherwise.
Some are really good, others can be less than.
This colour I had matched was for a bloke in the village, who's got a 1994 Ford Fiesta 1.3. I carried out a few small jobs, incl the paint around the scuttles and replacing his number plates and resetting the tappets. It was quite a satisfying job. I wouldn't say the paint job was flawless but from 20 feet away you couldn't tell the difference between the old and new.
DougK1
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I just bought a rattle can from Halfords when I did mine 
Didn't need a perfect job so did it myself.
Didn't need a perfect job so did it myself.
Halfords are good if you want a rattle can with the original paint code. But older cars have faded paintwork. I'd rather spend a little more and get the exact colour match.I just bought a rattle can from Halfords when I did mine
DougK1
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Of course you needed an exact colour match, I would if I had a car as rare as yours. Mine is just a method of transport for me, a way to get from A to B. Apart from tin-worm and minor electrical issues it has been incredibly reliable and long may it continue. I doubt my next car will be as dependable so I'll try and keep this one going as long as possible.
Gray
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So is mine.
My interest in cars and hi-fi are at two very distant ends of the spectrum.
(Has always, will always, be the way for me).
Yeah, tin worm is a blight with most steel cars. I've had mine fastidiously underseal and - touch wood - it's been clear of any nasty grot, fairly unusual for these 156s, especially as its never been garaged.
Your car sounds ideal for your daily needs.
This is interesting survey by Warrantywise of the 10 most unreliable cars. Is your car there? Oddly a few electric cars appear.
View: https://youtu.be/lu4-tXJZxi0?si=fkweCIa5ZQ7hI-Zv
12th Monkey
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Curious to see what's in there, but having seen one of his videos before I can't make myself watch another!
Friesiansam
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Direct link to the original site:
Top 10 Least Reliable Used Car Makes and Models
We have revealed the top 10 least reliable used car makes and models, so you will be in the know when it comes to buying your next car.
www.warrantywise.co.uk
12th Monkey
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Thanks for that. It doesn't feel desperately useful to me:
- Cars like Ferrari and McLaren will tend to have smaller mileages than mainstream stuff - so it might actually be that they last as long in years between needing a repair than more mainstream stuff. Ditto repair costs are going to be higher because the base cost of everything in such a car is higher.
- Work needing doing doesn't necessarily mean reliability to my way of thinking. Reliability is your car not working - there's no data about whether these were those sort of faults.
I suspect stuff from What Car? is probably more informative - not that I read it.
- Cars like Ferrari and McLaren will tend to have smaller mileages than mainstream stuff - so it might actually be that they last as long in years between needing a repair than more mainstream stuff. Ditto repair costs are going to be higher because the base cost of everything in such a car is higher.
- Work needing doing doesn't necessarily mean reliability to my way of thinking. Reliability is your car not working - there's no data about whether these were those sort of faults.
I suspect stuff from What Car? is probably more informative - not that I read it.
None of those are on the 10 in the video.Direct link to the original site:
Top 10 Least Reliable Used Car Makes and Models
We have revealed the top 10 least reliable used car makes and models, so you will be in the know when it comes to buying your next car.
Audi, BMW, Tesla and Range Rover/Land Rover don't come out too well. The only Italian car on the list is Maserati Levante.
The one you've shown is from 2020.
Friesiansam
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That’s the only unreliability list on the Warrantywise website, as far as I can see, there is, however a 2024 reliabilty list. Like 12th said, not the most useful.
BTW, I also don’t watch Carwow videos, presenters are much too annoying.
I didn't post the vid because they annoying or not, thought it's a credible alternative to the common consensus. Several German cars, two Musky cars, Range Rovers.
It's a bit more interesting than the average car review you often find in a sea unknown herberts.
Friesiansam
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I watch VERY few reviews of anything on YouTube. Better things to do than searching through a giant, festering haystack, to find the very few shiny needles...
DougK1
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There are some right aholes about. Mindless vandalism by ruddy morons.
Can't see the insurance companies coughing up, so two owners pride and joy will end up at the scrapyard.
These thugs are parasites.
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