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My zs finally gets picked up and taken to dundee to get the niggles sorted today, though lords knows what they will leave me as a courtesy car!!! Please not a Pug, anytime i get courtesy cars it's nearly always a pug and not a single one have i liked:( List has grown slightly since i got the car, but should all be easily rectumfied:sheep:
1 - Poor Starting
2 - Noise from rear, think brakes are sticking slightly
3 - Knocking noise from rear n/s, an have heard a 'boing' twice now on a sharp left hand corner
4 - Locking wheel nut key needs replace
5 - Rear o/s tyre has slow puncture - they gave me the car with this tyre at 5psi, dont think they were thorough with their checks!
6 - Leak in drivers footwell, thanks to 200bubs for pointing out the bonnet release as the probable source!
7 - Clicking and cracking from clutch in heavy traffic, possible cluctch master + slave
Boot Hill Bandit
14-01-08, 08:32 AM
They all sound fairly minor niggles......as for your sharp left hander........check your exhaust ;) I bet it is the tailpipe nudging the exhaust heat shield. Mine does that frequently whenever I go to a certain place where there is a pot hole for the o/s to clobber........the exhaust is then jarred into the shield :)
Brakes........well you got some choices......MG Rover ones or as quite a few seem to head for......the Mintex route.
Bet you can't wait to get the beast back eh! :mml:
Jim
arwilson80
14-01-08, 09:37 AM
Pugs aren't that overly bad. ;) I had a 206 HDI van when i was working for Royal Mail. That thing flew... :)
Should all be easily fixed. All under the warranty too?
shroonie29
14-01-08, 09:38 AM
The boing is fairly common.Usualy nothing to worry about,it's just the springs twisting & boinging back
Shroon
The boing is fairly common.Usualy nothing to worry about,it's just the springs twisting & boinging back
Shroon
Mine does that too, does my head in
shroonie29
14-01-08, 09:53 AM
Luckily it rarely happens.Takes me by surprise when it does though
Shroon
Mine does that too, does my head in
Ah well thats reassuring, thought the springs were ready to snap lol!! All should be done under warranty, think the brakes just need stripped and cleaned, though things are improving as the days were going by eg starting was getting better and brakes were making less noise but the problems were still there!! Sorry have to disagree with the pugs, really do not get on with them, specially the 306!! The car was picked up at about half 12 today, can you guess what i have??
Only clue is it's korean :D Not driven it yet, but heading to work in a wee bit:)
D3monstrate
14-01-08, 04:16 PM
I hope to god its not a Kia... those things are the worst cars in the world!...
I hope to god its not a Kia... those things are the worst cars in the world!...
Oh yes, got it in one:L It's a Kia Mingetis!! I shall report back in the morning with my view on it!!
D3monstrate
14-01-08, 04:33 PM
Oh dear god, its worse than I thought... We have had Kias at work, and every branch tries to get rid of them. Of the family, we have/had Picantos (perky engines but just really cheap and nasty), Ceratos (again very fast, not quite as bad as the Picanto, but not great either) and your Magnetis. The thing belongs in the ocean.
Out of curiosity which hire company is providing the car...?
haha unlucky fella, wen someone crashed into my old ZR, they said they wll only give me a car engine size equivelent, and the only one they had in at the time was a nissan micra , LOL, i told them no way so they delivered me a brand new almera all the way from liverpool to coventry...LOL i kept the car until mine was repaired (Couldnt source the parts so they wrote it off in the end!) i racked up a £8,500 hire car bill obv which the 3rd party paid!
Southern Storm
14-01-08, 04:57 PM
Shudders at thought of a Kia.
D3monstrate
14-01-08, 05:45 PM
And just for fun, keep a count of the amount of times you put your windscreen wipers on when you want to indicate...
mattie007
14-01-08, 05:57 PM
haha unlucky fella, wen someone crashed into my old ZR, they said they wll only give me a car engine size equivelent, and the only one they had in at the time was a nissan micra , LOL, i told them no way so they delivered me a brand new almera all the way from liverpool to coventry...LOL i kept the car until mine was repaired (Couldnt source the parts so they wrote it off in the end!) i racked up a £8,500 hire car bill obv which the 3rd party paid!
Same thing happened to me! Offered me a Micrap and I refused. Ended up with a brand new 1.8 Corsa. Was thrashed to within an inch of its life for 6 months! Racked up £13,000 in hire car charges! :clown:
And just for fun, keep a count of the amount of times you put your windscreen wipers on when you want to indicate...
pmsl so far 5 times!! strange thing is when i had a shottie of my mates mr2 a few years ago i was fine straight away with it, have flashed oncoming trafffic too, when all i wanted was screen wash rofl!! Well so far, i agree it does belong in an ocean, would probably handle the waves better than the corners i've taken so far, seats aint comfy or supportive but are electrically adjustable. Engine seems perky, but gear change is hell of a long winded and you get no feed back whatsoever about what the thing is doing on the road, it is just numb!! certainly cheap, but not as badly made as i thought it would be, still an ugly son of a bitch though!! Arnold clark are supplying the car, must be one of their demonstraters as they are a kia dealer there too.
still cant get the zs back soon enough though:shoot2::shoot2:
D3monstrate
15-01-08, 05:22 PM
The registration wouldnt happen to end in UAP would it... Im sure thats the only Magnetis we have left on fleet... We got shot of that to Dundee last week I think...
arwilson80
16-01-08, 08:56 AM
Don't you mean that you got shot of it to Inverness in exchange for a ZS. ;)
The registration wouldnt happen to end in UAP would it... Im sure thats the only Magnetis we have left on fleet... We got shot of that to Dundee last week I think...
na, it's not that one strange there is more than 2 really lol!!
They are getting through the problems now, rear brakes being stripped and cleaned, clutch has been lubricated - will be checked again before i get her back. they think it's the windscreen thats leaking so it's been re-sealed, not sure what they have done about the starting, hopefully plugs at least!! tyre was a dodgy valve, thats been replaced, and the knocking from the back was a goosed shocker, thats being fitted tomorrow. Think thats the lot, might get some pics of the killer kia for you all to drool over before it goes back:D
Get the zs back monday, was getting windscreen re-sealed today:trampoline: so get rid of this thing then
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D3monstrate
18-01-08, 06:12 PM
:O A 57 plate!! I cant believe they bought more of that *****. I thought they wouldve learnt by now that Kias are the worst rental cars ever! The one we had was an 06 plate, and it is waaaaaaaaaaay worse than that one...
hope you get the ZS back soon! mon the Kia :D
Southern Storm
19-01-08, 07:14 PM
Anything has to be better than that Kia. Can't be long now mate.
cheers guys, looks like the zs is coming back monday afternoon!! Can't wait, just got to drive that barge back down the road to work tomorrow and that should be it, though the missus loves the heated seats!! The reversing sensors on it are ***** though, had me stopping about 3ft away from an obstacle:no:
had me stopping about 3ft away from an obstacle
better that than 3ft THROUGH the obstacle lol!!
Southern Storm
20-01-08, 10:45 AM
Not sure thats true, it is a Kia.
Right as its the last day with it, hope you are gonna screw it senseless. Deserves a mistreat.
Boot Hill Bandit
20-01-08, 11:07 AM
Yeah do what I did once so for 5th gear and stick it in 3rd on the motorway :laugh:
My poor Escort screamed murder briefly :rofl:
Only teasin..........thats not good enough........try 2nd at 80mph ;) You will be guaranteed a spectacular air show of engine parts and gearbox bits..........which.........fingers crossed won't punch through the bulkhead and into the footwell :hooray:
Jim
better that than 3ft THROUGH the obstacle lol!!
maybe true, but it is hell of a distance when your reversing into a space slightly shorter than the car, don't want the nose hanging out too much:D Just getting ready to weigh anchor and set sail down the road!! :)
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