My first car was a mk2 astra that was 16 year old at the time, had it for 9 months, never put a foot wrong, but when MOT came up, it required more spending on it than was worth. I also had an 55 plate focus at 2 years old. Had it for 9 months also, and it needed a new clutch and slave cylinder, alternator, coil pack, and something else but I cant remember what..........
The other sh!tter I had was a Pug 307, but I'm not even gonna entertain the thought such is my hatred for it (it only lasted 3 months!)
The only cars that have actually caused me very little trouble and I have kept for longer than a year (I get bored quickly) are the Saab 9-3, although that was expensive when it came to servicing, and VAG which are easy to do yourself anyway.
