which car do you keep noticing broken down?

[pimping]

Just had a conversation with an old friend about which cars you see broke down alot. i used to do some ridiculous mileage at my last job and the cars i kept seeing at the side of the road were always peugoets and bmw's which really doesn't tally with the statistics (the bmw is out of kilter i mean).

[maniac0796]

Peugeot 106's.

Must of seen about 6 of them broken down this weekend. Bit unerving, as I have a 106 at the moment :'(

[morgrp]

Renaults - Mainly Scenics and Lagunas

[kambites]

I always seem to see a disproportionate number of BMWs broken down at the side of the motorway. I guess it's just because the number of BMWs on the motorway is rather higher than on other roads because they're mostly used by reps covering huge mileages.

[Egbert Nobacon]

Nearly new diesel E class Mercs ...

[300bhp/ton]

pimping said:

Just had a conversation with an old friend about which cars you see broke down alot. i used to do some ridiculous mileage at my last job and the cars i kept seeing at the side of the road were always peugoets and bmw's which really doesn't tally with the statistics (the bmw is out of kilter i mean).

No, just your perception of the BMW is out of kilter. Your observations are actually bang on with the stats

[Locke]

maniac0796 said:

Peugeot 106's.

Must of seen about 6 of them broken down this weekend. Bit unerving, as I have a 106 at the moment :'(

You probably saw me in my 106 GTI then

[soad]

Strangely enough mainly bmws, but there's many others too

[-Pete-]

French cars.

[odyssey2200]

German & French Cars.

[Pistom]

I can't remember the last time I saw a BMW broken down. Parked up taking a telephne call of having a Pi$$ maybe although i guess they could have been broken down.

It's Renaults that I see all the time. My wife and I play spot the broken down renault. The aim of the game being to spot the number of broken down cars that are Renaults before you see a none Renault.

Our record was 12 Renaults and the next car was a Peugeot!

As least they are comfortable to wait in. I used to love my Laguna (and it never broke down).

[the mini mole]

Vauxhall Merivas. All the time.

[Pozzy]

I had a day the other week where I saw the what must be the breakdown spotters' equivalent to a royal flush - I saw a Renault Scenic, and MGF, and Alfa 156 and a TVR Chimaera at the side of the road all in my 20 mile commute!

[HellDiver]

Mk4 TDI Golfs.

Usually because the owners are either clueless idiots who don't service them, or clueless idiots who tune the ste out of them and don't service them.

[AnotherClarkey]

Mainly BMW's lately.

Eta: Sorry, forgot about Land Rovers (mainly Discoverys) there are so many of them they just look like street furniture now.

Edited by AnotherClarkey on Monday 14th February 22:17

[kieranjholland]

French cars...

I saw a Volvo two weeks ago on the hard shoulder of the A1(M) with the hazards on, I was horrified until I saw the driver having a P155 in the bushes just off the carriageway

[Herman Toothrot]

Astons. In the last two weeks I have seen 3 on the hard shoulder with hazards on. Considering the rarity it's a lot to see broken down.