First play in a Noble

First play in a Noble

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mr john

Original Poster:

574 posts

256 months

Friday 5th September 2003
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Had a ride in a 3.0 Noble today, awesome !
Went like fk when on boost and handled mint.
Sounds well also, (although no 350T).

My only gripe was the switchgear looked a little cheap for 50k, but the hell with that, who cares when it goes like it does.

He has only just got it back after it developed 17 faults in two weeks, these ranged from engine overheating to rear view mirror falling off and this has soured his opinion of the car after coming out of Boxters etc. Has any one else had trouble ?

Overall though considering it wasn't me that had the hassle I was very impressed with it.

Well done Noble !

nathan_m12

56 posts

269 months

Friday 5th September 2003
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mr john said:
Had a ride in a 3.0 Noble today, awesome !
Went like fk when on boost and handled mint.
Sounds well also, (although no 350T).

My only gripe was the switchgear looked a little cheap for 50k, but the hell with that, who cares when it goes like it does.

He has only just got it back after it developed 17 faults in two weeks, these ranged from engine overheating to rear view mirror falling off and this has soured his opinion of the car after coming out of Boxters etc. Has any one else had trouble ?

Overall though considering it wasn't me that had the hassle I was very impressed with it.

Well done Noble !


I've had mine for around 4 months now, had a few niggles but nothing that has stopped me driving it - most annoying was when the alarm siren went mad - hardly the fault of Noble. The factory support has been excellent, can't recommend it enough.

joust

14,622 posts

266 months

Friday 5th September 2003
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I've had a few issues, but then this is no £20 million, 1,000,000 mile tested car like a Porsche, its a low volume car. Once you accept that you'll find that the problems are sorted out quickly and with minimum fuss (17 faults fixed in 2 weeks, whilst the faults shouldn't be there shows the dedication of the factory and dealers to sort things out).

Persevere with the niggles and once they are sorted you'll find a highly reliable car in my expierence compared to some other small volume cars.

J

DanH

12,287 posts

267 months

Tuesday 9th September 2003
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Hell yeah, if you buy a low volume brit sportscar, then you are pretty naive if you expect porsche build.

Its not like TVRs or Elises are famous for perfectly aligned well glued trim either

gaelw

9 posts

290 months

Tuesday 9th September 2003
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In my experience, expecting Porsche build quality on a Noble is definitely a bad idea. You should hope to get better than that.

Having owned a Boxster S for a few years (stop laughing all you M12 owners) I've had a few irritating build quality problems and have seen various discussions on Boxster groups about not entirely uncommon serious mechanical problems.

Hence me considering buying something that is probably just as well built and a lot more exciting to drive.

joust

14,622 posts

266 months

Tuesday 9th September 2003
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Boxster = Porsche????

Discuss......

gaelw

9 posts

290 months

Tuesday 9th September 2003
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joust said:
Boxster = Porsche????

Discuss......



Good point. What can I say !?

BMW X5 = Drug dealer ???



joust

14,622 posts

266 months

Tuesday 9th September 2003
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gaelw said:

BMW X5 = Drug dealer ???
BMW X5 = BMW?

Discuss.