This list is a long one.
Carb blew on 89k, plastic arm broke off meaning the chokes wouldn't open so no petrol could get in the engine.
Driveshaft bent warping the front discs and knackering the pads.
Rear drums replaced due to leak.
Gearbox rebuilt at 90k to fix a noisy wheel bearing. Wheel bearing replaced after £500 gearbox rebuild, strangely failed to fix the wheel bearing.
All forward facing lights replaced due to rust in the lights. Every bulb replaced in and out of the car.
Passenger seat came off its mountings.
Plastic wheel arch fell off.
The words boneshaker, rattle, and unreliable were invented for this car. Everything inside the car squeaks and if it doesn't squeak it's broken.
It looks typically french and has been likened to an empty crisp packet because it dents so easily.
But despite all its faults, it's cracking to drive. Twin choke carb coupled with short gearing and light weight mean it rockets up to 60mph. It runs out of puff shortly after but who cares, your teeth are rattled out at 75mph anyway.
Squeaks can be cured quite easily by applying a little WD40 on a cloth in places where squeaks are generated. In my AX it took me 10 minutes, just once, and I have had 50,000 squeak-free miles since.
If that's a sign of things to come, it's time to sell my AX. Unfortunately, I've suffered exactly the same gearbox rebuild in order to "solve" a wheel bearing problem.
If anybody else finds that their AX makes a humming sound whilst moving at speed don't let the mechanics persuade you it's the gearbox.
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