Largely bollocks, of course
I've owned two Austin Metros, two Ford Fiestas and a Vauxhall Corsa over the last 15 years. All of them second-hand, all picked carefully from the local ads, and all have cost me less than £400 a year in service and MOT costs. Which is next to nothing when you do a 50-mile round commute every day.

If you pick British cars that were designed to run, you'll be fine. And your service costs will be much less than the dickhead who wants to run a French or German car.
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 23:57, 1 reply)

Whats wrong with kraut cars?
My Audi is cheaper to run than the TDi Astra's I have owned. The Golf and Polo before it were easy on the wallet for replacement bits as well, lots of places to get serviceable quality non VAG parts cheaply.
Now if you mean BMW and Merc's then I agree, complete wankers cars and I go out of my way to ignore them at junctions or freeze them out where two lanes merge at roadworks when they have tried to be clever twats and zoomed down the fucking bus lane instead of being patient.
(Finster Ate a cat biscuit for a bet, Sun 18 Nov 2012, 12:19, closed)