Every car we have had with a male name has run for years trouble free. We had an old talbot called Rosey and she abused us royaly with chewing up gearboxes to stripping clutches on their first outing etc. Then we had an F reg Cavalier from nearly new that we called Hugo only just got rid of him (part ex'd for a bravo) and he never gave us any trouble. My GF has a punto called Penny which gives us grief as often as she can. My punto is a bloke and other than TLC has been free from problems thus far. He's called melvin. What gender is your car and what's its name?