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It has to be the Caple WDI2202 washer dryer for me. It was awful at washing and drying, would never spin out of balance, was noisy, made the kitchen hot when drying and was just generally awful. It would not have been my choice, it was in our house as a new build. Awful thing and the neighbours...

Sell it and buy a new Indesit or Hotpoint with a timer....

Oh I wish they had nicer launderettes here in the UK. Most of them are quite run down now. :( Saying that my local one has recently had a new floor, 3 brand new JLA dryers and has been rearranged. That's a good sign!

We had two Audis which were both rubbish. Both 2008, one was an A3 and one an A4 both 2.0TDI and they both spent most of their time in the garage! Got rid of them about a year later and now have a Range Rover and a Peugeot. Strangely enough they have been fault free! I agree with Bosch though...

Golf here is the usual hatchback, same size as the Focus, and well, the Golf lol. Exept here we can get estates of both cars which you can't in the US. Apparently the car market there is very different to here!

Our old Bosch Dishwasher, which is still going strong, is 13 years old. Never had a problem! The rest of the appliances are Bosch, exept the dryer which is Whirlpool and they are all 9 years old and have done great service. New house has everything Bosch except the washer which is a Whirlpool...

Jetta estate? We don't have those here, I think you meant a Golf estate. :)

31 years is impressive! But for budget machines which were both less than £200 each. You can't complain.

Oops! Somehow this has ended up in the wrong section! Sorry. Can it be moved into the Deluxe section please? Thanks

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Well the end is near for my dads washer and dryer. They are both being replaced with new machines which arrive tomorrow. The dryer doesn't heat properly anymore and is extremely loud and the washer has shot bearings. But they have done good service and are 10 and 8 years old respectively. Will...

Interesting. I'm the same, I like to see some foam, otherwise I worry I haven't put enough detergent in!

But people aren't going to pay a high fee for an engineer to come out though? I certainly wouldn't one a 4+ year old machine!

No I understand. I'm the same, I hate wastage and certainly wouldn't chuck it if there was just a minor problem. I'd probably sell it on eBay for a few pence. Or strip it for parts. Unfortunately my dads Whirlpool has shot bearings and the machine is 8 years old, so it's time for a new one. He...

Tbh I wouldn't want a Hotpooint or any other machine for that matter for 10 years. My Whirlpool has a 5 year parts warranty. Depending if and when it goes wrong, and what actually breaks, I'll just chuck it and get a Bosch.

AO.com is cheaper. http://ao.com/product/WDA100-Miele-Washing-Machine-White-29725.aspx

Yes can definitely see some WP influences there.

I'd go Whirlpool or Bosch.

Not sure about washers dryers, but IIRC really cheap washers are built in China, but we don't really get them here, mid range are built in Poland, and top of the range Logixx etc are built in Germany. Either way a machine built in Poland wouldn't phase me.

If you have room for a dryer, just get two machines. They work better, you will be able to have them on at the same time and are similar money once you price up a mid spec washer/dryer. We had a Caple washer dryer in our new house when we moved in 2 years ago. We lasted a week without a dryer...