[audicdl]

I know I'm moaning a bit, but it's supposed to good therapy isn't it?
I bought my first Ducati new at the start of 2004 and paid £9000 for the privilege. All was well until it was one week before the two year warranty ran out. It let me down and had to be recovered. This turned out to be the fuel pump relay. I've only done about 2500 miles this year but in July and August it would mysteriously cut out, but normally restart. In October it got worse and would stop every journey I made. I bought a new crank sensor which seemed to cure it. I used it to go to work 3 times and it then wouldn't start when I wanted to go home. It was flashing the fuel pump relay fault codes at me again. I ordered a new relay again and then noticed a had a screw in my back tyre- just to make things worse.
Yesterday just after I plugged the fuel pump relay in, I started it up and believe it or not after a couple of minutes running I noticed a small pool of water on the floor. I could not believe my luck, the radiator has decided to leak.
I took it to get it repaired today but the radiator man said it was aluminium and he might not manage a long term cure. So I decided to ring the dealers to get a price on a new one-just for in case. Would you believe how much a new one costs?
£900, yes that's right £900. To make matters worse when I collected the radiator the man said that there was about two inches of weld that were really bad quality and it had been filled with some sealant spread on the outside before it was painted to make up for the rubbish welding. Quality or what.
So, moan over, Ducati- unreliable and we have to pay ridiculous prices for their rubbish workmanship. I'm now taking deep breaths and thinking nice thoughts.