Ever sell a car because you didn't like it?

Mad_maxx

specifically , whats the shortest time you,ve owned a car and sold on due to not liking it ?

not referring to problems arising mechanically which prompted sale

99nsr125

Mad_maxx wrote: »

specifically , whats the shortest time you,ve owned a car and sold on due to not liking it ?

not referring to problems arising mechanically which prompted sale

One month

A Toyota Corrola

It'd make you want to shoot yourself in the face

dzsfah2xoynme9

A Ford focus 1.4 last year. Absolutely hateful thing.

unhappys10

I had a VW Vento for 30mins once.

SCOOP 64

1998 1.8 petrol Land Rover, 3 weeks took it back to dealer,they even gave me my part exchange back,still have that car today,10yrs ago, don't ask why i brought it in first place.

Mad_maxx

my brother bought an suv - jeep back in june and both him and his Mrs find it too much of a barge , talking about selling


i thought he was mad as while he didnt buy new , he paid big money as what he bought is simply expensive second hand

i guess selling quickly is sort of ok if you paid very little in the first place

shortest time ive ever owned a car is three years nine months , that said , the Mrs drove it most of the time so it was easy to tolerate

Gumbo

Mad_maxx wrote: »

specifically , whats the shortest time you,ve owned a car and sold on due to not liking it ?

not referring to problems arising mechanically which prompted sale

24 hours.

Sold my Evo 5 in 2007 and bought a Mk4 GTi on the Friday. Traded it in for a V8 X5 the next day!

Cookie_Monster

New Toyota Fortuner after about 5 months

Infernal Racket

99nsr125 wrote: »

One month

A Toyota Corrola

It'd make you want to shoot yourself in the face

I could never understand why any person would buy one. They have to be the most boring car on the planet

Infernal Racket

Bought a 2012 Vauxhall Insignia Sri about 4 years ago. Sold it after a week for a tidy little sum. Horrible car

unhappys10

Infernal Racket wrote: »

I could never understand why any person would buy one. They have to be the most boring car on the planet

They have their uses. I had a 99 2.0d corolla van years ago. Had it 2 years, put up 80k miles and did literally nothing with it apart from top up oil and put diesel in it and a couple of sets of tyres. Think I did filters once.
Travelled all over the country in it and it never once faltered.

If someone had said I need you to drive to Eastern Europe and back I'd have jumped into that corolla without a second thought and tipped off with no preparation.

Not the same these days but back then if you wanted something that was going to start every time and keep going you had a diesel corolla/carina.

Infernal Racket

unhappys10 wrote: »

They have their uses. I had a 99 2.0d corolla van years ago. Had it 2 years, put up 80k miles and did literally nothing with it apart from top up oil and put diesel in it and a couple of sets of tyres. Think I did filters once.
Travelled all over the country in it and it never once faltered.

Not the same these days but back then if you wanted something that was going to start every time and keep going you had a diesel corolla/carina.

The older ones were a hell of a lot better than the recent ones targeting the beige brigade

Beltby

99nsr125 wrote: »

One month

A Toyota Corrola

It'd make you want to shoot yourself in the face

My dad had a 99 Corolla for 8 weeks back in 2000. He had driven Hiaces for years and found the Corolla too low. He replaced it with a 98 Toyota Picnic which he drove for 16 years.

Bizarrely, he now drives an Auris.

mikeecho

Infernal Racket wrote: »

I could never understand why any person would buy one. They have to be the most boring car on the planet

But they are completely reliable.
No matter what. They will start when you turn the key.

A corolla is my 3rd car . The bas.tard has never let me down, now it has never inspired or excited me either.

But, by Christ. It's a a dependable unit.

PsychoPete

Had an F10 520, it was the greatest piece of sh!te. Was constantly fixing something on it

nedkelly123

A 1997 E36 m3 ... was far to aggressive 320 BHP .. no abs ( as far as i can remember) , no traction control , always mad to kill you .. axel tramp in third gear in the wet..
was fun for a while but in the end it was just too mad ...

have a 996.2 now just as quick but a far more relaxed drive .. and doesnt constantly want to kill you

RobAMerc

about 17hrs - I once bought a Toyota Cressida because I couldnt face getting the train home. I had gone to Granville in western Sydney to buy a Mazda 929, when I got there the dealer told me it was gone. On my way back to the train station I saw the Cressida for 500 quid, the englishman in the garage opened the bidding by giving me a large whiskey ! I bought it coz I couldnt face the train ride in 40 degree heat back into Sydney.I drove it home, and then realised I'd gone to the wrong garage in the first place. Drove it back to Granville the next morning and when the lad wouldnt take it as a trade, I sold it back to the englishman for 300 before buying the Mazda ( that was some car )

Infernal Racket

mikeecho wrote: »

But they are completely reliable.
No matter what. They will start when you turn the key.

A corolla is my 3rd car . The bas.tard has never let me down, now it has never inspired or excited me either.

But, by Christ. It's a a dependable unit.

Yeah, I get all your valid points but Christ i couldn't handle the boredom

Heres Johnny

Sold an e39 530i msport automatic in 2008 because it was costing a fortune in tax (1493 euro as far as I remember). And fuel bills. Replaced it with an alfa 156 1.6

Sold the alfa after 3 months and bought a 525i msport (1080 tax). Didn't particularly dislike the alfa. Just missed the e39. To hell with the tax.

D3V!L

VW Scirocco MkII,. Horrible to drive . Myself and my girlfriend at the time thought it looked cool but was awful. Brought it home from London on a Sunday and had it sold by Monday evening.

Mad_maxx

Gumbo wrote: »

24 hours.

Sold my Evo 5 in 2007 and bought a Mk4 GTi on the Friday. Traded it in for a V8 X5 the next day!

How expensive was that twenty four hours ?

Mad_maxx

RobAMerc wrote: »

about 17hrs - I once bought a Toyota Cressida because I couldnt face getting the train home. I had gone to Granville in western Sydney to buy a Mazda 929, when I got there the dealer told me it was gone. On my way back to the train station I saw the Cressida for 500 quid, the englishman in the garage opened the bidding by giving me a large whiskey ! I bought it coz I couldnt face the train ride in 40 degree heat back into Sydney.I drove it home, and then realised I'd gone to the wrong garage in the first place. Drove it back to Granville the next morning and when the lad wouldnt take it as a trade, I sold it back to the englishman for 300 before buying the Mazda ( that was some car )

Good story

ba_barabus

A 1979 Morris Marina, bought it over the internet arrived and took one look and a quick drive and decided it had to go. I had it on donedeal before I got off the ferry. I hated the mess.