****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

ba_barabus wrote: »

I know going new seems like madness but over the past few years I've bought a huge number of lemons. I'm just sick of breakdowns and shyte.

There's definitely a lot to be said for it. Certainly when I get older I can't wait to have a few new cars. Sometimes you get sick of the fact that you buy a second hand car and are trying to mind it but it still causes you trouble because the previous owner didn't mind it or didn't maintain it 100%. My parents have always bought new cars since they were in there mid 20s and they never have any real hassle with cars.

Plus after been to collect loads of new vans cars jeeps. It's truly class to walk into a garage and pick up a brand new car with its new car smell and just be able to start with a clean sheet in terms of maintance. I'd say if you can afford it at all go for it. Life's to short to be constantly messing around with unreliable cars.

Bpmull wrote: »

There's definitely a lot to be said for it. Certainly when I get older I can't wait to have a few new cars. Sometimes you get sick of the fact that you buy a second hand car and are trying to mind it but it still causes you trouble because the previous owner didn't mind it or didn't maintain it 100%. My parents have always bought new cars since they were in there mid 20s and they never have any real hassle with cars.

Plus after been to collect loads of new vans cars jeeps. It's truly class to walk into a garage and pick up a brand new car with its new car smell and just be able to start with a clean sheet in terms of maintance. I'd say if you can afford it at all go for it. Life's to short to be constantly messing around with unreliable cars.

Life's to short to drive I corolla as well.
New car or 10 year old m5?
The 10 year old m5 wins each time I sit down to do the sums, even on the worst case scenario.

But don't you know, the 1.4 paddy spec corolla is the cream of irish motoring! you couldn't be seen without a new reg now could you? :P

I'm stuck with my car now for the next while and for my next one I'm planning on something special, also in regards to liking cars everyone hates, me and you are somewhat the same

power pants wrote: »

I always bring a car to a garage or take a mechanic with me when buying, has saved me many a time in buying absolute **** boxes that sellers don't even know themselves to be

That's true but you can bring a car to 10 mechanics and they can say its perfect and it can still have plenty of hidden faults. For example my focus is un drivable once it runs much lower than 1/4 of tank of diesel. When I bought the car there was 3/4 of a tank of diesel in it how would a mechanic be able to tell me it would stall and fail to restart once it drops a bit under 1/4 tank they wouldn't unless they take out the fuel tank to see if the sender pipe is cracked (probably problem with mine). So you will always get small faults with second hand cars some you can live with like my above problem keep the tank topped up go like a train I have 20k km on mine. And then there's problem that you will have to get fixed.

I completely agree that getting a good mechanic to look over a car seriously reduces your chances of getting burned. But it can still turn out to be a lemon there's absolutely no guarantees with second hand cars and unfortunately most of us learn that the hard way.

Dord wrote: »

Only Citroen I'd own would be either a DS (real one!) or perhaps a fully kitted out C6 with air.

I REALLY want a C6. Just fooking love 'em. Was in Paris Xmas 2005 and saw one on the Champs-Élysées and since then I've said I'll have one one day.