i hate changing cars

[biggs682]

having spent most of my working life around the motor industry from being an apprentice mechanic to running a main dealer ship parts department . why is it when ever we have to replace our car for what ever reason i actually dread looking at cars to buy .

whatever we see does not inspires me even after a test drive they all seem the same , i put it down to the years where i had access to whatever new model the maker had at that time i could use .

this next couple of weeks is going to be had work trying to find a replacement for current motor , we need similar style and size for various reasons so on the hunt for a picasso sized motor great fun

 

[vernon]

Some Picassos will be too big for any car.

Guernica is 25' x 11'

 

[colly]

I find buying a new another vehicle is mostly determined by just two things.

1. How much have I to spend.
2. What's available and roadworthy for the money.

Decisions based around what I would 'like' are, for the most part, irrelevant.

 

[PaulSecteur]

I used to be a petrol head, spending months deciding on and finding the right car.

Now the purchase is given the same amount of thought as I would give buying a microwave or fridge. How much does it cost and is it cheap to run.

The only additional question the car buying process gets now is "Can I fit my bike in it?"

 

[swee'pea99]

I bought a car off my father in law in 1999. I have no plans to change it.

 

[Piemaster]

Not a fan of changing cars either. I'm thinking about it now
Its just cost me £500 for service & MOT. It really needs same again on it (due a cambelt and few other bits). Thing is probably only worth £1500.
But if I change it that £500 would disappear in depreciation with the salesmans smiling visage in the rear view mirror as soon as it leaves the forecourt anyway. And I know what faults the one I have now has.

Wish I could go car free.

 

[Brains]

In the 1980's my brother an I used to go through cars like most people go through socks.
We had a family friend who bought old bangers for the number plates, he would get them taxed and MoT'ed (most of them were way beyond MoT standard, I've no idea how he did it), he would swap the number plate with some beemer or roller, and then we would take the old banger, with 11 months of MoT and 5 months of Tax off his hands for the stand price of two bottles of whiskey.
We would then drive it into the ground (which in some cases was a matter of days, although many lasted months) and then get the next one. We even had a stockpile of spare cars at one time as we had a couple of good ones.
It meant that I had no feelings for vehicles, they were just a method of getting around, use it then loose it.

 

[tyred]

I find all modern cars boring and soulless.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I find all modern cars boring and soulless.

Even the Mazda 5 "Sport"?

 

[ASC1951]

The only additional question the car buying process gets now is "Can I fit my bike in it?"

My road bike has to go in with both wheels still on. Before buying the Mighty Astra ten years ago, I was told by some Ford sales chimp to get my effing bike out of the back of their Focus and firmly removed from the premises.

 

[tyred]

Even the Mazda 5 "Sport"?

Mazda make light bulbs don't they? I don't see what there is to get enthusiastic about light bulbs. Tungsten or Halogen?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Some Picassos will be too big for any car.

Guernica is 25' x 11'

Keeping the thread nicely derailed, here's a nice example of Picasso bicycle art.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Load of bull ent it.

 

[helston90]

The thing I hate the most about the process is the car will be second hand and therefore have somethign wrong with it- what's wrong with? you can never tell on a quick test run, nor how critical that thing is, or how long before whatever is wrong with it will finally give up the ghost.- be it a faulty boot light switch or a whole fuel pump, just hope for the best.

 

[donnydave]

I find all modern cars boring and soulless.

Agree. I prefer older stuff and have done well for reliability of the older cars I've had. I'm a student of bangernomics, I normally spend £500-£800 on a car and keep them until they die and the repair cost is greater than just buying another old car, something in the 15-20 year old range. With this method I've had some interesting and characterful cars that I've enjoyed owning and driving far more than some grey box of lifelessness that most new(ish) cars are, like dementors on 4 wheels.