The worst 'next car' choice you've made...
30 November 2006, 07:05 PM
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The worst 'next car' choice you've made...
I'll kick off..
Buying an R32 GTR .... 2 days later chasing an E46 M3....spinning a bearing and blowing the engine up.. causing a 5k bill.... priceless.
That would be on my top of the 'worst error's of judgement' from my motoring history...
Buying an R32 GTR .... 2 days later chasing an E46 M3....spinning a bearing and blowing the engine up.. causing a 5k bill.... priceless.
That would be on my top of the 'worst error's of judgement' from my motoring history...
30 November 2006, 09:50 PM
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Saxo VTS to Ford Mondeo ST24. I did like the mondy, was an excellent car to drive, but I should have been a little more sensible and waited a while longer to get an Impreza, as I lost a fair whack when selling the Mondy six months later.
30 November 2006, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by leonpoole
Simillar bad move by me a few years back, only i went from a Saxo VTS
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30 November 2006, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by leonpoole
Simillar bad move by me a few years back, only i went from a Saxo VTS
30 November 2006, 11:35 PM
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Buying a Toyota Rav 4 VX 03 reg. 6 months in and bird lime will strip the paint in 3 hours. Leave under a bird flight path for the day and come back to a fcuked car.
Toyota response "They all do that sir !!!!"
Sold it after a year needing at least 50 % of the panels resprayed.
Toyota response "They all do that sir !!!!"
Sold it after a year needing at least 50 % of the panels resprayed.
30 November 2006, 11:43 PM
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About 11 years ago bought a Seirra 4x4 Turbo Technics (single turbo) with my Uni grant cash. I was very naive and bought a dog, learned the hard way.
12 months later engine went bang and I had no cash to replace.. sold for 200 pounds (paid 2000) with a big hole in the engine block
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My first erm *performance* car
Well I guess it kinda was then 
Nice learning curve though
12 months later engine went bang and I had no cash to replace.. sold for 200 pounds (paid 2000) with a big hole in the engine block
.My first erm *performance* car
Well I guess it kinda was then Nice learning curve though
01 December 2006, 12:01 AM
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306 GTi-6 to Uk Turbo. Holy crap where did my brakes go!
Took a few bob to make the Scoob much better than the GTi-6, but after a few bob spent all was well with the world!
Took a few bob to make the Scoob much better than the GTi-6, but after a few bob spent all was well with the world!
01 December 2006, 12:08 AM
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selling my ae86 twin cam rwd corolla and buying a gte 16v astra
the astra was'nt bad,in fact it was a rocket. but it kills me to see the prices ae86's make now when i sold mine for 2500 in 1994,about the only car i have ever owned that i did'nt lose a fortune on.
the astra was'nt bad,in fact it was a rocket. but it kills me to see the prices ae86's make now when i sold mine for 2500 in 1994,about the only car i have ever owned that i did'nt lose a fortune on.
01 December 2006, 12:39 AM
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Mint Peugeot 106 Xsi M-Reg (1yr old), to a 'family friendly' L-Reg Mondeo 2.0 Ghia.
Before dying of boredom, part-exed it for a Golf GTi 8v 6 months later losing about 3k
Oh, and the Golf was a bit of a lemon too. Been a bit more sensible since!
Before dying of boredom, part-exed it for a Golf GTi 8v 6 months later losing about 3k
Oh, and the Golf was a bit of a lemon too. Been a bit more sensible since!
01 December 2006, 06:57 AM
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SOld my two Fiat Strada Abarth 130TC for a vast £400 for the both and bought a Rover 220GTi for 9K for reliability issues as the Fiats were off the road for ages awaiting parts from the Abarth factors for months.
3 engine rebuilds and 13 alternators plus a host of problems and in a year is cost me over £4. What a piece of crap. Poorly designed in places to the point of being comical.
The Fiats were better in every respect apart from rust and worth far more than the Rover would be now
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3 engine rebuilds and 13 alternators plus a host of problems and in a year is cost me over £4. What a piece of crap. Poorly designed in places to the point of being comical.
The Fiats were better in every respect apart from rust and worth far more than the Rover would be now
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01 December 2006, 09:35 AM
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I bought the wife [then girlfriend] a Clio 1.2 16 volt. PCP jobbies, £199 deposit, £199 a month. Seemed a good deal. Ran the troublesome heap of **** for 6 months before getting rid. I was in negative equity by £3k. Just paid it off and lived with it!
Should have kept it in hindsight, as it wasn't a lot of money to find each month and running costs were mega cheap.....
ah well, guess you live and learn.
Should have kept it in hindsight, as it wasn't a lot of money to find each month and running costs were mega cheap.....
ah well, guess you live and learn.
, needless to say the Orion only lasted a few weeks.
01 December 2006, 09:51 AM
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Deciding to buy an Impreza and keep it for only 6 months, to get the "speed thing out of my system". That was nearly 5 years ago and I've still not sold it 
I have sensibly bought a diesel as a runaround now though...
I have sensibly bought a diesel as a runaround now though...
01 December 2006, 09:57 AM
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Bought a Rover 600TI, 2 months later changed my job so I was now doing 20,000+ miles a year.
The rover also needed £500 work doing so I swapped it for an economical Peugeot 306 TD, bought from a Volvo dealer.
It came with 1 year warranty and I think I spent more time in varies Volvo courtesy cars.
Eventually after 9 months the engine went pop and they installed a new one, things got a lot better after this but I took no chances and sold it as soon as the warranty ran out.
I wrote a letter to Volvo and told them what I thought of they used cars and the service I got, with good results.
The rover also needed £500 work doing so I swapped it for an economical Peugeot 306 TD, bought from a Volvo dealer.
It came with 1 year warranty and I think I spent more time in varies Volvo courtesy cars.
Eventually after 9 months the engine went pop and they installed a new one, things got a lot better after this but I took no chances and sold it as soon as the warranty ran out.
I wrote a letter to Volvo and told them what I thought of they used cars and the service I got, with good results.
01 December 2006, 10:10 AM
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I sometimes wonder how loaded I would be now, had I not sold the Citroen ZX TD I had about 10 years ago, and continued to use it. I still see M reg versions going about, so it'd probably have survived... and I'd never have had to buy and run a Celica, Impreza, Rover and now vRS Skoda.
Hmm...
Hmm...
) in there - mine is relatively low
01 December 2006, 11:49 AM
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paying way over the odds for my fisrt car (got back from work and parents told me, we've put the deposite on that car for you) 2k for a 106 j reg (this was 5 years or so agao) with 60k 
never regretted changes in car i've made though
never regretted changes in car i've made though
01 December 2006, 12:06 PM
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SOld a perfectly good Y reg Mondeo 1.8 LX (bought for peanuts of a mate) and sold it to get a Fiat Coupe Turbo which was a dog, sold that cheap due to its issues and bought a Rover BRM and the Headgasket went pop on that within 2 months rendering it scrap, bought a sensible Saab 9-3 and that has been a lot better and not that much slower (at least in a straight line).
The car troubles put a lot of strain on my relationship with the missus (well her relationship with me) as we didnt have a lot of money and I managed to lose about two grand despite being well up on the Mondeo when I sold it.
Put a lot of strain on me as well, spending seven grand on a car (Fiat) having waited years to get a proper performance car and for it to turn to rat****, checking the oil every day and seeing it drop by a litre in a couple of days, was tempted to torch the f*cker, used to make me feel physically sick, I still owe the **** of a dealer one for the way I was treated.
The car troubles put a lot of strain on my relationship with the missus (well her relationship with me) as we didnt have a lot of money and I managed to lose about two grand despite being well up on the Mondeo when I sold it.
Put a lot of strain on me as well, spending seven grand on a car (Fiat) having waited years to get a proper performance car and for it to turn to rat****, checking the oil every day and seeing it drop by a litre in a couple of days, was tempted to torch the f*cker, used to make me feel physically sick, I still owe the **** of a dealer one for the way I was treated.
