How long until new car hype dies for you?
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The closest thing we've had to a new car was a J-plated Ford Fiesta 'Fanfare' special edition. It took a good day or two to get over the excitement of being able to show off the special stickers and rubber spoiler, but things went downhill rapidly thereafter. What sort of engine did it have? Who knows? Who cares?
Sigmamark7 said:
I managed to last nearly a month with my new 340i Touring, before I took it to an automatic car wash, but it was winter and it was absolutely plastered in road grime and salt. After that, it was just a car!
Why automatic car wash whyyyyy! Even my old car wasn’t even special but I had paint correct and bathed it religiously myself every time NOT ME!! lad at work has just bought an M2, not looked in to anything regarding the expense of owning such a car.
It's basically standing him at nearly a grand a month before its turns a wheel!!
Which is fine if you can afford it,he cannot.
Bought car, changed insurance over had a weekend of fun then it dawned on him.
It's basically standing him at nearly a grand a month before its turns a wheel!!
Which is fine if you can afford it,he cannot.
Bought car, changed insurance over had a weekend of fun then it dawned on him.
cossy400 said:
NOT ME!! lad at work has just bought an M2, not looked in to anything regarding the expense of owning such a car.
It's basically standing him at nearly a grand a month before its turns a wheel!!
Which is fine if you can afford it,he cannot.
Bought car, changed insurance over had a weekend of fun then it dawned on him.
How much of the 1000 is car payment/insurance? I’m not sure what the m2 is like as a daily, But my car is mixture of fun and apparently a decent daily, but owning a m2 sounds cool It's basically standing him at nearly a grand a month before its turns a wheel!!
Which is fine if you can afford it,he cannot.
Bought car, changed insurance over had a weekend of fun then it dawned on him.
About a week or so typically.
I don’t get the huge rush but used to get with much more modest cars when I was in my twenties.
I do tend to keep my cars though so they become old friends rather than thrilling things . My latest addition (992 GT3RS) was nice to pick up but of course the thing had been hyped to death in the press and on line and I had been through all of the spec-building stuff so when it turned up I was pleased rather than ecstatic.
I am at the stage now when I am Iosing interest in good cars, maybe because of age, so my next car will likely be some kind of modest EV city car for short journeys in traffic. Something like a Citroën Ami with a tad more power.
I don’t get the huge rush but used to get with much more modest cars when I was in my twenties.
I do tend to keep my cars though so they become old friends rather than thrilling things . My latest addition (992 GT3RS) was nice to pick up but of course the thing had been hyped to death in the press and on line and I had been through all of the spec-building stuff so when it turned up I was pleased rather than ecstatic.
I am at the stage now when I am Iosing interest in good cars, maybe because of age, so my next car will likely be some kind of modest EV city car for short journeys in traffic. Something like a Citroën Ami with a tad more power.
Bought a new E36 3 Series back in 1999. Never stopped loving it. Still have it and still love it. Lots of age related issues though so it's being mothballed for the foreseable future. I will choose its replacement very carefully and will probably like that just as much, but that's me. I tend to make choices slowly and with consideraton but then find myself very happy with them for a very long time.
My new car experience tends to be, buy the car, spend weeks sorting little niggly problems, lots of cleaning, service stuff if required then onto the modifications.
The point at which the excitement levels drop is usually around the time I spot new damage caused by careless ***** which leads to the " you can't have anything nice" rant, then ill accept a few more dings/dents/scratches and eventually my pride an joy becomes just another daily beater
The point at which the excitement levels drop is usually around the time I spot new damage caused by careless ***** which leads to the " you can't have anything nice" rant, then ill accept a few more dings/dents/scratches and eventually my pride an joy becomes just another daily beater
lord trumpton said:
The hype usually goes away right away having been replaced with buyers remorse!
Every single time and I don't know why!
Same here when I used to buy brand new cars. Usually a few months in after the novelty has worn off and I realised the payments I was paying to drive it to work to earn the money to pay for it.Every single time and I don't know why!
I have driven cheap cars for the last 20 years paid for in cash. The only times I have had buyers remorse is when the car has issues the seller hid from me.
MitchT said:
Bought a new E36 3 Series back in 1999. Never stopped loving it. Still have it and still love it. Lots of age related issues though so it's being mothballed for the foreseable future. I will choose its replacement very carefully and will probably like that just as much, but that's me. I tend to make choices slowly and with consideraton but then find myself very happy with them for a very long time.
Same here, I keep mine for at least 10 years. I had my (brand new) 1998 E36 for 19 years.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff