Taking delivery of my first new car - What to look out for?
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alangla said:
Get him to show you how to operate the fuel filler. Nothing more embarrassing than standing in a petrol station not being able to figure out whether you need to pull a lever inside/open the central locking/press a particular button/just push the fuel nozzle in through the cap etc.
If it's something quick, check if it'll run on 95 or if it needs super.
Good point, nothing worse than being that guy at a petrol station! If it's something quick, check if it'll run on 95 or if it needs super.
I always run Shell V-Power Nitro the the max F1 supersport or whatever they call it nowadays.
northwest monkey said:
Definitely worth checking it's the right car. A mate of mine ordered a 5-series & it turned up with a couple of options missing which were on the order form. They weren't obvious ones like leather seats or alloys - from what I can remember it was something daft like chrome round the windows and the wrong wood on the dash. They were very good about it & offered him the chance to reject the car or have an extra years warranty instead.
The cars all standard apart from a few dealer options which should be obvious (rear spoiler, arm rest etc). The little ones are the ones which will throw me!
It is quite possible that your "brand new" car has been damaged and repaired in the plant during assembly. It is also very likely that 1, 2 or more of the 30 or so people that have have driven it, before you've taken delivery, have swiped a post or wall, and, again, the car has been repaired.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
datum77 said:
It is quite possible that your "brand new" car has been damaged and repaired in the plant during assembly. It is also very likely that 1, 2 or more of the 30 or so people that have have driven it, before you've taken delivery, have swiped a post or wall, and, again, the car has been repaired.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
There's always one .But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
datum77 said:
It is quite possible that your "brand new" car has been damaged and repaired in the plant during assembly. It is also very likely that 1, 2 or more of the 30 or so people that have have driven it, before you've taken delivery, have swiped a post or wall, and, again, the car has been repaired.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
So then smart arse, how do you propose people buy used cars if nobody ever buys new ones?But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
Other than that, you're talking b
ks.
datum77 said:
It is quite possible that your "brand new" car has been damaged and repaired in the plant during assembly. It is also very likely that 1, 2 or more of the 30 or so people that have have driven it, before you've taken delivery, have swiped a post or wall, and, again, the car has been repaired.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
Very likely? But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
I sold new cars for many years and can count on the fingers of one hand the number of cars which sustained any damage before going to their new owners, not the "very likely" you make out.
Check the number plate is correct.
My wife once got a new 56 plate car.
It came with as a 55 plate.
Luckily I now know at what speed the camera triggers at the 50 zone on our local motorway.
The plates were replaced the next day and because she requested a full sized spare the tyre for that was also put on correctly, it was a directional tyre put on the wrong way.
Suppose $h1T happens, but minor to some peoples problems
My wife once got a new 56 plate car.
It came with as a 55 plate.
Luckily I now know at what speed the camera triggers at the 50 zone on our local motorway.
The plates were replaced the next day and because she requested a full sized spare the tyre for that was also put on correctly, it was a directional tyre put on the wrong way.
Suppose $h1T happens, but minor to some peoples problems
Just quick once over, checking everything works. My dad took delivery of a brand new HiLux some years ago only to find that there were dividers missing inside the rear lights meaning that brake/tail and (iirc) reverse were all lit no matter which bulb was actually in use.
Those that do the PDI are still human after all.
Those that do the PDI are still human after all.
iva cosworth said:
datum77 said:
It is quite possible that your "brand new" car has been damaged and repaired in the plant during assembly. It is also very likely that 1, 2 or more of the 30 or so people that have have driven it, before you've taken delivery, have swiped a post or wall, and, again, the car has been repaired.
But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
There's always one .But carry on and continue to pay top money for something that YOU think is unblemished and perfect, but is actually not going to give you the peace of mind that you THINK you are getting by buying brand new.
Also be prepared to be shocked in 1, 2, or 3 years time when you come to sell it/part exchange it, and you then realise that buying brand new is the practise of fools.
anothernameitist said:
Check the number plate is correct.
My wife once got a new 56 plate car.
It came with as a 55 plate.
Talking about number plates, check that the front matches the rear one.My wife once got a new 56 plate car.
It came with as a 55 plate.
A few years ago a friend of mine was delivered a car with different number plates front and rear (dealer mixed up with ones from another car while fitting them)
I've had 3 brand new cars delivered to me and unloaded off a trailer, they had 7, 13 and 110 miles on them. Each one had really st up windscreens, a layer of dust and crap that I didnt realise til the sun hit the screen.
So my advice - wash it carefully if it comes to you on a transporter
t up windscreens, a layer of dust and crap that I didnt realise til the sun hit the screen. So my advice - wash it carefully if it comes to you on a transporter
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