A car you instantly regretted buying
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renmure said:
Porsche 996 Turbo S. Collected it and knew within 100 miles it was a mistake. Super fast and super smooth, but otherwise fairly bland. Fast as s
t off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.
From what I have read the current one still gets slated for this too and as you say it will still suit many people but how you describe it is how I think I would feel about it as well. t off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.NailedOn said:
Tamora.
Ground clearance of 1.5cm and let in the rain like a pair of fishnet stockings in a force 8 gale.
I was hoping because my Cerbera was a Coupe that it wouldn't let water in...and I couldn't have been more wrong and all I needed was a goldfish in the footwell because it seemed such a waste to have that much water there and nothing to live in it! Ground clearance of 1.5cm and let in the rain like a pair of fishnet stockings in a force 8 gale.
cerb4.5lee said:
renmure said:
Porsche 996 Turbo S. Collected it and knew within 100 miles it was a mistake. Super fast and super smooth, but otherwise fairly bland. Fast as st off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.
From what I have read the current one still gets slated for this too and as you say it will still suit many people but how you describe it is how I think I would feel about it as well. t off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.
renmure said:
cerb4.5lee said:
renmure said:
Porsche 996 Turbo S. Collected it and knew within 100 miles it was a mistake. Super fast and super smooth, but otherwise fairly bland. Fast as st off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.
From what I have read the current one still gets slated for this too and as you say it will still suit many people but how you describe it is how I think I would feel about it as well. t off a shovel but once the novelty of going very quickly, very easily wore off, there was no real drama and not much else to enjoy. No doubt the perfect car for some folk but not for me.A neighbour of mine had a 997 GT3 a few years ago and every time he started it and drove off in it I had so much want for it, the Turbo still turns my head but I have never wanted to own one.
schmalex said:
I have two
Audi B7 S4 manual. Slow, all mouth and no trousers, almost unbearable to drive o. Th motorway due.to crazy gearing
Me too. Audi B7 S4 manual. Slow, all mouth and no trousers, almost unbearable to drive o. Th motorway due.to crazy gearing
2005 S4 manual avant.
Understeered so badly the fact it had 4WD was irrelevant, you were off the road before the AWD was of any use.
The gearing on the manual was so truly horrific it made it very hard work, many S4 owners said 'Just use 2nd, 4th and 6th.' Oh please do f
k off! Also, sitting doing 80mph it was doing 18mpg, the auto gearing much better and at 80 is showing 27mpg.
Hateful car all round.
2nd
2010 E350cdi estate.
Cheap interior.
Noisy.
Hard ride and crashy.
Poor MPG
crap seats.
Scary paramater steering.
speedtwelve said:
Really Plenty? Why? Because it wasn't a McLaren F1 GTR? I'd love a Noble M12!
The engine overheating and lunching itself on the drive home from the dealer didn't help, but actually even before that, five minutes after taking ownership, I realised that driving in a fishbowl wasn't really for me.Rover 400 petrol. Had good experiences of the diesel version so when I needed a replacement car fast, I thought this would fit the bill.
I had it for a week or so and drove it four times before I got rid. The head gasket went and it was drinking more coolant than Newcastle drinks brown ale. It had a bouncy speedo which meant it would be doing 30 mph one minute and 110 the next. It had a puddle the size of a small, decorative pond in the boot and there was more engine oil in the upholstery than in the engine itself.
To this day, I still can't understand why I bought it. I think my brain was kidnapped by aliens and jokingly set backwards (like a comedy bicycle with back to front steering) for a few hours.
I had it for a week or so and drove it four times before I got rid. The head gasket went and it was drinking more coolant than Newcastle drinks brown ale. It had a bouncy speedo which meant it would be doing 30 mph one minute and 110 the next. It had a puddle the size of a small, decorative pond in the boot and there was more engine oil in the upholstery than in the engine itself.
To this day, I still can't understand why I bought it. I think my brain was kidnapped by aliens and jokingly set backwards (like a comedy bicycle with back to front steering) for a few hours.
A Laguna from the auctions as a cheap stop gap car. Broke down within a mile. Hadn't looked round it before I bought it, quick glance suggested it'd be out of budget so walked past but went well under what I expected.
Turned out it had been a taxi. Mounting points for radio were obvious and seat wear was ridiculous.
Replaced the radiator, sorted the heating, replaced brake pads giving a working car. Then on the way home the gearbox packed in. Got a reconditioned one and ran it for 5 months. It over steered like nothing I've ever driven (including rwd cars!), no idea why despite many investigations but on a wet road could slide it from kerb to kerb very easily. My mates never believed it until we went down about quarter of a mile with the back end swinging side to side! First time it did it though on a busy road on a slow gentle corner wasn't as amusing...
MOT list was as long as my arm so sold it for scrap. Costly lesson!
Turned out it had been a taxi. Mounting points for radio were obvious and seat wear was ridiculous.
Replaced the radiator, sorted the heating, replaced brake pads giving a working car. Then on the way home the gearbox packed in. Got a reconditioned one and ran it for 5 months. It over steered like nothing I've ever driven (including rwd cars!), no idea why despite many investigations but on a wet road could slide it from kerb to kerb very easily. My mates never believed it until we went down about quarter of a mile with the back end swinging side to side! First time it did it though on a busy road on a slow gentle corner wasn't as amusing...
MOT list was as long as my arm so sold it for scrap. Costly lesson!
Two for me really, first was a rover 220 coupe turbo. Sourced from ebay and as i had no transport at all I had to train it there and bid without viewing it. Car ran fine on the test drive but after I got half way home it developed a bad missfire. I managed to limp it the rest of the way back but the next day it wouldn't start at all. After a bit of head scratching and swearing I noticed all the HT leads were shot. Quickly got a mate to run me to a motorfactors, new set fitted and off it went. That was just the start though, it kept blowing boost hoses off and various other small things until the biggie. The diff seized and borked the gearbox, when I went to the garage to pick it up after having this done it decided to blow it's coolant all over the place from a rotten pipe.
Number two was a Mondeo ST24, quicly worked out on the way home the seller was a lying c**t. Also had the most uncomfortable seats ever. Just didn't gel with it
Number two was a Mondeo ST24, quicly worked out on the way home the seller was a lying c**t. Also had the most uncomfortable seats ever. Just didn't gel with it
I've been full circle with my BMW E34.
There weren't many for sale and hadn't been for a while. There was this one car which fitted the brief but I was ignoring it because it was purple, overpriced and had some light damage to the rear bumper.
Long story short, I eventually buckled and went to look at it. The bloke selling it turned out to be a textbook 3.142key, but I wasn't going to judge the car based on him. He was selling it on behalf of his 'uncle' anyway. It actually seemed straight and untampered with, albeit a bit scruffy. The headgasket wasn't blowing. He drove me around the block in it and the engine seemed great, the interior was nice, the suspension pleasantly bargey over the East London bumps. "Does the suspension shimmy at speed?" I asked. "No"...
I was in two minds about the car, my head said 'why not' and my gut said 'no'- but then the seller took an interest in the car I'd turned up in which was a Mondeo TDCI.
I was dreading disposing of that car. It had a raft of problems which I suspected were going to get expensive soon. The guy seemed enthusiastic about it despite my half-arsed protestations. I even told him about the intermittent ABS light which did not make itself evident on his test drive.
Anyway spurred on with the opportunity to get rid of the troublesome Mondeo a deal was done and I ended up driving away in the BMW.
Naturally as soon as I exceeded 50mph the front end sharted shimmying all over the shop, although I hadn't been naive enough to beleive it wouldn't anyway.
The real sour aftertaste came in the following week when the 3.142key had ran into ABS problems with my Mondeo. I'd given him an extra 120 quid in good faith so that he could tax the BMW for me as he was in the middle of retaining his personal plate. He decided to keep the 120 quid for himself.
For some reason that really got to me and I considered getting rid of the car. However it got under my skin and despite having some typical 17 year old car problems, the car itself proved much more honest that it's seller and I still have it now, nearly three years on.
There weren't many for sale and hadn't been for a while. There was this one car which fitted the brief but I was ignoring it because it was purple, overpriced and had some light damage to the rear bumper.
Long story short, I eventually buckled and went to look at it. The bloke selling it turned out to be a textbook 3.142key, but I wasn't going to judge the car based on him. He was selling it on behalf of his 'uncle' anyway. It actually seemed straight and untampered with, albeit a bit scruffy. The headgasket wasn't blowing. He drove me around the block in it and the engine seemed great, the interior was nice, the suspension pleasantly bargey over the East London bumps. "Does the suspension shimmy at speed?" I asked. "No"...
I was in two minds about the car, my head said 'why not' and my gut said 'no'- but then the seller took an interest in the car I'd turned up in which was a Mondeo TDCI.
I was dreading disposing of that car. It had a raft of problems which I suspected were going to get expensive soon. The guy seemed enthusiastic about it despite my half-arsed protestations. I even told him about the intermittent ABS light which did not make itself evident on his test drive.
Anyway spurred on with the opportunity to get rid of the troublesome Mondeo a deal was done and I ended up driving away in the BMW.
Naturally as soon as I exceeded 50mph the front end sharted shimmying all over the shop, although I hadn't been naive enough to beleive it wouldn't anyway.
The real sour aftertaste came in the following week when the 3.142key had ran into ABS problems with my Mondeo. I'd given him an extra 120 quid in good faith so that he could tax the BMW for me as he was in the middle of retaining his personal plate. He decided to keep the 120 quid for himself.
For some reason that really got to me and I considered getting rid of the car. However it got under my skin and despite having some typical 17 year old car problems, the car itself proved much more honest that it's seller and I still have it now, nearly three years on.
Vectra B 2.0 "DI" diesel, I think it was an ex-taxi as well and almost certainly clocked. 0-60 measured in minutes not seconds.
No idea why I bought it, absolutely hated it instantly and took it back to the garage within 5 hours and blagged a full refund! Result. Except for I then went out and bought an Escort 1.8 SI which wasn't a lot better but at least was petrol.
No idea why I bought it, absolutely hated it instantly and took it back to the garage within 5 hours and blagged a full refund! Result. Except for I then went out and bought an Escort 1.8 SI which wasn't a lot better but at least was petrol.
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