New Car: What are the first things you do
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hopefully be picking up my 'new' S4 tomorrow so the list is likely to be as follows:
1) sit in it, play with the buttons and stuff and grin until it starts to worry the dealership that something is wrong.
2) Head next door to Tesco to buy some cheapo rubber car mats to protect the carpet ones underneath. £10 disposable cheapo car mats vs £80 Audi car mats...
Think about filling up before heading to a proper filling station and squeeking at how much this is going to cost me over the projected 4 years of ownership.
3) Forget all about that and head out and drive it for an hour or so and thoroughly enjoy myself.
4) Sit in the garage at home and set my radio preferences (namely Radio 4).
5) Plan a couple of good long routes for Saturday. Decide when it will have a thorough clean and investigate paint protection film.
1) sit in it, play with the buttons and stuff and grin until it starts to worry the dealership that something is wrong.
2) Head next door to Tesco to buy some cheapo rubber car mats to protect the carpet ones underneath. £10 disposable cheapo car mats vs £80 Audi car mats...
Think about filling up before heading to a proper filling station and squeeking at how much this is going to cost me over the projected 4 years of ownership.
3) Forget all about that and head out and drive it for an hour or so and thoroughly enjoy myself.
4) Sit in the garage at home and set my radio preferences (namely Radio 4).
5) Plan a couple of good long routes for Saturday. Decide when it will have a thorough clean and investigate paint protection film.
Mine is handy mix of what's been said before, however the things I do before buying are more fun most of the time, the research, joining online owner's club, the anticipation.... anyway having checked tyres, fluids, bodywork, service history and that the buttons work and the paying..I:
Take my time driving it home and just enjoy
fit new plates without dealers name on
remove dealer stickers
preset the radio and connect ipod/phone
Read manual
Clean inside and outside in minute detail (always find stuff that needs correcting then)
Check eBay for anything that'll improve the car - missing clips, trim, new wheel centres, renew age'd badging etc - Also find original brochure if possible.
Check with said online owner's forum for any obvious/easy upgrades (like removing the headlining to reveal a panoramic glass roof!)
Then plan a road trip with friends
Then plan eventual upgrades in ICE, exhaust, tyres and brakes.
Take my time driving it home and just enjoy
fit new plates without dealers name on
remove dealer stickers
preset the radio and connect ipod/phone
Read manual
Clean inside and outside in minute detail (always find stuff that needs correcting then)
Check eBay for anything that'll improve the car - missing clips, trim, new wheel centres, renew age'd badging etc - Also find original brochure if possible.
Check with said online owner's forum for any obvious/easy upgrades (like removing the headlining to reveal a panoramic glass roof!)
Then plan a road trip with friends
Then plan eventual upgrades in ICE, exhaust, tyres and brakes.
Me:
- Tax it before a member of her majesties law enforcement reminds me on the journey home
- Drive it home carefully whilst messing around with the knobs/dials/switches
- Shell V-Power fill up
- Windows down and enjoy a spirited drive through the country
- Have it serviced, as most likely unless you've bought it from a main dealer, it will need an oil change
- Avoid the dealer's subsequent phone calls trying to sell me addons
A friend of mine who shall remain nameless:
- Buy a Peugeot after countless people advising them not to
- Rag it home as quickly as possible
- Don't bother with servicing
- Have it remapped by an unknown back street garage
- Rag it even harder, no need to let oil warm up
- Phone up friend and complain when engine drops its shells and crank
A work colleague:
- Buy a 2015 Audi RS6
- Within a week, have it remapped and enjoy the surge of 650+bhp
- Take it for its first service and enjoy reading the "TD1" written on the paperwork
- Drive home and explain to the wife why the £90,000 car they just bought now doesn't have a drivetrain warranty!
- Tax it before a member of her majesties law enforcement reminds me on the journey home
- Drive it home carefully whilst messing around with the knobs/dials/switches
- Shell V-Power fill up
- Windows down and enjoy a spirited drive through the country
- Have it serviced, as most likely unless you've bought it from a main dealer, it will need an oil change
- Avoid the dealer's subsequent phone calls trying to sell me addons
A friend of mine who shall remain nameless:
- Buy a Peugeot after countless people advising them not to
- Rag it home as quickly as possible
- Don't bother with servicing
- Have it remapped by an unknown back street garage
- Rag it even harder, no need to let oil warm up
- Phone up friend and complain when engine drops its shells and crank
A work colleague:
- Buy a 2015 Audi RS6
- Within a week, have it remapped and enjoy the surge of 650+bhp
- Take it for its first service and enjoy reading the "TD1" written on the paperwork
- Drive home and explain to the wife why the £90,000 car they just bought now doesn't have a drivetrain warranty!
skim through the manual for anything interesting and the service history
make a mental list of things that need fixing and preventative tasks to be carried out based on the model and condition - this is normally ordered in how urgent/expensive it is. this would be after the initial purchase, then again when I clean and jack it up for the first time.
Service if I think it needs it
take it to parents and do the "look what ive got" thing with my dad.
post pics on the relevant forum and watch the comments and advice roll in.
this isn't a specific list, its mainly based on what ive bought in the past and what ive done pretty much every time with each car whatever condition.
make a mental list of things that need fixing and preventative tasks to be carried out based on the model and condition - this is normally ordered in how urgent/expensive it is. this would be after the initial purchase, then again when I clean and jack it up for the first time.
Service if I think it needs it
take it to parents and do the "look what ive got" thing with my dad.
post pics on the relevant forum and watch the comments and advice roll in.
this isn't a specific list, its mainly based on what ive bought in the past and what ive done pretty much every time with each car whatever condition.
MrSimmoUK said:
Me:
A friend of mine who shall remain nameless:
- Buy a Peugeot after countless people advising them not to
- Rag it home as quickly as possible
- Don't bother with servicing
- Have it remapped by an unknown back street garage
- Rag it even harder, no need to let oil warm up
- Phone up friend and complain when engine drops its shells and crank
A work colleague:
- Buy a 2015 Audi RS6
- Within a week, have it remapped and enjoy the surge of 650+bhp
- Take it for its first service and enjoy reading the "TD1" written on the paperwork
- Drive home and explain to the wife why the £90,000 car they just bought now doesn't have a drivetrain warranty!
LOL! yeah I've had that a few times with people asking for car buying advice, ignoring it and then moaning when they bought something French.A friend of mine who shall remain nameless:
- Buy a Peugeot after countless people advising them not to
- Rag it home as quickly as possible
- Don't bother with servicing
- Have it remapped by an unknown back street garage
- Rag it even harder, no need to let oil warm up
- Phone up friend and complain when engine drops its shells and crank
A work colleague:
- Buy a 2015 Audi RS6
- Within a week, have it remapped and enjoy the surge of 650+bhp
- Take it for its first service and enjoy reading the "TD1" written on the paperwork
- Drive home and explain to the wife why the £90,000 car they just bought now doesn't have a drivetrain warranty!
Drive like a girl for a week until i can take it back to get it's cambelt and waterpump changed (at least that's what i did with my leon when i bought it a litte over a month ago). Otherwise get some mats for it or anything else it needs and put a longlife air filter in is usually the first port of call.
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