Can a car BE 'over-rated'?

[The Wookie]

Dave Hedgehog said:

some nice thread necro going on here

As I said, 'Boing'

[anonymous-user]

Ozzie Osmond said:

IMO the primary cause of "over-rating" is journalists who thrash a car for half an hour, set light to the tyres and then hand it back to the manufacturer. Their experiences/views have very little relevance for anyone who's actually going to buy the thing.

Example: Noble M600. Journalists rave about it but nobody buys it.

Thats only because no one want to go to Leicester to pick it up. (or pay 300k for a volvo engined canoe )

[ZesPak]

This thread again. Can't help but read the title in Chandler Bing's voice.

[anonymous-user]

Lotus Esprit - childhood dream car, got to drive a v8 when they came out; worst gearbox in any car ever produced and brakes overheated 10 minutes into my drive... misery... still have an itch for one though

VW Touareg - the dashboard is like a christmas tree; I can't remember in 4 years a time there wasn't something wrong with it, electrical faults (sunroof opens randomly, car locks you out randomly, speedo showing 140mph when it's sat there in park, abs failures etc...), emissions faults (fuel pumps/evap valve/vapour canister), mechanical faults (70,000 miles and on its 4th centre driveshaft); to top it off 2 weeks ago the headliner fell down showering me in disintegrated foam and last week my wife pulled the door to and the door handle came off in her hand. What a piece of crap! It's like a mutt from a shelter, you know it's got issues but for some reason you still love it.

[Leins]

Did the poor lad ever get his deposit back?

Oh sorry, wrong drama-filled fantasist's thread