How emotionally attached are you to your car?
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I had a really hard time handing in my mito 155 sport when i changed jobs... loved that little car..
Current car.. I do like it, and ill be sad to see it go, but in the end it is neither the engine i'd want, nor is the body in particularly good state, so i know it is at least partially a sensible thing rather then the car id ideally have. Do think she is the prettiest thing on the block though, despite some blemishes that the newer rep-mobiles next to it dont have.
Current car.. I do like it, and ill be sad to see it go, but in the end it is neither the engine i'd want, nor is the body in particularly good state, so i know it is at least partially a sensible thing rather then the car id ideally have. Do think she is the prettiest thing on the block though, despite some blemishes that the newer rep-mobiles next to it dont have.
AntiLagGC8 said:
Thanks 
- I bought it for 6 months and here I am still with it many years later!
Maybe I should I look into buying one too? I don't have children. I am 45 though now and it doesn`t look like I will be having any either so have only got myself to answer to really. How about you? Maybe I am a bit old for one. - I bought it for 6 months and here I am still with it many years later!Edited by Chris7865677 on Monday 22 August 15:51
I'm definitely stretching the overlap of my new motor and the old one a bit far. I like to change and try different cars and I always accept that some cars will be better than others, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try something new just because you've found a good'un.
However my 202k mile, dog-eared Merc 300TE has been so utterly dependable, fun and useful that I can't even bare to list it, finding litle bits to tweak and mess with so that it's "ready for sale". But two cars just doesn't make sense for me at the moment. The last time I hear the straight six through the silly exhaust will be a very sad one indeed.
However my 202k mile, dog-eared Merc 300TE has been so utterly dependable, fun and useful that I can't even bare to list it, finding litle bits to tweak and mess with so that it's "ready for sale". But two cars just doesn't make sense for me at the moment. The last time I hear the straight six through the silly exhaust will be a very sad one indeed.
ZesPak said:
I'm actually convinced I'm going to shed a tear for the first time in years when I hand him the key.
I nearly did as I saw my second DC2 disappear 3 years ago - small baby meant 3drs wasn't practical enough, nor was the crash protection particularly modern. Ran it for 6 years / 45k miles and it really got under my skin. Replacement was a 'better' car, but I still miss the Integra. Might just feel the same about the NSX too (7 years / 25k miles and counting) if that ever goes, but probably won't as much when the FD2 CTR goes later this year (3.5 yrs / 40k miles), despite it objectively being better than the ITR in almost every regard and it being replaced by generic fast-VAG rather than something 'individual'. Will miss it, just not emotionally. As others have said, logic just doesn't figure...
Chris7865677 said:
AntiLagGC8 said:
Thanks - I bought it for 6 months and here I am still with it many years later!
Maybe I should I look into buying one too? I don't have children. I am 45 though now and it doesn`t look like I will be having any either so have only got myself to answer to really. How about you? Maybe I am a bit old for one. - I bought it for 6 months and here I am still with it many years later!Edited by Chris7865677 on Monday 22 August 15:51
It's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Mr Tidy said:
No, it really isn't! I've never had one and never wanted one after I went in a mate's 1965 Turquoise rot-box in 1976 and felt the passenger floor-pan flapping in the wind once he got it up to 60 mph! F*cking horrible contraption! Made my MKII Cortina rust-bucket feel relatively well-built!
I'd agree, my first Mini was when I was 17 and the s*dding thing recked at least one promising relationship through a no-show on date night, pre-mobile phones, unreliable heap. No love there.Had an Elise S1, 15 odd years ago which got sold with the usual 'impending kids on the way / house purchase'. That made me sad, that was a lovely car that. Wife had to hand over the keys to the collection driver, I couldn't face it.
Nothing since, in repmobile hell, has got me close to caring about a car until recently. Opted out the company car scheme and bought a new 3dr JCW Mini, and I have to say, I love it to bits. Even been seen cleaning it on a Sunday morning (first time in 15 years, always used the local £5 grit srubbers).
Internet history (apart from the obvious) now also shows a bizarre almost obsessive interest in car detailing websites and products...... even given the Mini a name, but thats private, between me and my new reliable Mini.
I couldn't part with my Ford Puma, I've owned for 8 years and I've spent (wasted in my wife's opinion) a small fortune on it building into a track day car but I would 100% do it all again.
I did put it up for sale a a few years ago but I took it down as I couldn't bare the thought of someone else driving and potentially crashing it. I've been through a huge amount with & in that car and I I'm sure there is still more to come. I know its only a lump of metal but it has taken on its own personality, I've tried other cars but nothing makes me smile as much as it does.
I did put it up for sale a a few years ago but I took it down as I couldn't bare the thought of someone else driving and potentially crashing it. I've been through a huge amount with & in that car and I I'm sure there is still more to come. I know its only a lump of metal but it has taken on its own personality, I've tried other cars but nothing makes me smile as much as it does.
jonwm said:
I'm quite attached to my current Leon, both kids have been born since we got it, spent thier first months being ferried around in it, never machine washed it, serviced on the button, low mileage thought id keep it till it broke... then.. the cupra lease deal came along and its now covered in sap, bird poo and the like 
That made me chuckle.
AntiLagGC8 said:
If you are going to buy one, now is the time as they are rapidly increasing in value.
It's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Maybe I will treat myself then. I am still dealing with stuff that happened nearly 30 years ago.Yes crazy right? Slightly off topic but I can't understand how the human race works when you contact someone from 30 years ago and they are so rude. Why can't people just be friendly and civil? To cut a long story short she is definitely the reason I never married or had childrenIt's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Chris7865677 said:
AntiLagGC8 said:
If you are going to buy one, now is the time as they are rapidly increasing in value.
It's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Maybe I will treat myself then. I am still dealing with stuff that happened nearly 30 years ago.Yes crazy right? Slightly off topic but I can't understand how the human race works when you contact someone from 30 years ago and they are so rude. Why can't people just be friendly and civil? To cut a long story short she is definitely the reason I never married or had childrenIt's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Mondeo - none really. It's white goods. I have a certain affection for the fact that it has done 20k miles/2 years for very little, but that's all.
MX 5 - none, really. Not had it long, can't use it much as I'm away with work.
In the past - a little. Curiously the car i still feel the most affection for was an old Astra that I bought for loose change and that dug me out of the sh*t when I had nothing. I regret that I had to sell it for something to do long trips, and I regret that the guy who bought it from me didn't have the skills or money to put it through another test. The only consolation is that it had its day in the sun, I took it to France for work and after a very pleasant 3 months I brought it back full of wine and gave it an oil change and a cambelt by way of a thank you.
MX 5 - none, really. Not had it long, can't use it much as I'm away with work.
In the past - a little. Curiously the car i still feel the most affection for was an old Astra that I bought for loose change and that dug me out of the sh*t when I had nothing. I regret that I had to sell it for something to do long trips, and I regret that the guy who bought it from me didn't have the skills or money to put it through another test. The only consolation is that it had its day in the sun, I took it to France for work and after a very pleasant 3 months I brought it back full of wine and gave it an oil change and a cambelt by way of a thank you.
Chris7865677 said:
Chris7865677 said:
AntiLagGC8 said:
If you are going to buy one, now is the time as they are rapidly increasing in value.
It's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
Maybe I will treat myself then. I am still dealing with stuff that happened nearly 30 years ago.Yes crazy right? Slightly off topic but I can't understand how the human race works when you contact someone from 30 years ago and they are so rude. Why can't people just be friendly and civil? To cut a long story short she is definitely the reason I never married or had childrenIt's been a second car for a long time for me and whilst my other half doesn't really like it, I had it before I met her and she's always just accepted it, she doesn't even mind me spending a lot on it! She likes that I have a new car for work duties which we go a lot of places in.
I don't think there is such a thing as being to old to drive a car, its really just about your view of the car (I'm in my mid-thirties).
I don't need anymore rudeness in my life. Can only imagine friends/family faces if I buy one
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