How Long Are You Satisfied With Your Car?

[The Lukas]

How Long Are You Satisfied With Your Car?

Lately (last year or two, could be longer) I've been chopping and changing from car to car and within weeks get fed up of it's lacking. It's either too boring, not refined enough, slow, uneconomical, unreliable, soulless, or petting little problems that just make me loose my love for them. Why? Am I getting to a point now I need to take a break from being a petrolhead? Shall I do something else with my time and money? Shall I spend more on another car and hope it becomes the holy grail?

[ewenm]

Stop being so fussy or own more than one car so you can choose the car to suit your mood.

For example, my garage:
Volvo - boring, comfortable, well-equiped, load lugger.
Mustang - classic, cruiser, entertaining, relaxed.
Caterham - focused, adrenaline, brilliant.

Edited by ewenm on Saturday 14th August 23:49

[sklar]

MX5



But seriously, I've been doing similar recently. I even had an MX5 for 2 months. There's always something missing. I guess I need to compromise.

[RedAlfa]

I lose interest when the car needs to go for repair more than a few times a year.

[slipstream 1985]

i get bored too. worrying as supposively reached my dream car...

[Daston]

Went through a stage of a car a year but the Tiv is the only car I have kept longer and there really isnt anything else out there for the same price that I would swap it for

[volumeone]

The Lukas said:

How Long Are You Satisfied With Your Car?

Lately (last year or two, could be longer) I've been chopping and changing from car to car and within weeks get fed up of it's lacking. It's either too boring, not refined enough, slow, uneconomical, unreliable, soulless, or petting little problems that just make me loose my love for them. Why? Am I getting to a point now I need to take a break from being a petrolhead? Shall I do something else with my time and money? Shall I spend more on another car and hope it becomes the holy grail?

This is a classic petrolhead symptom and it can only be solved by having more than one car. You need a practical comfortable car and you also need a fun car. Its not about how much you spend so don't bother buying an even more expensive "one size fits all" car. Instead, spend half on your daily car and half on a weekender car.

[ludicrous speed]

tbh looking at your history i'm not surprised you feel this way, apart from the tvr there's not much to get excited about really is there. try buying something a bit more fun and you wont get bored as easily.

[Deluded]

Take up another form of transport. It will soon make you realise how much you do actually love your car.

For example, I used to drive to work all the time. I used to get bored of cars within weeks and change them. Every drive highlighted a fault or something that annoyed me and it would eventually make me hate the car and want to get rid.

Now I cycle to work as much as I can. The car has turned into a weekend/rainy day toy that I can look forward to getting into. During the week, I miss driving and really enjoy it when I get back into the car. It makes me appreciate the car and overlook its errors.

Get a bike.

[Pints]

Unfortunately my limited funds (read: having to plough my money into family life) and having to consider practicality of course takes precedence over whether or not I'm bored with my car.

Excitement usually only lasts a few months but that, as Mrs Pints puts it, is tough st.

[V88Dicky]

volumeone said:

The Lukas said:

How Long Are You Satisfied With Your Car?

Lately (last year or two, could be longer) I've been chopping and changing from car to car and within weeks get fed up of it's lacking. It's either too boring, not refined enough, slow, uneconomical, unreliable, soulless, or petting little problems that just make me loose my love for them. Why? Am I getting to a point now I need to take a break from being a petrolhead? Shall I do something else with my time and money? Shall I spend more on another car and hope it becomes the holy grail?

This is a classic petrolhead symptom and it can only be solved by having more than one car. You need a practical comfortable car and you also need a fun car. Its not about how much you spend so don't bother buying an even more expensive "one size fits all" car. Instead, spend half on your daily car and half on a weekender car.

+1

13 year old Fiesta during the week, Monaro for weekends/holidays etc. Works for me

[Facefirst]

Buy an E39 M5 and then come back in a few months...

[russy01]

ludicrous speed said:

tbh looking at your history i'm not surprised you feel this way, apart from the tvr there's not much to get excited about really is there. try buying something a bit more fun and you wont get bored as easily.

Spot on mate, like when you bought the BMW 318, really you should had saved for another month or two and got a 330i, that would t be so boring.

I tend to keep cars for about two years, which for me is quite a long time, but saying that I do start researching my next car straight away, that way when I comes to it 2yrs later I know exactly what I want and really want it!! Next on my list is an s2000 and I'm excited!!!

[anonymous-user]

I was bored of my a3 within the first hour of owning it.

I think I'm going to replace soon it with another e46

[ewenm]

champ54321 said:

I was bored of my a3 within the first hour of owning it.

I think I'm going to replace soon it with another e46

I assume the A3 was fine on your test drive though... surprising it became boring within an hour of owning it after passing a test drive.

[volumeone]

russy01 said:

Next on my list is an s2000 and I'm excited!!!

You'll hate that car within 6 months with its rock hard ride and harsh noisy engine. As soon as you sit in someone else's nice comfortable exec car, you'll get bored of yours and want to change again!

[Cotty]

The Lukas said:

slow,

Why not buy something with an engine over 2l?

[Kitchski]

Owning more than one car is the only way I've ever combatted this. If you have a car which is a compromise of fun, practicality, costs, reliability etc, it's still a compromise. And wheres the fun in that?

I have been through 44 cars in 10 years so far having said that! But, I've owned the TVR for nearly 3 years as it's been great, my girlfriend's owned her Saxo for nearly 7 years, and I've had my BX 16v since June 2004....its the only car I never get bored of! Or to put it another way, of the 44 cars, the BX is number 8. TVR is 34 I think.

In between there have been MR2's, Alfa 156 V6, Primera GT, AX GT, Fiat Panda 750, VW Po(s)lo...allsorts!

I think it's all about having the right car(s) and not getting what others tell you is best, just following your own nouse. Otherwise you'll never be totally satisfied IMO.

[McSam]

Cotty said:

The Lukas said:

slow,

Why not buy something with an engine over 2l?

I see no need

[sc4589]

The Lukas said:

How Long Are You Satisfied With Your Car?

Lately (last year or two, could be longer) I've been chopping and changing from car to car and within weeks get fed up of it's lacking. It's either too boring, not refined enough, slow, uneconomical, unreliable, soulless, or petting little problems that just make me loose my love for them. Why? Am I getting to a point now I need to take a break from being a petrolhead? Shall I do something else with my time and money? Shall I spend more on another car and hope it becomes the holy grail?

Spend a little more and get something for the boring roads here, and then something a little bit special for Military Road/West Wight blasts...