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I regularly see cars with "lady owner" advertised as if it should be some kind of hook to bring in potential buyers.. the question is WHY?? this isnt the 1940s where women often drove only occasionally to the local shops FFS..
from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
hedgefinder said:
I regularly see cars with "lady owner" advertised as if it should be some kind of hook to bring in potential buyers.. the question is WHY?? this isnt the 1940s where women often drove only occasionally to the local shops FFS..
from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
My thoughts exactly...although my own personal hate is "first to see will buy"...really? how do you know that? Maybe the first to see will point a load of faults and offer you half of what you want !from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
Signs of lady owner when I have looked at cars;
- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
trickywoo said:
The wheels will also be heavily curbed.
Knackered clutch too.I don't see the appeal of this lady owner lark, all the women I know who drive treat their cars no better than the blokes, and some far worse, my sisters has never seen a car wash and is like a rubbish tip inside.
NelsonR32 said:
Signs of lady owner when I have looked at cars;
- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
that sounds like my sister...lives in London so I dont see her much, bought her a car about 10 years ago which she used until she bought her porsche...complaining that she would have to buy a new car as the one I got her was s- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
t as the exhaust had fell off the electric sunroof wouldnt open and it had broken down once.. she NEVER had the car serviced in her 10 year ownership..obviously my fault and the cars..
hedgefinder said:
NelsonR32 said:
Signs of lady owner when I have looked at cars;
- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
that sounds like my sister...lives in London so I dont see her much, bought her a car about 10 years ago which she used until she bought her porsche...complaining that she would have to buy a new car as the one I got her was s- High clutch bite point.
- Gearbox linkage resembles stirring porridge.
- Plastic trims/leather/radio buttons damaged due to corrosive hand cream
- Scratches around outer door handle from fake nails.
- Kerbed wheels
- Generally poorly maintained ("Isn't an MOT a full service?")
t as the exhaust had fell off the electric sunroof wouldnt open and it had broken down once.. she NEVER had the car serviced in her 10 year ownership..obviously my fault and the cars..hedgefinder said:
I regularly see cars with "lady owner" advertised as if it should be some kind of hook to bring in potential buyers.. the question is WHY?? this isnt the 1940s where women often drove only occasionally to the local shops FFS..
from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
This. My wife has a lovely A4 convertible, it's a 2003 car but only has 50k miles on it. from my own experience I always have to sell off any car the wife has had at a much reduced price due to the total lack of care and repsect she shows to anything she drives. I cant remember a car she has owned that has remained anywhere near factory fresh... car park dents, key scratches, total disregard for any kind of checking of oil level or tyre pressures...unless a light comes on or I do it. And the interior usually ends up looking like a pack of wild monkeys have been living in it if the keds are transported anywhere more than 3 times a week in it resulting in it requiring the type of deep clean that only hygeine failed indian take aways are usually required to perform..
The usual comment when anything is highlighted is "its only a car"..
It was utterly immaculate when she got it and has since only ever been washed when I've felt sorry for it. The inside is usually full of crap too.
I drove it for the first time in a while last week and noticed that the handling was a little odd. Tyres were at 15-20psi all round.
Her last car (an A3) had a slight water leak that we could never trace. It used to get topped up when the heater stopped working.
She wonders why I don't like her driving my car while I'm offshore. It's not just the makeup on the interior, the fact it'll be filthy and full of stuff that rattles or the total lack of diesel when I get back, it's more the lack of care.
Never understood this 'Lady Owner' as a selling point.
I have to check the missus car for oil level, washer fluid, tyre pressure. None are by her request either. If I didnt do it I dread to think what state her car would be in. I even offer to clean it as it annoys me when its so dirty.
As said it suffers from the usual traits; scuffed bumpers, curbed wheels, apple cores in the footwell, scratched gear knob off rings etc, etc, etc.
That said im sure there are men who treat cars just as bad or worse. I prefer to buy a car private and see the owner with the car, if they know their way around it, under bonnet, maintenance routines and the likes its all plus points.
I have to check the missus car for oil level, washer fluid, tyre pressure. None are by her request either. If I didnt do it I dread to think what state her car would be in. I even offer to clean it as it annoys me when its so dirty.
As said it suffers from the usual traits; scuffed bumpers, curbed wheels, apple cores in the footwell, scratched gear knob off rings etc, etc, etc.
That said im sure there are men who treat cars just as bad or worse. I prefer to buy a car private and see the owner with the car, if they know their way around it, under bonnet, maintenance routines and the likes its all plus points.
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