buying cars - the role of fate?

[softinthehead]

there is frequent chat on PH about car buying -the role of inspections, test drives, HPI checks, etc etc. I do wonder however how much of it comes down to fate and a simple gut feeling of "i'm gonna have it". after a year of looking for my last car i'd just about given up. I went on google one rainy afternoon (which i never did, having had 28 websites for porsche dealers on favourites already), found a new website i'd not seen before, saw a car that had been put on it that afternoon, was able to see it next day because fate decreed it was half term and i was on holiday, and bought it that day. Ivce no doubt the confluence of events and coincidene heavily influenced mmy decision to buy, even though i was trying hard to be cool and objective

so does anyone else believe in Fate?

I only ask cos ive just seen a speed yellow 993 cab on the Cridfords website which has my initials on the numberplate. Fate lending aa hand again?!?!

you can tell i'm bored at work cant you?

[mikeg996]

You're soft in the head, mate.

Oh.

[david968s]

Yep, I agree with you - fate does play a hand. I try not to get emotional about a car purchase - I never get rushed into making a decision ("I've got three more people coming to see it this afternoon" etc etc). The only times I have bought cars without "sleeping on it" I have bought lemons (well, the one time, the jury is still out on my recent, Henry F dream-influenced purchase). If the car is meant to be mine, all things will conspire so that it becomes mine.

If its any consolation, I see cars on t'internet all the time that I believe to be "my car"...and I mull it over for a bit...and the car is sold to someone else, thus saving me from spending money I don't (yet) have on another Porsche. Its a lot harder when you don't already have one in the garage though...

[nervous]

softinthehead said:

I only ask cos ive just seen a speed yellow 993 cab on the Cridfords website which has my initials on the numberplate. Fate lending aa hand again?!?!

thats not fate. its poor taste. but, since i like you, ill grant you that fate and fault arent a million miles apart.

[Gaity]

softinthehead said:

you can tell i'm bored at work cant you?

nothing to do with this thread but I've just worked out that Nervous has averaged one post every 52 minutes for the last 12 months !!!!!!!!

[softinthehead]

nervous said:

softinthehead said: I only ask cos ive just seen a speed yellow 993 cab on the Cridfords website which has my initials on the numberplate. Fate lending aa hand again?!?! thats not fate. its poor taste..

it is a fairly hideous colour i agree, but then i subscribe to the old school of porsche worship where vibrant colours are de rigeur. Saints preserve us all from yet another fg seal grey/ arctic silver 911. its getting as bad as the Merc lobby.

(off topic rant provokes a hailstorm of abuse)

[nervous]

Gaity said:

softinthehead said: you can tell i'm bored at work cant you? nothing to do with this thread but I've just worked out that Nervous has averaged one post every 52 minutes for the last 12 months !!!!!!!!

oh, crap.

[singh911]

Nought to do with fate mate. One can use that to justify anything.

I could put all my purchases, investments, cars, meeting my wife etc etc down to fate. But the fact is that your thoughts and actions generate a sequence of events that over time lead to what you buy, who you marry and everything else that you make happen in your life.

Ajit.

[nervous]

singh911 said:

But the fact is that your thoughts and actions generate a sequence of events

anyone else spot the deliberate error in this post to softy?

[ballcock]

Hey Softie , fate's just intervened and brought me to the computer (ok.. I've run away from a potential nappy changing situation!)
I spent 6 months looking for "THE ONE" til I spotted it.. also in cridfords , was very impressed with their stock .. and their prices , they seem to go for full opc's only , and I reckon I'll be revisiting them for my next one.
The force is strong in you , young softie , trust your instincts!!

[softinthehead]

hmmm

singh911's post is very wise, sensible and grounded in reality.

however i prefer the post above!


>> Edited by softinthehead on Wednesday 15th February 11:48

[ballcock]

Definitely fate ..I've dodged a teething nappy (the worst kind , for you uninitiated) and I'm gettin those positive waves bout this potential purchase of yours .. It's at least worth a test drive .. Let the pit of your stomach (and an opc guildford check!) do the rest of the work for you!

[ballcock]

Just took a look .. gorgeous .. Does it have the vario-thingy!!?? Am I right in saying all the s's had it as standard .