Do you even like your car?
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Its love hate with my car. At the start, the love outweighed the hate and infact back then there wasnt even that much to hate. However thanks to quite frankly, rubbish interior build quality there is now a lot to hate.
I still love how the car looks and I love the space-age dash board. But the quality and the fit/finish is just awful. Countless squeeks, rattles and vibrations. Flimsy feeling structures like the centre console and door arm rests. Poor wearing materials - leather on the steering wheel is all cracked/worn/faded and the fake alcantara-like material on the seats and arm rests is slowly turning white (from black).
The rides too hard, the engine sounds too harsh and the road noise control is poor. The clutch feels like its made from cheese and I've grown tired of wringing the b
ds neck to get some progress out of it.
In short I want shot, but I honestly don't know what I'd replace it with. Nothing reasonable really floats me boat.
I still love how the car looks and I love the space-age dash board. But the quality and the fit/finish is just awful. Countless squeeks, rattles and vibrations. Flimsy feeling structures like the centre console and door arm rests. Poor wearing materials - leather on the steering wheel is all cracked/worn/faded and the fake alcantara-like material on the seats and arm rests is slowly turning white (from black).
The rides too hard, the engine sounds too harsh and the road noise control is poor. The clutch feels like its made from cheese and I've grown tired of wringing the b
ds neck to get some progress out of it.In short I want shot, but I honestly don't know what I'd replace it with. Nothing reasonable really floats me boat.
vw bora - its a good car but thats all it is to me, something to get me from A to B in comfort and safety
i used to really love it, bought it new wheels seats etc but now its just boring, just a car, the dash is peeling and its not a economical as it should be. but i fear if i get rid i wont get soemthing as reliable which unfortanatly at 19 with insurance thats pretty much all a car can be a A to B machine.
i used to really love it, bought it new wheels seats etc but now its just boring, just a car, the dash is peeling and its not a economical as it should be. but i fear if i get rid i wont get soemthing as reliable which unfortanatly at 19 with insurance thats pretty much all a car can be a A to B machine.
I love my car - there are loads of reasons to hate it, but I just can't bring myself to do it - its like a big, noisy, daft puppy that has just chewed your favourite shoes - you just can't get annoyed with it.
It may drink V-power like a fish, take ages to defrost in the morning, get disapproving looks from anyone who hears it coming and a whole other list of faults - but it puts a huge smile on my face even at idle - it is an utterly mad, utterly lovely piece of machinery.
It may drink V-power like a fish, take ages to defrost in the morning, get disapproving looks from anyone who hears it coming and a whole other list of faults - but it puts a huge smile on my face even at idle - it is an utterly mad, utterly lovely piece of machinery.
I love my son, my car I really like! I went for a 325i mSport in le mans blue. It looks nice, has a quality feel about it, is quick enough (although it could do with a few more horses), it's practical, comfortable, handles brilliantly, sounds nice, has a creamy smooth engine, well specced and nice to drive.
It does the commute nicely and also hussles like a hot hatch on the right roads. It's my first RWD car and I never tire of quiet damp roundabouts.
In an ideal world I'd have a focused raw fun weekend car and a barge as an everyday car but in a one car world, it does most things really well.
I had a few comments about how common they are and they are the obvious choice. After driving a few and a good few other saloons, it's simply the best car in its class. I'd rather drive that than a lesser car that is more rare or less obvious.
Awaits the BMW haters...
It does the commute nicely and also hussles like a hot hatch on the right roads. It's my first RWD car and I never tire of quiet damp roundabouts.
In an ideal world I'd have a focused raw fun weekend car and a barge as an everyday car but in a one car world, it does most things really well.
I had a few comments about how common they are and they are the obvious choice. After driving a few and a good few other saloons, it's simply the best car in its class. I'd rather drive that than a lesser car that is more rare or less obvious.
Awaits the BMW haters...
Edited by toon10 on Thursday 15th March 15:19
Nope. A bmw convertible, not saying which...but bought for summer top down fun. Been nothing short of awful. Tramlines, rattles, does 20mpg, it's noisy, uncomfortbale, cold air blows up my leg on any long journey, terrible handling, endless parts have need greasing - not kidding, it's as if anything mechanical on it has dried out. Seat runners, window mechanisms, wipers, endless greasing.
Can't wait to shovel it out for something, anything else.
Can't wait to shovel it out for something, anything else.
My last car (MY03 Impreza STI) I loved... until every time I went to the petrol garage, which made me hate the thing.
I've had cheap crap/average/decent cars and atm I'm right in the middle road imo with my second Clio 182... tbh it suits me down to the ground, and I love having a cheaper car as I don't mind messing around with it myself. So apart from the 388 service and aux belt change I just had to spend out on, I love it!
I've had cheap crap/average/decent cars and atm I'm right in the middle road imo with my second Clio 182... tbh it suits me down to the ground, and I love having a cheaper car as I don't mind messing around with it myself. So apart from the 388 service and aux belt change I just had to spend out on, I love it!
the more time i spend on here the more i realise that no matter how good a compromised all round car is its going to be compromised 
and the more i want this, same price as a golf ..
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3739984.htm
and the more i want this, same price as a golf ..
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3739984.htm
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