Own a drivers car but no interest in cars!

Own a drivers car but no interest in cars!

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Alfahorn

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7,758 posts

207 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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This always strikes me as a bit odd.

My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.

She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.

The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .

The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.

It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.




av185

18,434 posts

126 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Pics of your 'friend' required before any balanced verdict I'm afraid.

Ultra Sound Guy

28,616 posts

193 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Often see this! Reasons seem to vary, but usually connected to ‘look at me, see what car I’m driving!’
It the motoring equivalent of ‘ all the gear, but no idea’.

jamoor

14,506 posts

214 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Could be they wanted a top of the range model?

rustfalia

1,935 posts

165 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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A 5 door mk5 Golf gti is hardly a drivers car.
Just a top of the range golf at the time.


Not like shes driving a lotus exige around.

85Carrera

3,503 posts

236 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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rustfalia said:
A 5 door mk5 Golf gti is hardly a drivers car.
Exactly what I thought. Not a driver’s car at all. Presumably just what was within her monthly PCP budget like the other sheep.

xjay1337

15,966 posts

117 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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rustfalia said:
A 5 door mk5 Golf gti is hardly a drivers car.
Just a top of the range golf at the time.


Not like shes driving a lotus exige around.
I did expect something like a Lotus coming into the thread laugh

I guess what OP is saying is that it's an "enthusiast" car owned by someone who doesn't know anything or have any interest in cars.

It's more common that you'd think. Especially in the younger car owner community, it's seen as cool to have a modified car or a "enthusiasts" car.

Alfahorn

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7,758 posts

207 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Compared to a Porsche or Caterham then no the Golf GTI isn’t a drivers car. However, it’s marketed as a drivers car by VW and to the masses it’s one of those models perceived to be more likely to be driven by someone interested in cars.

Alfahorn

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7,758 posts

207 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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xjay1337 said:
I did expect something like a Lotus coming into the thread laugh

I guess what OP is saying is that it's an "enthusiast" car owned by someone who doesn't know anything or have any interest in cars.

It's more common that you'd think. Especially in the younger car owner community, it's seen as cool to have a modified car or a "enthusiasts" car.
Yes that is my point. The driver is in her 40’s. biggrin

Drumroll

3,739 posts

119 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Alfahorn said:
This always strikes me as a bit odd.

My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.

She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.

The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .

The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.

It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.
I really don't see the issue, people buy cars for all sorts of reasons.

Besides what is a "drivers car" to you will not be for a lot of people.

Nickbrapp

5,277 posts

129 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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I know a woman who has had a TTRS, SLK55, cayman GTS and now a GT4, she drives is 3 miles to Tesco and occasionally to Cardiff (about 11 miles)

She’s got it as her husband always buys what he’s offferdd from the dealer when he gets a new car (he’s has a California, 3 GT3s, 2 cayennes and a cayman in the last 2 years.


croyde

22,709 posts

229 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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Had a friend a few years back who's wife bought him a brand new Audi S4 convertible for his 40th. It was his money lol

He had no idea about cars and was showing it off to me and another car mad mate.

Took us for a drive. He might as well have been driving a Honda Jazz.

Just no idea of the car's capabilities, didn't know what the paddles on the steering wheel were for, and was shocked when I showed him that the screen on the dash was a sat nav.

He just liked the look of it and that it was a drop top, oh and that it was expensive.

Esceptico

7,347 posts

108 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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This might come as a shock to the OP but most likely the majority of people buying new sports car are not really enthusiasts. They are just rich enough to afford them.

Lee Jones Jnr

1,724 posts

169 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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13 year old 5 door golf driven by a 40 year old woman with no interest in cars.
Shocking.

stongle

5,910 posts

161 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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85Carrera said:
Exactly what I thought. Not a driver’s car at all. Presumably just what was within her monthly PCP budget like the other sheep.
Its a mk5 Golf. It could be 15 years old. Its not on PCP.

Roger Irrelevant

2,899 posts

112 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Esceptico said:
This might come as a shock to the OP but most likely the majority of people buying new sports car are not really enthusiasts. They are just rich enough to afford them.
Indeed. This is also why, despite a lot of PHers wibbling about how mainstream sports/performance cars are getting too big, too heavy, too powerful, have too much grip, have too many driver aids, have wheels that are too big, have turbos, are automatic and might even have a diesel engine, people still insist on buying the damn things.

Pit Pony

8,268 posts

120 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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My wife's friend had a 56 plate mini Cooper s which she drove like it was a metro 1.1 hle

Never went over 3000 rpm, never went over 55 mph.

She had a lot of expensive hand bags.

scoey1001

728 posts

80 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Would she be interested in selling it? I'm looking for one at the moment and can't seem to find a good one.

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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rustfalia said:
A 5 door mk5 Golf gti is hardly a drivers car.
Just a top of the range golf at the time.


Not like shes driving a lotus exige around.
cough R32

Macron

9,807 posts

165 months

Sunday 28th June 2020
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Is she a friend with benefits?