Cars you regret buying
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Yes 2006 Porsche Cayman.
Bore scored.
Bill to rebuild it properly (Full Hartec) was nearly 40% of cars value.
I traded it in to a smarmy BMW salesman that tried screwing me on everything. I went back about 6 weeks later for some minor warranty work and apparently they were not best pleased the engine was borked.
Serves them right smarmy gits offering a silly trade in value. Then trying to sneak £1k worth of paint protection, alloy wheel, gap in to the invoice after having to tell them no for nearly an hour. No, No, No, No, No. do they not understand or are they hard of hearing. Why couldn’t the t
t just accept no. Every time coming back with some bullst excuse as to why I should use BMW gap insurance (I used arla for about 1/4 the cost), Protect X (Went to a wrapping company had had a PPF added instead of some crap chemical that Protect X is).
Bore scored.
Bill to rebuild it properly (Full Hartec) was nearly 40% of cars value.
I traded it in to a smarmy BMW salesman that tried screwing me on everything. I went back about 6 weeks later for some minor warranty work and apparently they were not best pleased the engine was borked.
Serves them right smarmy gits offering a silly trade in value. Then trying to sneak £1k worth of paint protection, alloy wheel, gap in to the invoice after having to tell them no for nearly an hour. No, No, No, No, No. do they not understand or are they hard of hearing. Why couldn’t the t
t just accept no. Every time coming back with some bullst excuse as to why I should use BMW gap insurance (I used arla for about 1/4 the cost), Protect X (Went to a wrapping company had had a PPF added instead of some crap chemical that Protect X is). My MX5. A fantastically balanced and fun car utterly let down by the fact that they are completely unsuited to an environment where water exists in any quantity.
Wouldn’t own another Japanese car now, just cba with the hassle of it rusting to pieces around the seemingly reliable mechanicals.
Wouldn’t own another Japanese car now, just cba with the hassle of it rusting to pieces around the seemingly reliable mechanicals.
A mk 2 Golf GTi, which I made the mistake of only quickly test driving in the dark and not thinking to check if the handbrake worked. Then the waterpump went on the way home. Then I looked at it in daylight and realised it was 2 very different shades of red. It didn't get much better in the subsequent months, ending up with me selling it for less than the MOT work I'd just had done. Only car I've ever owned where I was actually hoping it would get crashed into or stolen.
62 plate Audi A5, leaking water through all the electrics in the boot, wheel bearing failed, turbo failed, problem with electric steering, then Audi damaged the bodywork while investigating the above. All this at less than 25,000 miles And less than 2 years old. It ended up going back to dealer after 6 months for a full refund luckily. If I’d had to pay for the issues then £3k+. Proper ‘Friday afternoon’ car.
FN2 Type R. Stunk of dog, couldn't get rid of the smell no matter what. An exhaust rattle I was promised was a hanger was actually the baffles, and a backbox was £500 fitted. Caliper seized on boxing day - £500 for discs pads and caliper. A very dodgy smart repair gave way shortly after buying it - paint peeled off in my hands and the wheel arch detached itself from the car. Sold it for quite a bit less than I paid about 9 months after I bought it.
Edit: oh and I put four tyres on it at 130 quid a corner. And the 19" rage alloys were corroded and 150 quid a corner to sort. And the ride was ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
Edit: oh and I put four tyres on it at 130 quid a corner. And the 19" rage alloys were corroded and 150 quid a corner to sort. And the ride was ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
Edited by PrinceRupert on Friday 7th August 22:50
paradigital said:
My MX5. A fantastically balanced and fun car utterly let down by the fact that they are completely unsuited to an environment where water exists in any quantity.
Wouldn’t own another Japanese car now, just cba with the hassle of it rusting to pieces around the seemingly reliable mechanicals.
I wouldn’t tar all Japanese/ Korean stuff with this brush. MX5 seems much worse than average ... fairly humdrum Toyotas and Hondas are ok for rust resistance.Middle aged Mazdas, less so. When it emerged that Mk1 (pop up headlight) MX’s were serial rusters, I toyed with buying low mileage, garaged FMSH etc Mk 2 from my rich sister in law . Narrow escape,it seems as these also rust like hell. These were both hyped by classic car mags, who only belatedly faced the rust issue.Wouldn’t own another Japanese car now, just cba with the hassle of it rusting to pieces around the seemingly reliable mechanicals.
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Not me, but a relation had an L322 Range Rover for half a year. He spent around £11k on it - not to buy - in maintenance. Engine, electrical, suspension, coolant system, lots of other niggles too. After all that shyte, he thought it was finally a good one and decided to trust it to drive to the south of France...you can probably see where this is going...it caught fire and left him stranded by the side of the road.
He still gets angry when you mention the words Range Rover.
Oh, I'm sure he had picked up numerous punctures too. It was just one of those cars.
He still gets angry when you mention the words Range Rover.
Oh, I'm sure he had picked up numerous punctures too. It was just one of those cars.
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