Is it just me or are we all this critical of our cars?
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I recently bought a car as a local runabout for ferrying the kids around and to use for work. Nothing special, bangernomics at it's best, very cheap, a years MOT, 6 months tax, 2 previous lady owners and a full main dealer service history. It's only done 60000 miles and been totally loved, it's wanted for nothing, with it recently having new tyres, brakes all round, new steering u/j joint, new c/v boots, exhaust etc. It's immaculate inside and out.
When I bought it and for the 1st couple of weeks I couldn't fault it however now....... all I can do is look for faults or find something that I think is wrong. So far I've found the dead lock sticks sometimes, one speaker is a bit tinny, the seatbelt clasp sticks sometimes, the clutch occasionally judders, it's a bit hesitent when cold, the paint is a bit flat in places and a new one today - the alternator bearings are a bit noisy when cold.
This car cost me next to nothing and basically is a good sound car... so why do I have to find faults? I do it with every car whether expensive or cheap and normally change them after a few months only to get another one to pick faults at.
Is it just me or do others just pick faults when you really should just enjoy it?
When I bought it and for the 1st couple of weeks I couldn't fault it however now....... all I can do is look for faults or find something that I think is wrong. So far I've found the dead lock sticks sometimes, one speaker is a bit tinny, the seatbelt clasp sticks sometimes, the clutch occasionally judders, it's a bit hesitent when cold, the paint is a bit flat in places and a new one today - the alternator bearings are a bit noisy when cold.
This car cost me next to nothing and basically is a good sound car... so why do I have to find faults? I do it with every car whether expensive or cheap and normally change them after a few months only to get another one to pick faults at.
Is it just me or do others just pick faults when you really should just enjoy it?
S Line Luxury said:
when i had my mondeo i was always finding little things that needed attention, but since i had the Audi Upgrade, i can honestly say I cant really find anything to fault it!
And for me, my VAG product gave me MASSIVE issues which need s
t loads of attention, but since I had my Ford downgrade, I enjoyed better reliability and far superior handling.I usually defend my current car, or look for where it is better than its competition. I'm usually in denial about the faults.
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