Does your opinion about your car change over time ?
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Mine does, obviously a honeymoon period, sometimes disappointment turns into enjoying the finer points, sometimes the opposite is true but generally over time you get a bit bored.
I never really gelled with my Saab 9-3 and it had a few issues, a remap made it misfire but I cured that, then the clutch started slipping which has been cured with using it more, a broken spring meant I needed new ones quick so I bought some Eibach ones of Ebay as they were the quickest to get, changed them, got the MOT and it has transformed it, better ride, better handling, it feels more engaging and I actually quite enjoyed driving it tonight, it feels like a big hot hatch now and I no longer want to get rid, not that I can afford to anyway !
Anyone else been through these kind of ups and downs ??
I never really gelled with my Saab 9-3 and it had a few issues, a remap made it misfire but I cured that, then the clutch started slipping which has been cured with using it more, a broken spring meant I needed new ones quick so I bought some Eibach ones of Ebay as they were the quickest to get, changed them, got the MOT and it has transformed it, better ride, better handling, it feels more engaging and I actually quite enjoyed driving it tonight, it feels like a big hot hatch now and I no longer want to get rid, not that I can afford to anyway !
Anyone else been through these kind of ups and downs ??
Of course, as you learn more about your car you change your opinion on certain aspects of it. This I think is more so if you also drive many other cars so you can build a picture of where your car excels or fails compared to the competition.
One thing that ruins one make forums is you get people who never waver opinion in any way and become blind to faults though so I guess not everyone is the same. I think these people are also unwilling or unable to try other cars though.
One thing that ruins one make forums is you get people who never waver opinion in any way and become blind to faults though so I guess not everyone is the same. I think these people are also unwilling or unable to try other cars though.
J4CKO said:
Mine does, obviously a honeymoon period, sometimes disappointment turns into enjoying the finer points, sometimes the opposite is true but generally over time you get a bit bored.
Depends on the car really. Most I've loved but then that's why I bought them... When I was younger I got bored easily and quickly and changed cars every six months to a year, but now I'm an old fogey I tend to stick with the cars for a bit longer....
Jasandjules said:
J4CKO said:
Mine does, obviously a honeymoon period, sometimes disappointment turns into enjoying the finer points, sometimes the opposite is true but generally over time you get a bit bored.
Depends on the car really. Most I've loved but then that's why I bought them... When I was younger I got bored easily and quickly and changed cars every six months to a year, but now I'm an old fogey I tend to stick with the cars for a bit longer....
miniman said:
I enjoyed my ZT to start with, then got a bit bored with the odd squeak and rattle. Just got it back from being serviced during which time I borrowed a Disco II and a 175000 mile Pug 406. Was great to get back in the ZT.
How would you have felt afterwards if you were in say an M3 for the interlude?MX5..
Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
Jonny671 said:
MX5..
Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
...or you could just get the mechanic to check it out? Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
rottie102 said:
Jonny671 said:
MX5..
Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
...or you could just get the mechanic to check it out? Loved it big time when we were on the Brecons having fun.. Then hated it the next day when I thought it was making a knocking noise. Then got in it the next day and it was fine and quiet. Drove home the next day and thought there was lots of road noise and engine was loud.. Drove to work the next day and there was no noise, and on and on.
I fall in and out of love with it in the hour
I don't change my opinions but I am fickle and sometimes I love my car and other times it annoys me. I put it down to the fact that it has moods like I do. My overall opinion stays the same though.
The thing that does change and sometimes very quickly is the feeling of performance.
It doesn't take long for you to yearn for more power whatever car you drive. You just adjust to the acceleration and then plan what you can buy that is faster even if the car you drive is more than adequate.
The thing that does change and sometimes very quickly is the feeling of performance.
It doesn't take long for you to yearn for more power whatever car you drive. You just adjust to the acceleration and then plan what you can buy that is faster even if the car you drive is more than adequate.
phil1979 said:
rottie102 said:
HiramHoliday said:
the frameless doors are a pain in winter.
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