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Whats worse?

What's worse?

  • Demonstrator

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hire Car

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Driving school Car

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Taxi

    Votes: 3 37.5%
  • Police Car

    Votes: 1 12.5%
  • Little old ladies weekend wheels

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Total voters
    8

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Something that came up, you are buying a new (used) car what would you least prefer it had done in a previous life, please post why.
 
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Something that came up, you are buying a new (used) car what would you least prefer it had done in a previous life, please post why.
I would say taxi due to the short journeys, numerous passengers on board, and the fact that all the taxis I have been in recently have the EML light on!
On the plus side the indicators should be unused!
 
I'd avoid
Rentals - dont treat it gentle its just a rental
Taxi - are stop start, usually high mileage, tired cars
Driving School - Often higher mileage, things fail on them that normally dont fail like indicator stalks, and lots of general wear and tear
Police cars - are well maintained, but are put through some hard work sometimes so you cant vouch for its life ability, there driven by every1 on the force

Demonstrator - probably aint done much since its there to demonstrate something, its driven yes - but most people behave because there is a salesman at the side of them

Little granny car - Probably a worn out clutch, a lil scuff and ready for a service

I'd pick between the demonstator car or the granny car

my worst would probably be the taxi and hire

Ziggy
 
I'd avoid
Rentals - dont treat it gentle its just a rental
Taxi - are stop start, usually high mileage, tired cars
Driving School - Often higher mileage, things fail on them that normally dont fail like indicator stalks, and lots of general wear and tear
Police cars - are well maintained, but are put through some hard work sometimes so you cant vouch for its life ability, there driven by every1 on the force

Demonstrator - probably aint done much since its there to demonstrate something, its driven yes - but most people behave because there is a salesman at the side of them

Little granny car - Probably a worn out clutch, a lil scuff and ready for a service

I'd pick between the demonstator car or the granny car

my worst would probably be the taxi and hire

Ziggy

I would put demonstrators in a similar league to hire cars personally. I work between 7 dealerships and the number of times you'll see someone leave a forecourt and give the demo full beans while stone cold. Then you see the sales staff on their way home...and er yeah the only way to go faster would be an aircraft.

Also never had good experiences with little old lady cars, they seem to disintegrate upon being introduced to daily use. At least the ones I had did, alot better off with something with high miles but used daily.

However of those my vote went hire car.
 
Ex motorway patrol cars used to be a very good used buy, well maintained and hot-seated so always at operating temperature, only problem was damage to the trim and holes everywhere.
 
Ex motorway patrol cars used to be a very good used buy, well maintained and hot-seated so always at operating temperature, only problem was damage to the trim and holes everywhere.

Thats the only downside - however there are some companies that can now do near invisible repairs to dashboards from devices that have been screwed into place for example

Ziggy
 
Taxi/minicab - They are generally bought second hand at 2/3 years old then spend the time until they are 10 years old being driven badly on majority short stop start journeys. Can run for weeks on end without getting cold and only serviced when a quick fix won't work.

At the other end of the scale is the ex police car. Bought new and rigorously serviced regardless of expense, faults rectified quickly using the correct parts. Always high milers but generally plenty of life left in them.
 
Taxi/minicab - They are generally bought second hand at 2/3 years old then spend the time until they are 10 years old being driven badly on majority short stop start journeys. Can run for weeks on end without getting cold and only serviced when a quick fix won't work.

At the other end of the scale is the ex police car. Bought new and rigorously serviced regardless of expense, faults rectified quickly using the correct parts. Always high milers but generally plenty of life left in them.

Ex police tho - often in shunts and bumps with bandit cars
Yes repairs correctly though, but its probably had more bangs and scrapes then we'd like to count
Often there not even force owned though, they are sometimes "hired / loaned" instead, saves issues of blown engines etc
 
Ex police tho - often in shunts and bumps with bandit cars
Yes repairs correctly though, but its probably had more bangs and scrapes then we'd like to count
Often there not even force owned though, they are sometimes "hired / loaned" instead, saves issues of blown engines etc

I was only using the given list and the ex cop car would be my first choice out of that lot and a minicab my last, just saying........
 
I'd avoid
Rentals - dont treat it gentle its just a rental
Taxi - are stop start, usually high mileage, tired cars
Driving School - Often higher mileage, things fail on them that normally dont fail like indicator stalks, and lots of general wear and tear
Police cars - are well maintained, but are put through some hard work sometimes so you cant vouch for its life ability, there driven by every1 on the force

Demonstrator - probably aint done much since its there to demonstrate something, its driven yes - but most people behave because there is a salesman at the side of them

Little granny car - Probably a worn out clutch, a lil scuff and ready for a service

I'd pick between the demonstator car or the granny car

my worst would probably be the taxi and hire

Ziggy

I have a feeling my car may have been an ex demonstrator.
 
Traffic cars yes, plod hoppers and dog units no way. You have no idea what blood, vomit, sputum or other nasty things have been spilled in the back.

Whatever second hand car you buy always do a complete strip search and valet before you do anything else.

I found a half kilo bag of brown powder in the boot of a Golf GTI I bought at Lynn Auctions. I handed it into the Police. If I had been stopped in the car and the Police found it I'd be in prison now.
 
"One careful elderly lady owner"

You ever seen how that one careful little old lady owner drives ????

A prime example ismy mums car which doesn't have a straight panel, has had a number of buckled wheels and people (apparently) keep crashing into it while it's parked in car parks.


That's the car I wouldn't touch
 
"One careful elderly lady owner"

You ever seen how that one careful little old lady owner drives ????

A prime example ismy mums car which doesn't have a straight panel, has had a number of buckled wheels and people (apparently) keep crashing into it while it's parked in car parks.


That's the car I wouldn't touch

If I'd thought about the poll choices harder..."one careful lady owner" would have a category of it's own...would you like a car that been battered about by someone with zero mechanical sympathy or interest in maintenance unless it physically won't move? I'm only speaking from the ladies I know with cars obviously I'm sure there are millions out there who live and breathe cars...and also many men who are exactly as bad.
 
"One careful elderly lady owner"

You ever seen how that one careful little old lady owner drives ????

A prime example ismy mums car which doesn't have a straight panel, has had a number of buckled wheels and people (apparently) keep crashing into it while it's parked in car parks.


That's the car I wouldn't touch


been parked in a customer car park where i work - your car does get dinged - scratched - ran into - key'd etc etc

Several of my colleagues including me have this exact issue, i've got 2 dings in my door which i certainly didnt do - but some lumax has hit with a van door or something

Ziggy
 
been parked in a customer car park where i work - your car does get dinged - scratched - ran into - key'd etc etc

Several of my colleagues including me have this exact issue, i've got 2 dings in my door which i certainly didnt do - but some lumax has hit with a van door or something

Ziggy

We're not talking 'dings' we're talking half the side of the car stoved in

and also many men who are exactly as bad.

A friend of mine from my school days bought a Toyota celica a few years back when the new revamped model came out (2000/2001?) the son of a garage owner he knew everything about cars and always wanted something fancy. (When we were at school he was the sort of kid who had the "fastest" motor bike in the school, anyway) the celica was all shiney and new when his fortunes turned and he couldn't afford to buy a newer car so he kept it for a very long while, well out of waranty and stopped bothering to service it (it was ok he knew what he was doing) anyway when the little oil can came up on the dash he thought 'oh the oil is low I will top that up' but for the time being he carried on driving, two weeks later when the engine seized he had to concede he really knew **** all about cars and more specifically that the oil can was of course the oil pressure light and the car didn't have a low oil light. Anyway he ended up selling it for scrap when it was only about 5-6 years old
 
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A friend of mine from my school days bought a Toyota celica a few years back when the new revamped model came out (2000/2001?) the son of a garage owner he knew everything about cars and always wanted something fancy. (When we were at school he was the sort of kid who had the "fastest" motor bike in the school, anyway) the celica was all shiney and new when his fortunes turned and he couldn't afford to buy a newer car so he kept it for a very long while, well out of waranty and stopped bothering to service it (it was ok he knew what he was doing) anyway when the little oil can came up on the dash he thought 'oh the oil is low I will top that up' but for the time being he carried on driving, two weeks later when the engine seized he had to concede he really knew **** all about cars and more specifically that the oil can was of course the oil pressure light and the car didn't have a low oil light. Anyway he ended up selling it for scrap when it was only about 5-6 years old

I hear alot of people say that about the oil light - saying its Low oil warning

I've very quickly corrected them saying - its not low oil, its warning you there is NO oil Pressure been generated, chances are that no oil at that point is been properly circulated around

Trouble is - at that point the damage is done :( and the thing then starts to drink oil as all the bores start to score and the pressure drops

Ziggy
 
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