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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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!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.
Hire car would have been next on my list to avoid.I've owned all of those but I wouldn't touch a Taxi (minicab) or hire/rental/company car with a barge pole now.
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
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.
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
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
"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
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
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