it was clearly a joke.
Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?
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Take it easy! It's hardly like you were slam dunked in front of the girl you like
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I'm sorry you have no sense of humour.
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U ok hun? Dm me xxxx
Anyway, in answer to your question - no used car's aren't a money pit, unless you get one which is 
Me personally, I'm only ever buying via private sales in the future, or from main dealers. Getting a car from a small trader these days is asking for trouble for the following reasons:
A) They get all their cars from the auctions which are normally trade ins. A lot of people make the decision to get rid of their cars and buy a new one when several things are wrong with their car and they can't be bothered/afford to fix it. They don't want to sell it privately because people generally have a conscious and they don't want to lumber the next person with it (or they are just cognisant that the buyer knows their phone number/where they live!) - so they trade it in because it is then the problem of the trader. Unfortunately a lot of cars have hidden problems which you need to spend some time with the car to identify, which traders obviously don't have time to do - but which the next owner will find out in a week or two and have the hassle of trying to fix.
B) You pay a premium to buy from a trader as there seems to be this perceived protection you get and the warranty they sell you sounds wonderful when you buy the car, but when you come to use it in 3 months time - it's a bag of ****.
C) I've always found private sellers to be great - I've been able to meet the person selling the car so have an idea as to it's been looked after and used, you get to keep all the invoices and history (which traders have to shred these days!) and you get a better price.
Me personally, I'm only ever buying via private sales in the future, or from main dealers. Getting a car from a small trader these days is asking for trouble for the following reasons:
A) They get all their cars from the auctions which are normally trade ins. A lot of people make the decision to get rid of their cars and buy a new one when several things are wrong with their car and they can't be bothered/afford to fix it. They don't want to sell it privately because people generally have a conscious and they don't want to lumber the next person with it (or they are just cognisant that the buyer knows their phone number/where they live!) - so they trade it in because it is then the problem of the trader. Unfortunately a lot of cars have hidden problems which you need to spend some time with the car to identify, which traders obviously don't have time to do - but which the next owner will find out in a week or two and have the hassle of trying to fix.
B) You pay a premium to buy from a trader as there seems to be this perceived protection you get and the warranty they sell you sounds wonderful when you buy the car, but when you come to use it in 3 months time - it's a bag of ****.
C) I've always found private sellers to be great - I've been able to meet the person selling the car so have an idea as to it's been looked after and used, you get to keep all the invoices and history (which traders have to shred these days!) and you get a better price.
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The type of "apology" you get from your wife
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Anyway, in answer to your question - no used car's aren't a money pit, unless you get one which is
Me personally, I'm only ever buying via private sales in the future, or from main dealers. Getting a car from a small trader these days is asking for trouble for the following reasons:
A) They get all their cars from the auctions which are normally trade ins. A lot of people make the decision to get rid of their cars and buy a new one when several things are wrong with their car and they can't be bothered/afford to fix it. They don't want to sell it privately because people generally have a conscious and they don't want to lumber the next person with it (or they are just cognisant that the buyer knows their phone number/where they live!) - so they trade it in because it is then the problem of the trader. Unfortunately a lot of cars have hidden problems which you need to spend some time with the car to identify, which traders obviously don't have time to do - but which the next owner will find out in a week or two and have the hassle of trying to fix.
B) You pay a premium to buy from a trader as there seems to be this perceived protection you get and the warranty they sell you sounds wonderful when you buy the car, but when you come to use it in 3 months time - it's a bag of ****.
C) I've always found private sellers to be great - I've been able to meet the person selling the car so have an idea as to it's been looked after and used, you get to keep all the invoices and history (which traders have to shred these days!) and you get a better price.
A massive factor when buying used, and this will ring true for pretty much every single WCSIB thread in the history of the internet, is you get people who once read an article about a water pump failing and that then gets propogated amongst all the usual echo chambers by the Nashers of the world so by the time you post a thread, you get faced by a wall of doom and gloom for something that in reality is a rather minor issue.
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May I suggest a visit to A&E, you appear to have a stick lodged in your backside.
agreed. mate changing his brake fluid rang up in a panic , had to use my scanner to do most of it he just kept new fluid in and opened the bleed screws, same week hes changing a battery i needed to code it in ,doing the same with our own c max, only way to avoid is buy a classic.
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Take your time and find the right one and you'll be ok
Quite often sensors start going wrong, there isn't actually an issue but the car refuses to start because of it.
Modern cars with all the canbus stuff, tyre and bulb monitoring, electronic handbrakes, emissions monitoring, etc are a nightmare. You get a bit of water leak on to a connector somewhere and it's chaos as everything is connected.
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yep many a time there isnt actually anything wrong but a faulty sensor or wire and the car goes into limp mode.
And dont get me started on LED headlamps. Having smashed both of mine on my X5 45e, £2400 each is not a great experience.
And dont get me started on LED headlamps. Having smashed both of mine on my X5 45e, £2400 each is not a great experience.
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Had a Fiat (it was cheap and I needed a car quickly). After 6 months it invariably had an electrical issue. Diag said multiple sensor failure. Went online to see what the issue could be. Everyone pretty much said that it was the 5v supply to the sensor network. The fix was to strip out the ENTIRE loom and replace it. The loom to buy new was 5 times what I paid for the car. It got cubed.