Buying a car

LordOxygen

I'll be amazed if the aircom is regassed on Monday, that'll be done once the clutch has been checked and you've agreed to buy it. 

digitalscream

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

Not sure where you got that impression

Seriously...the way I see it, I set a budget for the car and then go looking for a car that speaks to me for about 2/3 of that budget. The rest of it is for fixing problems that pop up as a result of me not going over it with a fine-toothed comb to look for problems before I handed over the cash.

The end result is that I always get a car that I enjoy driving.

TTony

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

"Fussy" isn't one of the first words that springs to my mind.

TimmyO

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

"Fussy" isn't one of the first words that springs to my mind.

is it even in the first dozen? :-) 

LordOxygen

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

It's your money at the end of the day, so be as fussy as you like, its certainly keeping us all entertained.

Every old, £2.5k car on a dealers forecourt will have worn components that can and will fail at any point. 

Only you know how the clutch on the car felt, (if you've replaced several clutches then you should know how a new ones feels.)

Can you wait another week for a car? 

Keep looking in the mean time.

RaymondLin

Well we are into the 5th month now (yes really!), 4 more months and we will be looking at Christmas....

It would be epic.

It does bring into question that does he even need a car at all though, if I can get by for 5 months going to work, shopping and daily life without a car, it sure is proof I don’t need one.  Having a car is a money pit, I would rather not have one if I don’t need one.

octatonic

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

Steady on.

Emp_Fab

Seventy five pages....   Wow.

I knew I was a pernickety old bugger but I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

TTony

Emp_Fab said:

 I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

Some of us know you better than you know yourself
 

RaymondLin

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

 I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

Some of us know you better than you know yourself
 

Ahem...cough...whistles

ewal

It really does take a particular sort of personality to invite this level of online activity in to your personal life. Well done.

TimmyO

RaymondLin said:

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

 I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

Some of us know you better than you know yourself
 

Ahem...cough...whistles

Don't think you're escaping this thread unscathed :-) 

RaymondLin

TimmyO said:

RaymondLin said:

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

 I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

Some of us know you better than you know yourself
 

Ahem...cough...whistles

Don't think you're escaping this thread unscathed :-) 

Haha, you mean he bought the first car (serious) recommendation on page 1 in this entire thread and that was by me? 

TimmyO

RaymondLin said:

TimmyO said:

RaymondLin said:

TTony said:

Emp_Fab said:

 I'm not sure even I would have marked me down for this degree of what can only be described as psychological disorder.

Some of us know you better than you know yourself
 

Ahem...cough...whistles

Don't think you're escaping this thread unscathed :-) 

Haha, you mean he bought the first car (serious) recommendation on page 1 in this entire thread and that was by me? 

if you can't see why you're a close 2nd on the "red flag for being bonkers" list in this thread then there's nothing I can say that will be constructive 

Nitefly

Emp_Fab said:

So, correct me if I'm on the wrong track here, but I'm starting to detect the beginnings of a general vibe suggesting that I'm being a tad on the fussy side?

A masterpiece of understatement...

Emp_Fab

An interesting discovery....   I'm buying a 2.2L Diesel Honda Civic that I have a concern about the clutch with....

https://www.civinfo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Slipping_clutch

This manufacturing defect affects only 2.2L Diesel Honda Civics.

OK, I didn't detect any slipping (but neither was I looking out for that) - but it's a bit of a coincidence don't you think ?

I've had an idea - the car has only ever been serviced by the local Honda Main dealer.  It's therefore a reasonable bet that if the clutch has been replaced then they would have done it - and will have a record of having done so.  I'll give them a bell / pop in there on Monday and see if they have any info.

octatonic

TimmyO

"Buying a car" turned out to be as misleading as all the other infinite scroll fake news apps 

celentium

Is it a refundable deposit? 

Kilgore

Emp_Fab said:

An interesting discovery....   I'm buying a 2.2L Diesel Honda Civic that I have a concern about the clutch with....

https://www.civinfo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Slipping_clutch

This manufacturing defect affects only 2.2L Diesel Honda Civics.

OK, I didn't detect any slipping (but neither was I looking out for that) - but it's a bit of a coincidence don't you think ?

I've had an idea - the car has only ever been serviced by the local Honda Main dealer.  It's therefore a reasonable bet that if the clutch has been replaced then they would have done it - and will have a record of having done so.  I'll give them a bell / pop in there on Monday and see if they have any info.

Sorry Emp, but I couldn't help reading this in the voice of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.

 "The Mystery of the Civic Clutch"

Quick Watson, order a Hansom cab straight to the Honda dealership, we must act quickly, there's no time to lose!