16-02-2014, 02:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-02-2014, 05:50 PM by AlanBeckett.)
On the subject of 'Style', a word I hate, I think the current crop of (Saloon) Cars are universally revolting. They're fat, bulbous and gross. Perhaps there's a slim athletic Car under there somewhere but it ate too many Pies. Further, the 'Designers' so called only seem to have two tools in their box - an upward sloping line from front to back with half an elipse slapped on top. If you're at all clastrophic it's best to sit in the front.
On the subject of Surveys the problem surely is that they are in no way independent. If you took a random sample of say 10,00 new owners then tracked them for a year you'd stand some chance. But even then you'd get some Moaning Minnies who winge about every squeak.
The biggest problem as I see it with modern Cars is they're so damned complicated. Once you're out of Warranty any significan fault is likely to cost you a arm and a leg. Having said that they're infinitely better built and more reliable than 50 years ago, so I'd be inclined to go for the one with the longest Warranty.
Alan
On the subject of Surveys the problem surely is that they are in no way independent. If you took a random sample of say 10,00 new owners then tracked them for a year you'd stand some chance. But even then you'd get some Moaning Minnies who winge about every squeak.
The biggest problem as I see it with modern Cars is they're so damned complicated. Once you're out of Warranty any significan fault is likely to cost you a arm and a leg. Having said that they're infinitely better built and more reliable than 50 years ago, so I'd be inclined to go for the one with the longest Warranty.
Alan
