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What do you miss about your previous car?
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Mattallica
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Absolutely true - it would be really good if we could see the actual stats instead of the sometimes echo chamber effect of forums being the rant/complaint zone.
The car previous to the M3 is the one car I loved to bits right up to selling it for the M3 - Focus Mk3 RS, had it for 4 years and was like brand new - I have always been a detail freak.
The RS was the longest I've ever kept a car, usually around the three year mark I get itching for something else, I did the Porsche's to death and cant look at them now with any desire.
I probable have a weird mindset, When i move on with a car I never miss anything about the last one - I just accept what is and get on with it, I love technology so sort of get all enthused about the new car.
I do tend to join car forums for the model i have and remain on them for donkeys years after I've sold the car.
I'm a petrol head that's converted to BEV and from the Porsche forum many of them are yearning after a Tesla with three of us already owning one.
The RS was the longest I've ever kept a car, usually around the three year mark I get itching for something else, I did the Porsche's to death and cant look at them now with any desire.
I probable have a weird mindset, When i move on with a car I never miss anything about the last one - I just accept what is and get on with it, I love technology so sort of get all enthused about the new car.
I do tend to join car forums for the model i have and remain on them for donkeys years after I've sold the car.
I'm a petrol head that's converted to BEV and from the Porsche forum many of them are yearning after a Tesla with three of us already owning one.
rincewind
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My personal experience with owning an M3P for 18 months and 16k miles - the only issues I have had is moisture in a rear light, which was fixed under warrantee, and it goes in Monday to sort a noisy door seal. Apart from that, perfect, no other issues.
Not a lot: I bought an AMG C63 to scratch an itch for a big, soon to be obsolete gas guzzling V8.
The car was great, but the suspension made the M3ER feel like a magic carpet ride and £90.00 to fill the tank with 98 octane fuel soon got tiring at 15mpg...
I'm glad I had it and glad it has gone.
The car was great, but the suspension made the M3ER feel like a magic carpet ride and £90.00 to fill the tank with 98 octane fuel soon got tiring at 15mpg...
I'm glad I had it and glad it has gone.
Tricky question. Not that much.
Previous car was a bit of a stopgap for a year - an Audi A7 BiTdi - we should have just got a Tesla then. Audi was great when it was up to speed but with it being my first non-van/jeep diesel the noise on startup and at slow speeds just ground me down. Horrible. I even fitted a kufatec sound booster to help the BiTdi exhaust speaker (yes really) sing a bit louder. The 'positives missed' list is the sunroof, the dash controls and the slightly solider construction. Handled well too, if a bit detached. Other than that, nothing at all.
Previous previous car was a CLS55. Now that I miss a lot. The noise, the looks, the noise, the colour scheme, the noise, the feeling of pressing the pedal connected to 475bhp of thumping supercharged V8 powering a pair of tyres - brilliant. Fuel costs, fragility, age - not so positive.
Model S is slightly (only slightly) poorer build than the Audi and probably on a par or better built than the old Merc - give the MS a sunroof (I couldn't pass up the non-s/r car I got) and some heater knobs and it'd win hands down - as a barge it's capabilities more than make up for a lack of soul.
Previous car was a bit of a stopgap for a year - an Audi A7 BiTdi - we should have just got a Tesla then. Audi was great when it was up to speed but with it being my first non-van/jeep diesel the noise on startup and at slow speeds just ground me down. Horrible. I even fitted a kufatec sound booster to help the BiTdi exhaust speaker (yes really) sing a bit louder. The 'positives missed' list is the sunroof, the dash controls and the slightly solider construction. Handled well too, if a bit detached. Other than that, nothing at all.
Previous previous car was a CLS55. Now that I miss a lot. The noise, the looks, the noise, the colour scheme, the noise, the feeling of pressing the pedal connected to 475bhp of thumping supercharged V8 powering a pair of tyres - brilliant. Fuel costs, fragility, age - not so positive.
Model S is slightly (only slightly) poorer build than the Audi and probably on a par or better built than the old Merc - give the MS a sunroof (I couldn't pass up the non-s/r car I got) and some heater knobs and it'd win hands down - as a barge it's capabilities more than make up for a lack of soul.
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