New year,New car???

[hinch]

most not for reasons / issues with the car etc but for financial reasons as their situation changed.

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[SteveS]

Slight exaggeration on my part lol
Ones i remember were Stark,croyde,Gibbo,jimboy2,all sold up i believe.

Yeah, had a quick look back at the "what did you do today" thread. There are a few gone, and a couple on their second

 

[avocet]

most not for reasons / issues with the car etc but for financial reasons as their situation changed.

Very true

 

[hinch]

Very true

you know more likely you have a little buyers remorse you expected the 18 to be a big jump above the 15-17 and now you've had the 18 a while internally you've realised its not a big jump and now your brain is telling you that it wasn't worth the extra money.

 

[avocet]

you know more likely you have a little buyers remorse you expected the 18 to be a big jump above the 15-17 and now you've had the 18 a while internally you've realised its not a big jump and now your brain is telling you that it wasn't worth the extra money.

Hinch, know you hate the styling of the 18 its well documented & thats your opinion, and you also had a problem with those that upgraded.The 15/17's had their problems, i went through it like lots of others. I'm not going to rise to the bait,this is to do with Fords shoddy build quality, wet carpets, engine ticks and knocks, gearbox problems and do i prefer to stay on board( because i have Zero issues at the moment)or do i jump ship whilst the going is good.The money is irrelevant!

 

[hinch]

Hinch, know you hate the styling of the 18 its well documented & thats your opinion, and you also had a problem with those that upgraded.The 15/17's had their problems, i went through it like lots of others. I'm not going to rise to the bait,this is to do with Fords shoddy build quality, wet carpets, engine ticks and knocks, gearbox problems and do i prefer to stay on board( because i have Zero issues at the moment)or do i jump ship whilst the going is good.The money is irrelevant!

not entirely what i meant no you've jumped the gun some.

lets say i went from a my17 M3 to a my18 M3 the cars were billed as totally the next best thing but bmw introduced some questionable changes perhaps going from a straight 6 to a 4 cylinder turbo for example and then they stuck 10k on the price and you upgraded because they promised you it was the next best thing.
Only thing was once you'd owned it for a few weeks you realised that their marketing lied to you, the car was worse than before in almost every way and had a load of problems re-occur that were fixed in recalled on the previous version and are now present yet again.

Whether you chose to admit it publicly that little voice in your head is still telling you you screwed up big time. (this is exactly what has happened with the new gen bm's AND the new gen caymen's as well as the mustang). Has zero to do with the face lift at all has everything to do with shitty tech, poor quality and bad customer service yet being charged more for the privilege. Only thing is when I point it out about the new mustangs those of you who've bought them get your heckles up, where as those that have experienced it with other models the porkers in particular have been mentioned on here multiple times have been supported.

 

[Eclipsar]

If you just want a new car then go for it, if you are changing because the car might develop a fault, then I would wait till it developed the fault then trade it in as most dealer would not spot the fault on a nearly new car, as these problems are on a small percentage of Mustangs and you could have one which never develops one
The trouble is you will struggle to find something else that gives you the smiles per mile the Mustang gives you

 

[Pilgrim/uk]

I had an Audi A6 bi turbo went back under warranty 9 times in five years so all manufacturers have issues

 

[avocet]

If you just want a new car then go for it, if you are changing because the car might develop a fault, then I would wait till it developed the fault then trade it in as most dealer would not spot the fault on a nearly new car, as these problems are on a small percentage of Mustangs and you could have one which never develops one
The trouble is you will struggle to find something else that gives you the smiles per mile the Mustang gives you

For sure the Mustang still gives me a thrill and like i said i have no issues.I really wanted to test a few cars to see what else i fancied.I know all manufacturers can have issues develope.

 

[Stuart0202]

In 9 days I'll have had the Mustang for 3 years. Almost daily I think about how bad a financial decision it is to own it (for me). I've done 1100 miles per year! Had thought about selling and getting something more "sensible" and my head tells me this is what to do... but every damn time I get in the car, even if it's just to nip across town, I get this feeling that I'm not sure many other cars could replicate!

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