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I feel like i am doing the wrong thing!?
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gadgetmind wrote: »My last two cars have been Audi A8s. At around 3 years old, someone else has knocked 2/3rds of the value off them over around 40k miles, which is nothing for these things. They are also cheaper than the equivalent age/mileage A6 despite them having 4WD, air suspension, and every gadget you can imagine.
I then ran my previous one until about 15 years old, at which point I started getting fed up of replacing hoses, particularly oil breathers, as many are on the back of the block. Garages will only quote for doing it with the engine out, so I ended up having to make my own tools for removing and refitting hoses in right places.
As I said, pain in the backside, and it happens to them all in the end.
My retirement plans have about £2.5k pa depreciation on main car, which lets me keep on driving A8s for less than some folks would blow on new Mondeos.
Sounds like a great plan, but my OH can only change the light bulbs and windshield wipers lol. So we have to take it to a local garage.
I was thinking of buying him a golf. but not sure. I could afford an A3?0 -
my OH can only change the light bulbs and windshield wipers lol.
The last bulb I changed required the car to be jacked up, front n/s wheel and arch liner to be removed, and the power steering reservoir be unbolted and jiggled to one side. You then had to do the job from underneath using your tiny triple-jointed hands.
Why do they design them like this!I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »Why do they design them like this!
So that most of us have to pay to get the work done!
It used to be a simple job to replace a bulb - even I could do it.
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So that most of us have to pay to get the work done!
Or buy a jack, axle stands, and a socket set.
It used to be a simple job to replace a bulb - even I could do it.
Yes, it does all seem to be getting harder. Diagnosis is easier though 'cos the computer helps you, assuming you have a diagnostic lead. However, as you even need one of these to change the brake pads on my Audi, it's worth getting one!I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
I hope I won't have any of these problems with the Tesla Model S P85D that the irrational side of me is planning to buy myself as a retirement present.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
Someone I know started learning to drive in the car that brought him home from the maternity hospital......:)0
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