PCP isn't MSE

motorguy

dipsomaniac said:

Can we make Jenni D happy by agreeing that buying a new car every 3 years from new is NOT MSE????

And just like those Rolls Royces at your pub, round and round we go.

MSE is NOT about NOT buying nice things.  Its about buying the things you want at the best price.

motorguy

dipsomaniac said:

buying a new car every 3 years from new is what this thread is all about and is NOT MSE.  motorguy, bowfer, grumpy_chap why are you trying to muddy the waters?

Its you trying to muddy the waters by swapping the concept of not spending any more money than you need to with the ethose of this site which is not spending any more money than you have to on something you want - MSE.

dipsomaniac

just for the record i am not bitter, resentful or judgemental of anyone with a set of wheels different to mine.  think we should leave it there as you are clearly wound up motorguy and i really didn't intend that to happen

dipsomaniac

can we just shake hands and leave it there?

motorguy

dipsomaniac said:

buying a new car every 3 years from new is what this thread is all about and is NOT MSE.  motorguy, bowfer, grumpy_chap why are you trying to muddy the waters?

Why do you care so much what other people drive anyway?

Surely more new cars sold means cheaper used cars which is good news for people not wanting to spend the prices of a new car?

dipsomaniac

motorguy said:

dipsomaniac said:

buying a new car every 3 years from new is what this thread is all about and is NOT MSE.  motorguy, bowfer, grumpy_chap why are you trying to muddy the waters?

Why do you care so much what other people drive anyway?

Surely more new cars sold means cheaper used cars which is good news for people not wanting to spend the prices of a new car?

yep, said that earlier.  more than happy with people buying new cars and taking 'the hit'

dipsomaniac

its just not MSE 

motorguy

dipsomaniac said:

just for the record i am not bitter, resentful or judgemental of anyone with a set of wheels different to mine.  think we should leave it there as you are clearly wound up motorguy and i really didn't intend that to happen

I'm nothing other than genuinely bemused at your attitude.  

Genuinely - if a neighbour gets a new car i will be thinking "wow nice car".  It seems your first thought would be "well they cant possibly afford that".  Which of us is going to walk away feeling better?

motorguy

dipsomaniac said:

can we just shake hands and leave it there?

Of course we can.  You were the one restarted the chipping.  The rest of us had hoped you'd let go.

BOWFER

dipsomaniac said:

BOWFER said:

dipsomaniac said:

Wonder what the stats are for new cars going back to the garage for repairs in the first year? Saw a new roller being hoisted onto breakdown truck recently. Also my neighbour was without his brand new Merc for 6 weeks while they tried to fix the daytime running lights

You don't know the Rolls was broken, could have been getting repossesed (!) or just transported to the dealer because the owner is a lazy git
And letting a garage keep your car for 6 weeks for broken DRLs is just stupid, just use it until the new lights are received.
DRLs aren't even an MOT failure.

haha. yes hadn't thought that the roller was being repossesed on the side of the M5. what has MOT failure got to do with it? you spend £50k on a car and you want daytime lights to work

Like I said, it's a bit silly to do without your car for 6 weeks because of faulty DRLs, they're not vital to the car by any means.
I'm assuming Merc gave him a loan car though, which is an advantage to going new.