Amen, amen , amen. Made the same mistake with an MG sedan!
(and that Practina... and then the Bronica S... and...well, too many times!)
Winsor Crosby wrote: Many years ago I bought a SAAB which was the darling
sports sedan of every car mag and filled with glowing reports I ignored my
reaction during the short test drive. Turned out to be the worst car I ever
owned, for many reasons...
...never believe what you read without carefully confirming for yourself.
On Jul 21, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Jeff Keller wrote:
> I somewhat agree about a test drive ... but after driving the same car
> (almost always) for 20 years there weren't any more cars that felt
> right.
> The functional needs didn't leave many options. I sat in the
> prospective car
> but avoided salesmen and never drove it. Most of the biggest issues
> are
> found by reading or talking to owners. The Mustang I mentioned, I
> had test
> driven and found I definitely didn't want the automatic but I
> didn't find
> out how bad it was in the rain. (It was intended from the beginning
> to go
> live with my son after a year or two of play.) I'm very happy with
> the new
> car and if it holds up, which I doubt it will, I would probably
> keep it 20
> years.
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