Any model car can have its issues, doesn't matter what it is. I've had the chance to drive quite a few in my young life already and my first car was a honda. It broke down on the side of a highway, 90km away from home after having it for 3 years. Yeah it was an 89, but it was because I didn't look after it. As others said, long as you look after it, it will last. It's just like anything else that needs constant maintainence. Anything mechanical needs to be looked after. I've also driven my mum's Jeep and they are supposed to be good. Guess who had to pay for a new engine within the first 8 months of owning it? And that's a brand new car. My house mate just bought a Ford and he has to fix his entire engine, new car. My other house mate has the Mitsubishi Lancer we drive and its a charm. (I had a lancer before him and I need a new engine for that, 95 model). Again, its all about how you look after it and how it was looked after before you get it.
As to whether you should have been let in on the decision. No. You may be driving it in the future, but you are not the one driving it now and you are not paying for it. So no offence, but it is up to him what he likes. As long as the car was checked out before he bought it, there's no harm. We did a full inspection of my house mate's car when we got it in April, we got it serviced right after we got it and I was the one to test drive it since I had many more years experience not only with Lancers, but in driving in general. We just happened to have an affinity for Lancers XD But that aside, it was his decision, since it was his money. My only pre-req was that it was not a big car, since I would be driving it and I feel uncomfortable. Most would wonder why he listened to me in this regard and its because a. he doesn't have his license yet and b. I was driving him around in both my honda and lancer for 5 years before he got his car. So yeah. I kinda went off track with that. Haha.
Also, reviews aren't all they are cracked up to be. You have to drive the car to know its decent. Reviews are just there to keep in mind really. There isn't anything particularly wrong with Ford, I personally don't like them but that's because Australia is Ford vs Holden and I dislike both of them due to that. But its more so how a person drives a car. You can have the best car in existence and it would still be dangerous if you didn't drive safely. Vice Versa.
As to whether you should have been let in on the decision. No. You may be driving it in the future, but you are not the one driving it now and you are not paying for it. So no offence, but it is up to him what he likes. As long as the car was checked out before he bought it, there's no harm. We did a full inspection of my house mate's car when we got it in April, we got it serviced right after we got it and I was the one to test drive it since I had many more years experience not only with Lancers, but in driving in general. We just happened to have an affinity for Lancers XD But that aside, it was his decision, since it was his money. My only pre-req was that it was not a big car, since I would be driving it and I feel uncomfortable. Most would wonder why he listened to me in this regard and its because a. he doesn't have his license yet and b. I was driving him around in both my honda and lancer for 5 years before he got his car. So yeah. I kinda went off track with that. Haha.
Also, reviews aren't all they are cracked up to be. You have to drive the car to know its decent. Reviews are just there to keep in mind really. There isn't anything particularly wrong with Ford, I personally don't like them but that's because Australia is Ford vs Holden and I dislike both of them due to that. But its more so how a person drives a car. You can have the best car in existence and it would still be dangerous if you didn't drive safely. Vice Versa.
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