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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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Taken from Twitter, but it did get me thinking what mine are.
"Most folks don’t know if Car A accelerates 0.1s faster than Car B, and buyers do NOT base decisions on that. Factors that matter, in order: Brand Price Range Design Interior Reliability Infrastructure Cost of ownership Safety Acceleration" https://twitter.com/ValueAnalyst1/status/1190162584810524673?s=17 Not sure I ever considered range an issue, isn't that only a thing with electric cars? Engineering would be in my top 3; as would ability. |
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1st Nov 2019 4:04pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4787 
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Shuffled around for how I would normally look at/evaluate a vehicle
Design - looks nice? Continue to next stage (stop here if it's hideous) Acceleration - is it (or can it be made) quick? (better be very cheap if not!) Price - do I want it badly enough to justify the cost? Brand - sorry but if its French or a vauxhall then I'm out 
Range - as long as it'll do 300 miles between fill ups then I'm happy Reliability - won't be in my ownership for long if it isn't Interior - doesn't matter as long as it isn't white/cream leather Infrastructure - of what? Dealerships? Cost of ownership - 95% of my milage is for pleasure and I do my own maintenance so not really applicable as almost definitely cheaper than normal. Safety I drive a defender, so clearly not  2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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1st Nov 2019 9:27pm |
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brown metaillic'actually looks the part.........
| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150 
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I currently (or at least will very soon) have a need for a small, cheap roundabout to get to/from work. So my main priority would be purchase cost and fuel economy. Obviously I'm not looking at anything new. 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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2nd Nov 2019 6:42am |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
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The new plastic revolution is the new Defender 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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2nd Nov 2019 9:44am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Range can apply to ICE cars too, afterall you don’t want to be stopping every 200 miles (or less in some cars) to fill up up a 90ltr tank. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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2nd Nov 2019 11:17am |
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