Lady driven cars..To buy or not to buy??

hari_rama · 21st April 2006, 23:14

this photo from teambhp forum itself shows a car driven by a lady

khanak · 21st April 2006, 23:29

the thing about bawas is tht they put a lot of effort into their cars and maintain them well......... might not be true for all of them but usually they spend a lot of time and money into keeping their cars running well

agspins · 22nd April 2006, 00:18

oh ladies driven cars are resold????? i thought rhey just head for scrap yard ;-)
well it depends upon the condition of car n driving style of the lady

MADMAX111 · 22nd April 2006, 01:10

Dear Pals,

Pl beware. Most of the ads you find with Lady driven cars are there to just get a good price, at least in Delhi. The husband will say that it is my second car which only my wife drives. Who is to know??

Fuelled · 22nd April 2006, 14:52

I guess they say lady driven cause it gives the impression that the chances of the mechanicals being murdered are small(considering how ahem.. men drive)

With ladies the only thing to get repaired is the transmission/clutch. heh heh

manaa45 · 22nd April 2006, 15:01

the only thing i want to say here is that the ratio of men:women driving cars is very less, so if you want to buy a car then better to go for one which is not driven by a lady.

secondly not all female drivers are bad as not all all male drivers are good. so let us not generalise and also a request to spare the fairer sex.

Shubbhi

Beeman · 22nd April 2006, 15:13

Well they either they will be the best or the worst. I think they will be at their extremitites, oh yeah check the clutch parts as well....

msprabhakar · 22nd April 2006, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by manaa45

...not all female drivers are bad as not all all male drivers are good. so let us not generalise and also a request to spare the fairer sex...

...from the cars... I endorse!

manaa45 · 22nd April 2006, 17:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by manaa45

secondly not all female drivers are bad as not all all male drivers are good. so let us not generalise and also a request to spare the fairer sex.

Shubbhi

contd here

spare the fairer sex from this kind of humiliation. they may be bad drivers but then everybody is not the same.

sorry to go off topic but i personally feel bad about being laughed at or sneered for being a lady driver. so far thankfully nobody from here has done anything like this but i have had kind of experiences wherein i have been the target of guys who have been put off becos i turned out to be better driver then them.

there are some things which a male can be better at while females are not but then there is vice versa too.

answer to this thread's question has been answered by me in my earlier post already.

period

shubbhi

normally_crazy · 22nd April 2006, 17:59

Never take a Doctor driven car being a good car and well maintained one at face value.

I have a doctor friend (people from new bombay will know him).

Had a Ford Ikon 1.3 - brilliant kit done by Rio , K&N , Free Flow exhaust , Recaro seats , Tacho with shift lights and he drives like a racer. Within a week of his getting the kit , goes for a long road drive , and goes into a truck(stationery) the front end is gone , comes back gets the car repaired , same kit on back again and sells the car.

Next in line - the Mitsubishi Lancer - this car goes through the whole process again....Recaro seats, K&N , Free Flow exhaust ..the works except NOS (just had to plonk in a NOS tank) was that ready and yeah did I tell you it had an LPG tank too tucked away ? The driving - racer. I think a few guys like drifter , power freak know what I'm talking about. This car is now sold.

His latest acquisition - A OHC 1.5 Exi painted a green shade that defies definition. Its got the works again ...K&N , Custom designed free flow exhaust, ported and polished heads too I think ..the driving still remains the same.

Almost all the mechanics in Vashi know him.....and all his cars have been worked upon by KS motorsports.

Doctors arent necessarily the least technically sound guys ...this friend of mine knows what he talks and does.

jango · 22nd April 2006, 19:28

I would personally stay away from cars driven by ladies ( though not all ladies

). they somehow hate changing gears so they tend to take the car up to 40KM on the 1st gear, 80 on the 2nd gear and may suddenly change to 1st gear while doing 80 and may just take their foot off the cluth. I wonder what would happen to the engine

.

My 2 cents for you :- check for the clutch, the engine ( they actually woud't even know that the engine oil has to be changed after couple of Km's, and the entire shell !!

regs
Jango

21st April 2006, 23:14	#16
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21st April 2006, 23:29	#17
khanak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai/Toronto Posts: 2,799 Thanked: 268 Times View My Garage	the thing about bawas is tht they put a lot of effort into their cars and maintain them well......... might not be true for all of them but usually they spend a lot of time and money into keeping their cars running well
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22nd April 2006, 00:18	#18
agspins Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MH-31 Posts: 1,652 Thanked: 508 Times View My Garage	oh ladies driven cars are resold????? i thought rhey just head for scrap yard ;-) well it depends upon the condition of car n driving style of the lady
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22nd April 2006, 01:10	#19
MADMAX111 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 191 Thanked: 109 Times	Dear Pals, Pl beware. Most of the ads you find with Lady driven cars are there to just get a good price, at least in Delhi. The husband will say that it is my second car which only my wife drives. Who is to know??
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22nd April 2006, 14:52	#20
Fuelled BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: delhi Posts: 252 Thanked: 2 Times	I guess they say lady driven cause it gives the impression that the chances of the mechanicals being murdered are small(considering how ahem.. men drive) With ladies the only thing to get repaired is the transmission/clutch. heh heh
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22nd April 2006, 15:01	#21
manaa45 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nerul, navi mum Posts: 357 Thanked: 49 Times	the only thing i want to say here is that the ratio of men:women driving cars is very less, so if you want to buy a car then better to go for one which is not driven by a lady. secondly not all female drivers are bad as not all all male drivers are good. so let us not generalise and also a request to spare the fairer sex. Shubbhi
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22nd April 2006, 15:13	#22
Beeman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Treasure island Posts: 335 Thanked: 2 Times	Well they either they will be the best or the worst. I think they will be at their extremitites, oh yeah check the clutch parts as well....
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22nd April 2006, 17:59	#25
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	Never take a Doctor driven car being a good car and well maintained one at face value. I have a doctor friend (people from new bombay will know him). Had a Ford Ikon 1.3 - brilliant kit done by Rio , K&N , Free Flow exhaust , Recaro seats , Tacho with shift lights and he drives like a racer. Within a week of his getting the kit , goes for a long road drive , and goes into a truck(stationery) the front end is gone , comes back gets the car repaired , same kit on back again and sells the car. Next in line - the Mitsubishi Lancer - this car goes through the whole process again....Recaro seats, K&N , Free Flow exhaust ..the works except NOS (just had to plonk in a NOS tank) was that ready and yeah did I tell you it had an LPG tank too tucked away ? The driving - racer. I think a few guys like drifter , power freak know what I'm talking about. This car is now sold. His latest acquisition - A OHC 1.5 Exi painted a green shade that defies definition. Its got the works again ...K&N , Custom designed free flow exhaust, ported and polished heads too I think ..the driving still remains the same. Almost all the mechanics in Vashi know him.....and all his cars have been worked upon by KS motorsports. Doctors arent necessarily the least technically sound guys ...this friend of mine knows what he talks and does.
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22nd April 2006, 19:28	#26
jango BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York & kotayam Posts: 800 Thanked: 23 Times View My Garage	I would personally stay away from cars driven by ladies ( though not all ladies ). they somehow hate changing gears so they tend to take the car up to 40KM on the 1st gear, 80 on the 2nd gear and may suddenly change to 1st gear while doing 80 and may just take their foot off the cluth. I wonder what would happen to the engine . My 2 cents for you :- check for the clutch, the engine ( they actually woud't even know that the engine oil has to be changed after couple of Km's, and the entire shell !! regs Jango
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