My car is cursed

Anonymous · December 5, 2005, 13:33

This has to be the final straw.

Some of you guys / girls, may remember back in august that my car was involved in a rear ender smash on the M5 1 week after i bought it.

It took my insuance company 8 weeks to repair and between other things, i only really got my car back about 3 weeks ago.

Now since then my car seems to have developed a few rattling noises, so i got my car booked into Mr T to get it all repaired. A few hours after i dropped my car off, i get a phone call from my dealer saying there has been an accident. Apparantly one of the mechanics was taking my car out to diagnose the rattling, when someone drove into the front of my car.

So the dealer apologises and sends me a replacement Mr2 to me and takes back the Yaris that i had as a courtesy car.

Toyota are obviously paying for all damages, and repairing it themselves. But im fairly convinced my car has been cursed now!. I may sell this, when it comes back.

Also do you think i can get anything out of Mr T for this?. Obviously its a big inconvenience and that fact that my car has now had a frontal smash.

The other interesting thing is, i noticed that in my car if i go around an island a little bit too quickly in the rain the back end swings out. Now i just thought this was normal, although i tried it in the courtesy Mr2 Red and it worryingly glues to the road!.

roger · December 5, 2005, 14:11

Sorry to hear, Mike, somehow "ears" now sound so insignificant.

I doubt very much if you can get anything back from MrT, other than a bucketful of Goodwill. They have now given you an MR2 to do with as you would like, so really you have not got much to claim, other than being very upset (refrained from using other words).

As to the back end, it does sound odd, but I wouldn't get too worried since it is something we can all do!

If you want to worry...obviously tyres have a lot to do with it, are they exactly the same? Perhaps they have a bit more tread? Could also mean something is not quite right from the rear end repair. If its alignment maybe they will check for the front repair anyway.

I think you will just have to go by your gut feeling about the car. If you are not happy, then maybe getting rid is the best cure. A pity, but there goes.

Anonymous · December 5, 2005, 14:15

Quote from: "mokeyb"The other interesting thing is, i noticed that in my car if i go around an island a little bit too quickly in the rain the back end swings out. Now i just thought this was normal, although i tried it in the courtesy Mr2 Red and it worryingly glues to the road!.

It could be as simple as newer/different tyres, and/or pressures.....

Anonymous · December 6, 2005, 11:21

Chap at Toyota said he was going to put my car onto a ramp when it gets back to check alignment and suspension, so hopefully if there are any major issues it will pick it up.

I actually quite enjoyed the "sideways" action under controlled conditions on quiet roads, although i just got concerned when i noticed that the new MR2 i am driving as a courtesy is 80% more difficult to provoke. Not that i push that far anyway.

Incidently i did check my back tires a while ago and they seemed fine. They were Yoko all round, although im not sure if previous driver ever replaced them.

After i spoke to a guy at toyota about this latest accident, he did say my front tires look fairly worn, this could be due to excessive driving / suspension off or something. Which is why they are going to get it up on a ramp and check alignment i think.

This i was a bit confused with, as i thought the tires at back would wear more from excessive driving!?

And Roger, yes the ears are not such an issue now s:)

s:)

Although i don't think this has put me off MR2, if i sell this one i will have to get another.

Really love the car s:)

s:)

aaronjb · December 6, 2005, 11:33

Quote from: "mokeyb"This i was a bit confused with, as i thought the tires at back would wear more from excessive driving!?

Depends how you drive really - our cars don't have huge wads of power (sadly s;)

s;) ) so they're really not that hard on the rears unless you're hanging the back end out all over the shop.

More likely it'll be the fronts that take a hammering on turn-in.

Quite easy to tell if it's alignment though - turn-in scrub ought to create relatively uniform wear. Camber will wear one shoulder of the tyre, and toe will leave you with a 'serrated' feel to the tread - if my memory serves me s;)

s;)

heathstimpson · December 6, 2005, 20:01

My car has 21K now on the clock and the backs have worn considerably more than the fronts s:? :? s:?

aaronjb · December 6, 2005, 20:10

Quote from: "heathstimpson"My car has 21K now on the clock and the backs have worn considerably more than the fronts s:? :? s:?

Blimey - I'm impressed you got 21k out of a set of tyres at all! s:D

s:D

Are you a 'slow-in, fast-out' kind of driver?

heathstimpson · December 6, 2005, 20:11

Quote from: "aaronjb"
Quote from: "heathstimpson"My car has 21K now on the clock and the backs have worn considerably more than the fronts s:? :? s:?

Blimey - I'm impressed you got 21k out of a set of tyres at all! s:D s:D

Are you a 'slow-in, fast-out' kind of driver?

No more fast in fast out s:lol: :lol: s:lol: I do quite a lot of motorway miles which generally saves tyres s:wink: :wink: s:wink: