Its would be difficult to find a new modern car that is bad.
*Face sore from the laughing that this comment caused in the room*
Try S**1G**, N*13V*N and the other one whose index escapes me for just now were beyond bad, they were bloody terrible! All three were purchased as split new cars that should have lasted and been reliable but alas, I rejected the lot as all were below a standard that was considered fit for purpose.
DPFs I can live with
, though I must say that I'm enjoying not having to. Radar guided cruise control and automatic braking whose purpose is to try and cause a nasty road rage incident? No ta, I prefer to drive the car rather than the other way about! DAB radio? OK, you got me there, I bought and fitted one to the 25 year old modern car over there <<<< but only because I'm a BBC 6 Music addict and also needed the connectivity for my phone and laptop, but it can't be a good thing when the only way in which a new, £24,000 car from a "premium"
manufacturer is only (subjectively) superior by virtue of its wireless set to a far better built, older car that trumps the new one in every other way. And cost less than a 48th of the modern thing's price.
The jalopy approach has far better seats that are still plump and comfortable at 73,000 miles whereas two of the awful moderns needed attention to their base cushions, lumbar pad adjusters and in one case; to a broken weld in the frame. The older motor is on its original bushes, dampers and springs yet copes with rough roads in a manner that none of the moderns I tried, even the ones I owned, could achieve in spite of all being ordered with relatively large aspect ratio tyre options from those available. The modern brakes seem to be universally far too sensitive and lack progression, which is bugger all use to one whose feet don't feel and OK, so that <<< gets low 40s MPG at best, averaging high 30s as opposed to the very real mid 60s average of the modern Diesels but as long as I can produce evidence that it is capable of bettering 40 to each gallon, I get my allowance just as I would for a new car and best of all; because it's a wee bit beyond its warranty I can service it at work rather than being tied to manufacturers' requirements regarding o/e parts and such.
So some folk may well have found decent moderns that work for them but if they're all that wonderful, why do the same folk also run old cars when these days, there are many options up to and beyond thirty years of age that can be used daily, won't fall apart and will cause so much less pain in the wallet? Isn't that the point of fora like this one?
Regarding the 5.75" lamps; there's no reason not to fit four the same, especially as sealed beams haven't been made since 2009/2010 so the only units available are capable of being used for both high and low beams. My Automite went through two MOTs like that without confusing the beam setter and I specifically asked before submitting it whether the low beams had to be extinguished when the high beam was selected - they don't. I also asked whether it would pass with all four dipped beams working and had to disconnect one wire to get the certificate that year
, a switch was fitted later as sometimes, on unlit roads, using four dipped beams is the safest way not to fall into a dyke or worse, to hit a deer as high beams glyph them far too well in advance, where dipped beams at least get you past the beasts before they bolt into the road.