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★★★★★
“Addictive...”
Written on: 11/03/2013
If you like cars this website should come with a health warning - many hours will be lost ! (read more)
★★★★★
“Probably the most complete motoring forum”
Written on: 11/03/2013
A lot of forums suffer if there are a lot of sections, but Pistonheads has the shear weight of posters to keep most turning over nicely. Seems to be the 'go to' place for some marques. Only downside is a place so popular will naturally attract some idiots, but it seems the people behind the scenes actively filter, so trouble is brief and never becomes a problem. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“ Dont sell your car here Waste of time”
Written on: 26/02/2013
Put car for sale 3 weeks ago at a price to sell,not one call.Parked it on main road with same price in window and it was sold within 2 hours (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Expensive to advertise on for Car traders, Badly designed”
Written on: 06/02/2013 by clairewalker
Car traders have to pay £17 for a classified and the public pay £9.99??? So if I put on half my stock it would cost me £340... They are as greedy as Auto trader. The website is badly designed and hard to find your way round... I tried the site for a while but It didn't work for me, Its a shame as I would love to move away from Auto trader but not to another greedy company. (read more)
★★★★★
“The Best Car Web Site In The World!!”
Written on: 17/01/2013 by PeriPix (1 review written)
This is the arguably the best car site in the world. The forum are jam packed with useful info, classified contains tonnes of cars and if you want to sell one then you can upload an ad within minutes and expect your phone to be busy. News & Features is always updated with very interesting articles. If you consider yourself a PistonHead then look no further!! (read more)
★★★★★
“Pistonheads should come with a health warning, or a...”
Written on: 15/01/2013 by Sinclair_S (1 review written)
Pistonheads should come with a health warning, or a wealth warning, or both. The forums have the ability to suck out time from your working day with alarming efficiency, a quick browse before "knuckling down" can often see you through to lunch. The classifieds contain such a wide array that you can start misty eyed, wondering why you can't afford half the stuff on offer (the reason being of course answered in that you didn't work for the first half of the day!). It's become a home from home,... (read more)
★★★★★
“Shiny yet friendly with pleasingly moist undertones”
Written on: 15/01/2013
I left my home country, as one does, on a Greyhound bus, cast out, in the words of Roderick Stuart, by the ones I loved, and found myself adrift, alone and bereft in a new and strange place the locals called the web. Clinging for comfort to the lightbulb bequeathed to me by the youngest of my birth mothers I somehow chanced upon Pistonheads. Oh, what wonders there confronted me! Almost impossible to classify. With the Alanis Morisette inducing exception of the classifieds, wherein I... (read more)
★★★★★
“7 cars sold over the years...”
Written on: 15/01/2013
...all of which have been sold to genuine people, within a few days of the ads going live with prices ranging from £1500 - £17,000. I've even sold a motorbike with a lapsed MOT with ease! Recommended and always used, the ease of uploading and fast response means I'm not going anywhere else. Cheap too at under a tenner. (read more)
★★★★★
“If Carsberg made a website it still wouldn't be as good.”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by AlbertLee3 (1 review written)
Been a member know for in excess of 10 years, met so many like minded members overs the years some are now considered to be my greatest of friends. The site really has everything to offer the automotive enthusiast. It also has a plethora of forums & sub forums to cater for all marques of exotica and general driving cars. The classifieds are a joy every car imaginable on offer some you can afford and some you can't but we can a lest dream. Don't seem to get too many spam type adverts and the... (read more)
★★★★★
“More a way of life.”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by burriana (1 review written)
I have been a part of Pistonheads.com for over ten years. In that time I have been to some fantastic events; from doing 197mph up to runway at Bruntingthorpe to several continental road trips with great mates and fantastic cars. I have met a lot of real time friends through Pistonheads. It is much more than just a car forum. (read more)
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★★★★★
“Great. Bit too tempting. Costs me a fortune!”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by WaveyDaveyGravey (1 review written)
Browsing PH Classifieds is one of the most dangerous wallet-ruining sports in the world. Great community based site that works hard to get it right without overt commercialism. Has brought me great laughs on the forums, some very good editorial at times and pretty much every car purchase I've made in the last 7 years or so. (read more)
★★★★★
“If petrol runs through your veins, PistonHeads is for you”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by Matt172 (1 review written)
Been a member on the site for nearly ten years now and have met an amazing group of friends. PH is a great place to meet like minded individuals who are nuts about all things petrol. the one thing that stands out above all else on the forums and at the meets is that it doesn't matter what car you drive to be a pistonheader, be it a mini metro or a Ferrari F40, you are always made welcome? (read more)
★★★★★
“iff your into cars or bikes this is the place for you”
Written on: 14/01/2013
Ive been on pistonheads since the early days, made some great friends, and found out loads of things about buying and running my cars. its also a great place to find out about racing and ive even picked up a few business tips. The site is split between the news area and the forums. the journalist driven items are as high quality as any printed media, and the forums cover a vast spread of topics. well worth a browse. (read more)
★★★★★
“Cars, banter and Chris Harris”
Written on: 14/01/2013
I've been using this site for years, it's always been a great forum - incredibly busy, but these days you can lose hours in the classifieds, and watch Chris Harris videos. A great way to waste time and build your fantasy garage. (read more)
★★★★☆
“Ultimate Destination for Cars, Bikes & Driving”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by jeremyc (1 review written)
A bit of everything for all car and bike fans: the latest news and reviews, a comprehensive and easily searched classifieds section and a huge community of like-minded enthusiasts in the forums. (read more)
★★★★★
“The best site for buying and selling cars in my...”
Written on: 14/01/2013
I've used this site to sell my wife's Golf and her Mini. It was really easy to create the ad and upload pictures, it was great value (just under a tenner - much cheaper than comparable sites) and I found that I got lots of phone calls and emails from people wanting to buy both cars. I eventually sold the Mini and the Golf to people I found through PistonHeads and I'd recommend it to others. I'm on PistonHeads all the time now. I can't leave the classifieds alone, there are just too many... (read more)
★★★★★
“My favourite car website”
Written on: 14/01/2013
I use this site on a daily basis, both for the news and articles on the home page and the forums. Articles are often in depth and always well written, often the first for news about all things automotive. The forum provides a knowledgeable and helpful community on a great number of subjects, from Heath and fitness, cooking, photography, pets and of course all things automotive. I also really like the functionality of the forum with its clean design and excellent moderation. The... (read more)
★★★★★
“Buy, Sell or Talk, not just about cars!”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by AlisonBelcher (2 reviews written)
Pistonheads is a place to buy/sell your car. It also has forums behind it that provide a wealth of information on everything under the sun - quicker than looking in an encyclopedia - gives good advice, and provides hours fun, together with days out, charity works, driving holidays and new friends to be made. (read more)
★★★★★
“Great site”
Written on: 14/01/2013
PH is a lovely place to be. Like all sites, the forums do contain the odd muppet but there are also captains of industry, scientists, engineers, real supercar owners, police and professionals kicking about, all united by a common interest in motoring. Sure, the news items are sometimes a little behind the Twittersphere, some of the 'in jokes' are tiring, but it's all outweighed by the overall positives of being able to shoot the sh*te in the constant company of like-minded boys and girls. (read more)
★★★★★
“Simply Great”
Written on: 14/01/2013 by jdwcd
Great site, great people. Been a member for 6 years now, Met a lot of decent people and made some great friends through the forums and enjoyed many car runs and events, The end of year PH knees up is something not to be missed either. Theres something for everyone to enjoy on this site and the classifieds are just brilliant even if its just to look at some exotica. Dont be shy Give it a try!!!! (read more)
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★★★★★
“The best UK Car Site”
Written on: 14/01/2013
've been a member now for 10 years or so, the site goes from strength to strength, the new classifieds in particular is very good, much better than Autotrader. (read more)
★★★★★
“Best Car site on the web”
Written on: 14/01/2013
One of the longest standing and best car sites on the web, good articles and an excellent classified system. The forums are huge and full of helpful advice. I'm hooked (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“AVOID! Worst place to sell your car online”
Written on: 02/04/2012
I really wish I never had the misfortune to try and advertise my car on Pistonheads. Created a very detailed advert, with the maximum number of photos allowed, that gave way more detail than other adverts I'd seen on the site (complete dates for services, scans of receipts etc). Out of 14 responses I got, most were from people saying "wots the best price m8" or "my brother says he's seen a similar car for less money" (well go and buy that one then!). The remaining people were asking... (read more)
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Written on: 09/04/2012
What a load of tosh! I always use pistonheads as I find autotrader full of time wasting dreamers.
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★☆☆☆☆
“Pistonheads must be one of the worst car sites around....”
Written on: 26/04/2011
Pistonheads must be one of the worst car sites around. Full of boring people who are obsessed with the cars and believe they are the only good drivers around.
if you want snobbery, racism, stereotyping at its worst this is the site for you.
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★★★★★
“I advertised my car and paid for it on auto trader for...”
Written on: 25/04/2011 by andrewcropper (3 reviews written)
I advertised my car and paid for it on auto trader for 2 months with no avail.
I was recommended this site by a friend who had sold oin it before. I was selling a seat leon cupra so it was a bit sporty so kind of appropriate.
I placed the ad on Friday night for free and someone has bought it cash sunday morning. There were only a few cars of my type on there so thats why i think it went, around 30 i bet not the 100 that were on the bigger sites
No hassle and i used the free option
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★☆☆☆☆
“Pistonheads has to be one of the worst sites on the...”
Written on: 23/03/2011
Pistonheads has to be one of the worst sites on the internet. Half arsed journalism which just reprints press releases and a forum run by self important idiots, full of fantasists and chancers. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“A sad little site for the sort of people you would...”
Written on: 17/03/2011
A sad little site for the sort of people you would avoid at all costs in real life. Full of saddos arguing about cars they will never own,criticisng others driving, when you know they are the idiot who just undertook you.
Populated by blokes with no friends or girlfriends ever, so just argue about pieces of metall whilst swearing at each other, bit like a group of 13 yaer olds.
A site best avoided, so many better car ones out there.
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★☆☆☆☆
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Written on: 19/02/2011
An awful site full of bullies and sad men with no life and naff cars, they all talk as thought they own Ferraris when in fact they all really drive Fiestas
Find a decent site to talk about cars on!!
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★☆☆☆☆
“Pistonheads is turgidly dull, full of overgrown...”
Written on: 29/11/2010
Pistonheads is turgidly dull, full of overgrown schoolboys obsessing about which car they will finance themselves up to the eyeballs with next.
The so called journalism is merely postings of company pr releases, and the classifieds full of over priced junk.
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★★★★★
“Great site for people passionate about cars. It seems...”
Written on: 17/11/2010 by hawk19 (4 reviews written)
Great site for people passionate about cars. It seems to serve people with all tastes within the sport car market. Although tends to be more popular with younger drivers (almost boy racer types).
Good information on the site about the motoring industry. It has a good classifieds section where you can advertise your car. The best thing about the classifieds section is that its a great place to go if you are looking to buy a sportier car.
Cool site, would recommend.
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★☆☆☆☆
“The site is full of people obsessed with flaunting...”
Written on: 13/10/2010
The site is full of people obsessed with flaunting their wealth and possessions.
The majority of people on it are fantasist's who believe they are god's gift to the world, avoid at all cost.
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★☆☆☆☆
“Pistonheads is made up of people obsessed with cars,...”
Written on: 19/07/2010
Pistonheads is made up of people obsessed with cars, yet drive around in cheap bangers.
The discussion forums are like venturing into a cafe full of white van man, bigoted views and swearing are the norm, if you dare to disagree with anything on the site you will be roundly abused and then banned.
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★★★★★
“I've been a keen user of the Pistonheads website for a...”
Written on: 28/10/2008
I've been a keen user of the Pistonheads website for a while now. As a car enthusiast this website is perfect for me to get info and swap ideas with other car fans.
I use the information pages to find loads of information on cars - it can be useful for work and play!
This website is fully recommended by me!
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★★★★★
“I've been a keen user of the Pistonheads website for a...”
Written on: 28/10/2008 by Higgs Boson (5 reviews written)
I've been a keen user of the Pistonheads website for a while now. As a car enthusiast this website is perfect for me to get info and swap ideas with other car fans.
I use the information pages to find loads of information on cars - it can be useful for work and play!
This website is fully recommended by me!
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