Old Cars

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I don't know about other areas of the country, but around here there seems to be alot less old cars (10 year+) on the roads as there was in the 90s. Back then you would regularly see 15 year old bangers on the road but not now.

Bob_the_Saver

Deleted_User wrote: »

I don't know about other areas of the country, but around here there seems to be alot less old cars (10 year+) on the roads as there was in the 90s. Back then you would regularly see 15 year old bangers on the road but not now.

Mine's 31 years old, it's just had a birthday :beer:

Strider590

It's because:

a) cars are marketed and designed to last 3-5 years.... But as you mentioned, years ago it was 10-15 years.

b) we (society) now believe that if we don't have a new car every 12 months then we're "nobodies".

c) if the car goes wrong... We buy a new one rather than brave the dodgy garages to get the current one fixed.
(I think b and c are the two biggest influences)

motorguy

A lot of these cars went to scrappage and society has been blinkered into believing you must drive a new / fresh / modern car.

Having said that, i've just bought myself a tasty 14 year old mr2 as a weekend car. Well pleased. Very 'old school' compared to modern day euro boxes (like my passat!!)

HannahIOW

Also don't forget the scrappage scheme, that got rid of tons of old cars.

Inactive

HannahIOW wrote: »

Also don't forget the scrappage scheme, that got rid of tons of old cars.

Indeed, many that were OK as well.

Lirin

None of my cars are under 8 years old- in fact, one just celebrated it's 14th birthday. It routinely attracts comments as the bodywork's immaculate on it- it's also my daily driver.
Cars are hobbies in our household, and I'd prefer something I can actually repair without having to use Dataloggers and OBD setups.

maninthestreet

I have a 46 year old car.

AlwaysPondering

Agree with a number of reasons above..

A simple fault on a more modern car, needs an ECU say £300 and to be coded to the vehicle say £50.. and it's time for the car to go to the scrap yard.

That added to the 000's of good cars that have been scrapped under the silly scrapage scheme last year..

I too am after a cheap £500 quid car.. only want it for a few months whilst we look around for something else.. but they seem few and far between..

I guess this is want they call progress.. but I'm not convinced

daveyjp

The reality is new/relatively young cars cars aren't as expensive in terms of proportion of salary needed to buy and run one as they used to be.

emmell

I'm taking my 20 year old Mini for an MOT tomorrow, so someone might see me on the road in an old car.
ML.