Old Cars

skiddlydiddly

Personally I wouldn't buy a new car due to the massive depreciation.Plus I don't want to take out finance so will stick to buying older cars outright and driving them for a few years before changing.

worried_jim

iltisman wrote: »

There are a couple of pics here of the scrapage mountain, what a stupid policy that was.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=51126

There are some lovely cars in those pictures, not to sure about the pic of the guy taking a dump on a Jag. Ha Ha.

I drive a 13 year old Astra D which I paid £575 for, although I have spent about that much in the garage in the year I've owned it but to compensate for the cost I run it on old vegetable oil which I get for free from a restaurant. At £58 a fill at the pumps I have soon made my money back and am practically driving for free at the moment with just tax and insurance to pay for. Sure I would like a brand new car, but I don't half smile when I drive past a petrol station and see the prices.
I will make sure my next car will run for free again as well as I am now a convert to alternative fuels, no more fuel tax for me.

Shoshannah

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Probably in the minority, but I find the fact that there are very few 80's "classics" such as austin maestros/monetgos, renault 11's, ford sierra's/granadas/scorpios,fiat unos left on the road a good thing. Terrible decade for cars imo, bar one or two.

Beg to differ on some of these.

My two current Sierras are 23 and 18. The 18 year old is used daily including for work and I have never had one break down, ever. :T

The scrappage scheme was the biggest waste of decent cars ever and made a mockery of the government's insistence that we recycle everything.

anewman

I've spotted a Montego or two, I presume they must be repaired "at any cost" though and the average person would have scrapped them.

Even cars that are 15 years old now have ECU's and injectors as I believe they were required at that point (one of the reasons Ladas were no longer sold in the UK about that time), although they less often need all the coding, fettering, and immobiliser messing about on them that seems to rake loads of cash in for the dealers.

Lirin

I have never bought a car for more than 2k. I've had quite a few fast cars- including my current V6. I haven't seen anything that would inspire me to buy new- the depreciation's too high!

I'd rather buy an older car and upkeep it- most cars I would hold for an average of 7-10 years.... that said, I'm handy enough repairing/ servicing my own. I know there's plenty out there that can't tell the difference between their water and oil, and for them, possibly new with servicing would be a better deal.

anewman

Lirin wrote: »

I know there's plenty out there that can't tell the difference between their water and oil, and for them, possibly new with servicing would be a better deal.

Or a little education if they can bypass their ignorant beliefs that all they need to do with a car is go from a to b and the tyres will never need pumping up and the oil never needs checking even if the oil pressure light comes on while driving.

Rolandtheroadie

Lirin wrote: »

I have never bought a car for more than 2k. I've had quite a few fast cars- including my current V6. I haven't seen anything that would inspire me to buy new- the depreciation's too high!

I'd rather buy an older car and upkeep it- most cars I would hold for an average of 7-10 years.... that said, I'm handy enough repairing/ servicing my own. I know there's plenty out there that can't tell the difference between their water and oil, and for them, possibly new with servicing would be a better deal.

In recent times I've had 2 V8's and never paid over £650. Also enjoyed a couple of V6 rover 827's.

Down in Devon just now and love the amount of older (80's) cars I'm seeing in daily use. Sciroccos, Mk3 escorts,old fiestas, acclaims.
Seen some thing about montegos. Always wanted a turbo one. The alternative was the Maestro and locally to me theres 2 or 3 lying in a back garden.

Lirin

A v8 for 650- you've beat me Scotsman!

anewman- when i was a child, my mother had a flat tyre at work. Too ashamed to call the AA, whom she held membership with, she called my dad in the early hours of the morning to make a 70 mile round trip to change it for her.

The next morning at 0700, I was chucked out of bed to learn how to change one, and we did brakes as well that day- lucky I like cars!

I'm very inquisitive- used to take apart TV's and radio's when I was younger to see how they worked, and I can't understand how someone could fail to notice something wrong. The sound, vibration, feel of the engine- I know mine well.

custardy

i like this thread.am i posh with an 8 year old car?

Rolandtheroadie

Lirin wrote: »

A v8 for 650- you've beat me Scotsman!

Paid around £620 for a 3.5 rover sd1 and ran it for a year then got a 3.9 Range Rover 8 miles from the front door with 11 months MOT and some tax for £650.
In hindsight, I should have kept the engines.