New Peugeot advert. What the mileages really mean...

harveybobbles

Are you enjoying the new Pug advert...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn9f2QagCpQ




Want to know what the mileages really mean...?

harveybobbles

mikey72

They last longer now.

I wonder what the Vauxhall "warranty for life" means?

I've got my 67 car I take to rallies.

Could you really take a 44 year old Zafira to a classic car rally in 2055, and it was still under warranty?
(Well, I probably couldn't, I'd be dead, but say my kid bought one now, and kept it?)

Lum

mikey72 wrote: »

They last longer now.

I wonder what the Vauxhall "warranty for life" means?

It means it lasts the lifetime of the car.

In other words, as soon as your car is dead, the warranty expires.

mikey72

Lum wrote: »

It means it lasts the lifetime of the car.

In other words, as soon as your car is dead, the warranty expires.

Like I said then, classic car rally in 2055, still under warranty.
(but to be honest, I thought it was my lifetime, not the cars, otherwise my kids, kids could have a Zafira under warranty in 2155)

Lum

Not really. All they need to do is say the car is expected to last 10 years and then it's end of life.

Most new cars seem to be designed to last 6 years these days

Red_Cat

A few of my friends used to drive diesel Pug 205s, registered from 1990 to 1992 (H to K plate) and easily did 150,000 miles in them. They graduated to 306 diesels only a few years ago, so these cars did have quite long lives of 15 years plus.

mikey72

Lum wrote: »

Not really. All they need to do is say the car is expected to last 10 years and then it's end of life.

Most new cars seem to be designed to last 6 years these days

Erm, no.

mikey72

Red_Cat wrote: »

A few of my friends used to drive diesel Pug 205s, registered from 1990 to 1992 (H to K plate) and easily did 150,000 miles in them. They graduated to 306 diesels only a few years ago, so these cars did have quite long lives of 15 years plus.

The Vauxhall is limnited to 100,000 miles, but no time expiry.
They do have the opt-out to scrap for an agreed value if the car can't be repaired though.

Nilrem

Lum wrote: »

Not really. All they need to do is say the car is expected to last 10 years and then it's end of life.

Most new cars seem to be designed to last 6 years these days

Damn those Kia's are looking more and more appealing with their relatively cheap prices, and 7 year warranties

I've actually got one that is 7+ years old now and it's still going strong (to date the only non consumable repairs have been a wheel bearing and suspension bushes).

I don't doubt many new cars won't be as economically viable for as long as older ones were for the simple reason many of them have much more complex systems than used to be the case (electrics, more advanced brakes etc) so are less able to be repaired at home/without specialised equipment or knowledge, but I don't think they are only designed to last quite as little as 6 years, certainly not the brands that are offering 5+ year warranties as standard.

kennethmason79

whatever you are buying see the quality and durability of the thing which you are going to buy by investing your precious dollars...:)It should be useful, too..