Ever kept a car until its 'died'?

AdrianC

Tobster86 wrote: »

What cars are these? If they're not sub £10k cars, I don't believe you.

Oh, I dunno. A combination of utter abuse and total lack of maintenance could get almost anything to that stage within three years.

Tobster86

AdrianC wrote: »

Oh, I dunno. A combination of utter abuse and total lack of maintenance could get almost anything to that stage within three years.

What I meant was, what cars are these that can be so controllably worn out faster than they depreciate?

peter12345678910

Had a ford estate where the engine blew up, cheap car got for £700 ten years old, had for 5 years about. Now I have a ford focus 15 years old, bought for 1 grand 5 years old on almost 115 000 miles. Still running well and over taking the new cars on the road and quiet running shell v-power through a 1.8 zetec.

Looked at the Skoda new car deal, but I may keep it till it passes away.

Retrogamer

I usually invest a fair bit of ££ in my cars in a combination of mods, enhancements and restoration / repairs.

I'd lose too much if i was to sell them on so i just keep them as well maintained as i can and i'm normally the last owner.

aeroblade

peter12345678910 wrote: »

running shell v-power through a 1.8 zetec.

Looked at the Skoda new car deal, but I may keep it till it passes away.

You're wasting your money running V-Power on an engine like that

motorguy

Pretty much every car i buy i say "right, this is a keeper" then down the line circumstances change and / or i get bored looking at it.

Of the two we have at the moment we'll probably keep the 370z for 3 years and although technically the Jag (2005 x type 2.2D sport estate) could last for years as a workhorse it'll probably get moved on in a year or two.

motorguy

aeroblade wrote: »

You're wasting your money running V-Power on an engine like that

+1

It neither wants, needs, nor can take advantage of the extra octane rating.

On the other hand, my Z takes it + an octane booster!

SeduLOUs

My Mondeo (54 reg, 1 previous owner) now has 250,000 miles on the clock, and saunters through it's MOT with either no advisories or minor ones that I usually sort.

Bits and pieces need doing here and there as you would expect from any car, but I'd probably only consider whether I should be scrapping when a repair job is going to cost >£500.

The car is only worth scrap value really, but it's looked after me, so I'm happy to keep looking after it until it dies on me or more likely the repair costs get too excessive bearing in mind the age of the car. I'll probably buy another cheap one when it finally kicks the bucket!

thistledome

Nearly all my cars I've bought for peanuts and run into the ground. I reckon it's the cheapest way to motor.

Paid £700 for my current car (26 years old) and 3 years on it's still passing it's MOT test. I have it serviced once a year

I had an identical model before this one and it gave me 8 years of virtually trouble free motoring before dying of rust at 22 years old.

I could have paid a few thousand pounds for a 6 year old Ford and then had loads of trouble and expense. I can run one of these german old 'uns for years on that kind of money.

Tobster86

It would be useful if people would state what make and model their amazing, everlasting cars are.