feeling peer pressure driving my old banger

Crabman

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Only problem with older cars/bangers is you are more likely to get stopped by the police. Simply because they see old car = unroadworthy.

I ran out of fuel last week in my 15 year old Megane and 2 passing police cars stopped by to check me out. I doubt that would have happened if I was in a 2 year old Mondeo.

If you ran out of fuel, statistically there's a higher chance you'd also have forgotten to sort out insurance, keep the vehicle in a roadworthy condition or maintain your licence. Also not everyone looks after a vehicle as they should and so as a vehicle ages, the probability of an issue increases.

Absolutely not suggesting that any of the above is the case for you at all - just offering a possible explanation as the police wouldn't have known much when they first saw your vehicle at the side of the road.