What older cars do you notice on the road

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I saw a Daimler SP250 a while back, the only one I've ever seen other than the one in my 1965 Observer's Book of Automobiles

BeenThroughItAll

gilberto wrote: »

Funny you say this because there are plenty of old BMWs and Mercedes on the road. There are also many old VWs (I would imagine the 1.9tdi). I never ever see a 90s Ford or Vauxhall or a French car on the road but definitely see old German cars about

You should open your eyes more. Lots of Peugeot 405s and 406s still around, plenty of Citroen Xantias, Saxos, ZXs and Xsaras. Still see hundreds of old Vectras and a few Cavaliers, there's no end of Mk3 and Mk4 Astras around, as are there plenty of Fiestas, Mondeos and Kas from the 1990s.

Perhaps you only see what you want to see. Or maybe you're just posting for the sake of it? I don't know.

interstellaflyer

gilberto wrote: »

Funny you say this because there are plenty of old BMWs and Mercedes on the road. There are also many old VWs (I would imagine the 1.9tdi). I never ever see a 90s Ford or Vauxhall or a French car on the road but definitely see old German cars about

May be in your fantasy Gran Turismo world, in the real world old Vectra's, Astra's, Corsa's, Zafira's, Scenic's, Zara Picasso's and Clio's are 2 a penny, I also see plenty of mid 90's to early 2000's Focus's, Mondeo's, Fiesta's and Ka's

Franz_Ferdinand

gilberto wrote: »

Maybe where I'm from (South East England) everyone has scrapped their old Fords/Vauxhalls cars. I can't remember the last time I saw a Ford Escort, Vauxhall Cavalier or even a 90s Mondeo. I do actually see some old citreons and Peugeot come to think of it

I saw a Cavalier yesterday 1993 L reg 1.7TD. I bet the old boy driving it doesn't have problems with short journeys.

I see plenty of Capris, Escorts and Sierras.

phoenix_w

interstellaflyer wrote: »

May be in your fantasy Gran Turismo world, in the real world old Vectra's, Astra's, Corsa's, Zafira's, Scenic's, Zara Picasso's and Clio's are 2 a penny, I also see plenty of mid 90's to early 2000's Focus's, Mondeo's, Fiesta's and Ka's

Same here. See loads of old ka's, clio's and astras still on the road, and quite a lot of old Japanese import people carriers and shoguns (typically P & R reg) - I'm quite boring in informing my other half which city in Japan they were purchased when I see their cool dealership stickers still attached :-)

Felt old the other day when I was explaining how pleased I was being the first of my friends to get a car with an automatic choke and only half the people ever remembered using them...

Franz_Ferdinand

I've also seen a few BMW 325i's knocking about all 80's one and I remember them being the cars to have then. The one thing that strikes me is how square the back screen is, imo it really dates it now.

MikeWhite

gilberto wrote: »

Maybe where I'm from (South East England) everyone has scrapped their old Fords/Vauxhalls cars. I can't remember the last time I saw a Ford Escort, Vauxhall Cavalier or even a 90s Mondeo. I do actually see some old citreons and Peugeot come to think of it

Ha ha! I'm in the SE and my '98 Vectra is out and about nearly every day.
I keep looking for Sierra's but never spot one.

NBLondon

I don't usually notice unless it's approaching classic territory. I do see my old 1999 MK1 Focus from time to time and one of my neighbours has a T plate BMW 5-series. Most interesting car I've seen in the last few weeks is a Frontline LE http://www.frontlinedevelopments.com/vehicle/mg-le50/ in Central London.

ratrace

Ive got a bmw e34 520i auto that is a weekend driver 98k on the clock
regret it now but sold a few e30's in the past for peanuts but now they worth a good few grand, an old boy near me had a 325 m-tech 1 which he sold for £8,000 last year wish i bought it but didn't have storage at the time

Joe_Horner

Franz_Ferdinand wrote: »

I saw a Cavalier yesterday 1993 L reg 1.7TD. I bet the old boy driving it doesn't have problems with short journeys.

I see a '93 / '94 L reg BMW 525TD every day when I get in it to go to work. Does that count?