Is it even worth buying owning or buying a vehicle anymore?

noclaf

I own my car outright and it's now firmly entrenched at "shed" status..alloys curbed, plenty of dings and scratches and whilst I could 'survive' without a car if I really needed to, as a carer to an elderly parent who has cognitive impairment I really need the car to take them to appointments..it would be a struggle without it. It also makes shopping that much easier and visiting family (pre covid/lockdown). I am probably doing 5-10 miles per week at the mo but the car has already more than paid me back(imo) considering how long I've had it..il run it till it dies though I suspect that might be a long time yet. If it does become unreliable then il get shot of it as there is always someone who appreciates a shed!

Belenus

Sky_ said:

My old, owned outright, car is sitting on the drive SORNed. 

Are you following good practice for that?

I don't know all the best advice but I think it includes leaving the handbrake off, trickle charging the battery occasionally, moving it occasionally by a foot or two so the same part of the tyres isn't always taking all the weight etc. Leave it in gear or chock the wheels so it can't move. 

Someone else will probably detail the best practices or google for it as I may not have that correct.

isplumm

Hi
Since COVID struck, I haven't done much driving - but where we live you need a car - my wife works for the NHS, so needs a car to get to work each day & I will need a car once lockdown is finished. It wasn't worth me SORNing it as tax is £20 a year.
Mark

Sky_

Belenus said:

Sky_ said:

My old, owned outright, car is sitting on the drive SORNed. 

Are you following good practice for that?

I don't know all the best advice but I think it includes leaving the handbrake off, trickle charging the battery occasionally, moving it occasionally by a foot or two so the same part of the tyres isn't always taking all the weight etc. Leave it in gear or chock the wheels so it can't move. 

Someone else will probably detail the best practices or google for it as I may not have that correct.

Thanks, I know the advice but been unable to put it into practice for various reasons so I'll have to take brake/wheel/tyre repairs on the chin once I'm ready to put it back on the road.  

Jenni_D

Definitely try to park without the handbrake on (e.g. use bricks or whatever to stop the car rolling). My Dad had that problem with a previous car after he changed jobs and got a company car ... his old car was sat on the drive with the HB on for a reasonable length of time. When he came to sell it he had a heck of a job trying to free up the brakes - the pads had "glued" themselves to the discs.