End of the road price bracket?

strawb_shortcake

fred246 said:

I don't get this thread at all. A car is a collection of components expertly put together in a factory. If a component fails you need to carefully dismantle and replace the component and carefully reassemble. Cars treated this way can last forever. Unfortunately if you take a car to a garage they break other parts, don't do anything carefully and throw parts in the bin that they can't be bothered to put back. Cars treated like that won't last long.

Just like Trigger's broom....

fred246

I drive cars whose value is less than £1000 for years. Everything works perfectly on them. If it doesn't I fix the problem. Incredibly reliable.

Ganga

Hunyani_Flight_825 said:

fred246 said:

I don't get this thread at all. A car is a collection of components expertly put together in a factory. If a component fails you need to carefully dismantle and replace the component and carefully reassemble. Cars treated this way can last forever. Unfortunately if you take a car to a garage they break other parts, don't do anything carefully and throw parts in the bin that they can't be bothered to put back. Cars treated like that won't last long.

Fred what do you do if you break a leg, watch a youtube video, get a couple of dods of wood and strap it up or go to A&E?

Fred does not trust garages or hospitals ,long live Youtube. 

HansOndabush

fred246 said:

I drive cars whose value is less than £1000 for years. Everything works perfectly on them. If it doesn't I fix the problem. Incredibly reliable.

The most I've ever spent on a car is £1,000 in over 45 years of motoring and that is with annual mileages of between 6K and 18K miles over the period.

Grumpy_chap

HansOndabush said:

The most I've ever spent on a car is £1,000 in over 45 years of motoring and that is with annual mileages of between 6K and 18K miles over the period.

£1k in 1975 is about £9k now.  Enough for a nice car.

fred246

There is obviously a small minority of cars that are now we'll looked after. If you manage to get one you can have years of good service from a sub £1000 car. The great difficulty is picking that car out from a sea of neglected cars.

HansOndabush

Grumpy_chap said:

HansOndabush said:

The most I've ever spent on a car is £1,000 in over 45 years of motoring and that is with annual mileages of between 6K and 18K miles over the period.

£1k in 1975 is about £9k now.  Enough for a nice car.

Yeah but back in 1975 to 1980 I paid £25 and £90 For my cars. It's only been as high as £1000 more recently. My most recent car cost £550 and I've had that nearly 3 years and 2 mots.

Goudy

I don't get this thread at all. A car is a collection of components slapped together in a factory by disinterested communist. If a component fails you need to carefully fob the owner off and replace no components while willfully hoping it rains and the car will dissolve in a puddle of rust. Lancia's treated this way will last roughly a fortnight.

Herzlos

fred246 said:

There is obviously a small minority of cars that are now we'll looked after. If you manage to get one you can have years of good service from a sub £1000 car. The great difficulty is picking that car out from a sea of neglected cars.

Yeah, there's a lot of have-a-go mechanics bodging stuff together at home and then you've got no idea if any of it is done properly

fred246

Well I have got all the qualifications and experience that a mechanic needs. That is none whatsoever. The difference is I only work on my car and I drive it so I make sure the job is done properly. Most cars have owners with no interest and occasionally they take them to a garage that aren't interested either.