To ask what year your car is?

Built in sat navs were the biggest wastes of money going and I think this has been recognised and now replaced by Android Auto/Apple equivalent. They used to cost loads and were out of date really quickly unless you paid for an update.

In the absence of a phone link, I'd just get a good vent mounted bracket for your phone and save your money until your car does need replacing.

My car is very basic but it does have a dash mount that I can sit my phone in, which does the job. If you don't have bluetooth, you can get adapters that fit in the 12V socket.

Mine will be 20 this year! It's a solid Peugeot hatchback. I get it serviced at a Peugeot garage and they're happy with it.

DH has a fancy company car (2026) with loads of fancy features that we don't know how to turn off/on and that we don't need. It pulls the safety belt tight when a blade of grass touches it from the hedge. That's horrible.

2012 and 145,000 miles, I will keep it until 200,000 and then buy a 3-5 year old second hand.

Mine is 2013. Tiny, very basic runaround. Bought new as it cost under 7k (equivalent is nearly triple that now!) It's the second car and just used to nip around locally as i commute to London on the train. Touch wood its never really had anything wrong with it - the only time it failed an MOT was when the driver seat belt was a bit frayed. But then again it only has 18k miles on the clock after 13 years.

I'm a solicitor so have a good salary and could get a flash car on finance. People seem astonished that I don't but I have nearly zero interest in cars and this one costs hardly anything to run and insure, easy to park and zip around in, ulez exempt so handy for Heathrow drop offs. My son learnt to drive in it and I wasn't too worried about it getting a bit dinged up (he didn't though). I just think what's not to like? Why would I spend hundreds a month when this one does what I need. I'll keep it until it starts getting unreliable, then will get something newer but similar, probably a Yaris.

Husband car/ main family car is an S Max. I think it's 2015 but not sure. Has been very useful for uni runs and tip runs but it's done a lot more miles than mine (i also use it for longer journeys) and starting to need regular repairs. He's just inherited a bit of money so will probably replace it this year with something 1-2 years old and slightly smaller.

2014

2010 and I have always considered it my "nice"/ "fairly new" car since I inherited it haha.

2026, had it just over a month. It’s a company car, so gets replaced every 3 years.

You should ask who owns their car outright and then consider if you want to be in x amount of debt to fit in.

I’ve always gone for older cars as they are a fraction of the cost and if well maintained will be plenty reliable enough. I also keep them going until they really aren’t worth fixing.

ive had to replace my previous car last year and went a second hand car with low mileage. I’ll keep it for about 10 years based on previous cars (ie until I reach about 200.000 miles and repair costs go up).

I feel the same than you @Hairy09
I don’t understand why you’d be that keen on the newest car etc..

My car is really old but it's in good nick and I love it!
Who cares how old your friends cars are?
If you like your own car it really doesn't matter.
If you aspire to have a newer car there are lots of finance options and you could probably make it happen if you really want to.
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2016 currently looking to get a newer one as it’s starting to have some issues now it’s a decade in .
It’s been fab and reliable goes like a wee bomb
I’m well off and could buy a brand new car anytime but not car minded . An old but great car is like classic clothing it’s a cool thing !

2006 😂

1x 2019 19-reg (owned since Dec 2021)
1x 2020 20-reg (owned since Sep 2023)

Both will be driven until uneconomic to keep going. Plus we like them.

2 x 2018. One of them is however a porsche SUV and will keep going forever. It's engine is still perfect. The other (mine) is a fiat 500 so battered it looks like it's been used as a football by the porsche and other local SUVs. I could care less.

3 car household
1 x 19 plate
2 x 69 plates

2022. The one or replaced was 2011 which we had for a LONG TIME...

Me too. I usually look for whatever car my great local garage recommends as most reliable and cheapest to fix/run (it's usually a Ford).

One- 2021
One- 2026

Also I hate new cars I like ones with as less tech as possible

Me 21 DH 66 (16)

I really don’t care what year people’s cars are.

2017

Some people are car people, some aren't. Some people are status obsessed (big house, good postcode, flash car, designer labels), others couldn't give a fuck.

I'm the second. As are my friends. Some of them have better cars than me. If they started banging on about cars / personalised plates / designer labels I wouldn't be friends with them. Too many differences between us.

In our house we have

2017
2016
2015

Same as a few previous posters, we tend to buy mine & husbands cars when they are a few years old, around the 5 year mark & just keep them running for as long as possible.

Our sons car we bought a bit older to start with, it's only a very small run around car, will hopefully last long enough to get him through uni & then pass down to his brother to learn to drive in & have for when he is at uni.

Both mine & my husbands cars have ticked over the 100,00 mark now & are thankfully both still going strong.

Mine is 2019. I prefer to buy outright at 2-3 years old and sell at 6-7 years old. Probably due a change soon but I actually really like my current car so I’ll probably keep it a year or two more.

I live on a tight lane where there’s lots of driving in hedges to let others past so a shiny new car would be wasted on me!

Mine dates back to 2008! I really don't get the love for new cars, generally speaking, and especially not when people boast about them. Tbh I find modern cars overly complicated in lots of ways and am not in any hurry to upgrade, even though newer cars do have some features I'd quite like my car to have.