What year is your car?

[ariesalien]

Curiosity question. Mine is 2005 and I'm just starting to feel anxious that it's completely on its last legs - how old is seen as 'very old' now (from someone who knows literally f* all about cars?)

66 - 2016. 60k skoda yeti. It’s had a bit spent on it this year and needs some
expensive routine maintenance soon but I’ve only got a few payments left on it and I intend to keep it for at least the next five years.

2009 and just passed its MOT without issue (one advisory) unlike last year which was expensive!.

2013 has under 40,000 on the clock. DF bought his VW new in 2010 and is still driving it, that has even lower mileage. I won't lease/finance a car. Current one cost about £6.5k in early 2019

Don't have a car at the moment. Horsebox is 1998.

2012 and very reliable. Love my Volvo. Done about 54000, I've done about 30k since I've had it.

Only big expense is tyres really. < touch wood >

66 plate and only 40000 miles so at least another 5 years before I consider changing.

Two family cars, both 09 plates. Between them they have done over 250k (I think one is at 140k and the other 120k). Both passed last MOT easily, though we recently spend £1k on a new clutch for mine, which felt like a bit of a gamble.

We tend to buy 5/6 year old cars outright and run them into the ground. I'd like a newer car in some ways, but I know we wouldn't take very good care of it, and I do like not having to be precious about the bodywork or interior. DH is a reasonably senior manager at an NHS hospital and had the CEO tell him that his car was a bit of an embarrassment for someone at his level in the organisation (he chose to think she was joking!).

Hoping these two get through at least another year, but then we might need a bit of a change anyway as eldest DD will be able to learn to drive and we'll need something little and cheap to insure.

As long as you service the cars, and get things like timing belts/chains changed at the proper mileage, it should serve you well.

Obviously things like brake pads/discs/tyres need constant monitoring as they do wear and tear. So do clutches. A car can last donkeys years before giving up if it’s properly looked after. The biggest thing is to check the oil and other fluid levels regularly.

I’ve seen 3 cars in the last week whose engines have blown up because they ran out of oil. (One as recent as 2019!)

(Work in the vehicle trade)

1968
1973
1975
1999 -all British and low mileage pampered like babys
2005 -German large diesel estate. Barely run in at 155k would happily drive anywhere.

Love them all dearly and don't intend on parting with any of them