To not give 2 hoots that I drive an old banger? Lighthearted

[Goingthedistance]

More times than I can recall: I've heard the clucking of dropping jaws; witnessed sage shakings of heads; caught sympathetic looks....all because of the 'shed' I drive!!!

FWIW I don't give two hoots about anyone else's car either. They can drive and take pride in the fanciest wheels money can buy - good for them. Or the scuzziest banger like me - I'm sure there are reasonable reasons. Mine are wholly sentimental.

BUT DON'T JUDGE ME ON THE CAR I DRIVE!!!

thank you for letting me get that off my chest

I drive an old banger too OP. I like it and it's very reliable. I don't care what anyone else drives any more than I car what make of washing machine they use.

Yes what sort of shed? I've driven loads too. Rather proud of it.

Is it a datsun sunny?

Because a car is not simply a means to get from A to B, dontcha know. It's a status symbol/a medium for posing/a statement of who you are/whatever. I drove a shit fiesta for years and it was the only car to ever make it out of our village in bad snow without needing dug out/pushed/towed all the way. I miss it even though it was a bit shit.

my car is battered and old.

It was given to me by my aunt and uncle last year when they bought a newer car. So generous and I was very touched. I couldn't afford a car, even 2nd hand, but I really needed one to make life little easier.

People can judge me all they want, I will judge right back - you usually find they're a little touchy when it comes to their pride and joy on wheels (like the road rage incident where a vile man was absolutely horrible to me so I screamed at him for driving a "hairdresser's" car*)

I think the type to judge some one on the car they drive are few and far between, thankfully.

My car can be parked anywhere, safe from thieves and if it gets a bump or a scratch or a dent - meh, what's another one!? It now has extra sentimental value as my uncle passed away, unexpectedly, earlier in the year. So to me, it's irreplaceable.

*no offence to hairdressers, he was a male chauvinist and I went for an easy yet painful jibe.

I drive an old shed too, but people don't say anything about it (to my face). 2000 Ford Puma, rusty and beaten up. I could afford a newer car (and have) but I got tired of coming back to find dents and scrapes left by various scrotes all over it. Oddly this one seems to get left alone. When it breaks or dissolves I will buy another old shed.

Robin Reliant?

No such car

It depends what it is. I personally hate driving old bangers as I've broken down too many times.

Owllady- I had a Datsun sunny, loved that car. And you could start it with a piece of cutlery should you lose the key!! Hahah.

I'm very fond of my 2002 Seat Leon. But it really does feel like it is on its last legs

Tell us what it is so we can all point and loff

Says it all when you start a datsun sunny with a fork :o

The newer the car the safer it is. I hate all this reverse snobbery about new cars. A lot of the older ones crumple like tin cans on impact. Not what I want me and my kids in.

Never judge anyone on their car, just get sick of the judgment for buying a newer one (still second hand ofc)

It ay a rover?

I don't think anybody is being judged for buying a new or newer car.

This is about people who may look down their noses at us who own old bangers.

Not everyone can afford a newer and crash-safer car..

Myself, I drive around town, rarely go on motorways (i tend to borrow my parents new and more reliable car for long journeys) .

I own a Peugot 307, 51 plate. It's ace.

Cost an awful lot to get through the MOT. Thank god for a loan from my mum!

Vauxhall Corsa. 2006. The first car I ever bought (second hand) and could afford.

Ten years on and I earn a salary that would more than justify an upgrade (stay with me, this isn't a stealth boast I promise...) but I love my old car. It represents a time of my life that I feel nostalgia towards. And I still have every scratch and dent it's ever experienced...