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

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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 cheated and put a private plate on an older car. No one knows the true age then. Love my skoda. 9th one owned by the family. They just keep going

Edit: we're now closer to 60. Our other car is a 107 with 95000 on it; they don't break either.

Fuck off Derek I bloody love my Volvo V70. Dents, cracks, the lot

I used to be a car fan. At one point I had £120k worth of cars sat on my drive (shared between me and DH)

I got fed up of pissing money away and bought my 15 year old Volvo. I fucking LOVE her. Love love love twatting her around the countryside and not giving a shiny shite.

In fact I'm just sat here while baby naps, online shopping for an old Land Rover 90.

New cars are crap.

disgrace 300,000 miles? Novice. I'm getting my Volvo to half a mil. Watch me

My 97 Nissan micra is still going strong, changing it in the near future but only because we are going to need a 7 seater, and our other car is 11 years old.

That's not an old banger! My car is 2002 and I wouldn't call it an old banger. Only 53,000 on the clock (London). Windscreen wipers are horribly squeaky though and the steering column has developed a crunching sound. Still, it passes its MOT more often than not.

Older cars are fine safety wise, assuming you aren't driving something so old it has no belts and a spike on the steering wheel. In fact that is safer as it makes people drive more carefully. Remember that airbags were introduced because Americans refused seatbelts.

Car safety is 90% about the driver. Or unfortunately the other driver but pay attention and you can do quite a lot to avoid them . round here most big crashes are single vehicle, and the safest armoured tank won't stop that.

I never understand why people even care about cars. The richest people I know drive the worst cars you can imagine, but there might be an Aston Martin also parked in their garage. I do find it funny when I see an enormous and sparkling Range Rover parked in the drive of a tiny terraced house, so I am probably more judgmental towards flashy cars. All I ask of mine is to be reliable, safe and have as much boot space as possible.

That's not an old banger! I have a 1999 Toyota - now THAT is an old banger. But I love it :)

EatShitDerek Was your grandad' scar "dysentery beige" ?

My best friend's dad at junior school had a dysentery beige larda estate. We sat in the boot and bounced over the potholes, banging our heads on the back window

I do judge people on their cars. Total inverse snobbery. I'll allow sales reps etc special dispensation since they need to project a certain shallow successful image towards some potential customers!

We cried when mum's old banger had to be put down. So old and decrepit he couldn't even be used for organ donation

(Meaning went for scrap, not spare parts).

I love a real car. I had a gen6 Celica for years, got rearended at 30 mph and a tiny scratch on the bumper was the only mark on my car. The TT that hit me lost an eye. I still made them buy me a new bumper though.

I had to get rid because putting baby in the back was such a faff (3door hatchback) and bought an old style R plate Range Rover. Nice big safe mechanical car.

Nope... It was a computer on wheels. And it frequently said 'No ' like Walliams Secretary character. Bloody thing.

Now i drive a Mondeo. Its reliable. No character at all though. I am invisible.

My car has to be parked on the street and is likely to get broken into and scraped regularly, so might as well start with one that has dents in it (makes me so much more relaxed about parking!)
Our old car was actually given to us by snobby BIL who made a big thing about how he couldn't be bothered to flog his old car so we could have it. Were kind of hoping for him to cast off his current car but he wanted £1000s.

Current car is from 1997 but it's a 7-seater that drives really well and is great for moving stuff. The central locking is bust but apart from that it's as reliable as any newer car. We are saving up for a replacement as something is bound to go soon, but not in a hurry. I do find it quite amusing parking outside a posh hotel and seeing some other guests looking disdainfully at it! The staff have always been perfectly welcoming.

I have an old Honda.
Nothing makes me cringe more than a white 4x4. Don't ask me why.
It is the height of sophistication to drive an old banger around Paris. I don't remember why though.
Anywa at least I won't get car jacked.

We have a 1996 C-class Mercedes which somehow only has 60,000 miles on the clock and will therefore probably outlive us both. I know that at some point it won't make sense to keep - its monetary value must be under £500, so a major repair wouldn't make sense - but it is incredibly safe and a joy to drive on the highway.

It also seems to have at least one snail inhabitant, after a gardening trip a few weeks ago - I keep finding snail trails.

DP is after a new(er) car, so we went to a few high-end dealerships recently. Honestly, I got into and out of each car and just thought, Nope, ours is better. However irrational that sounds. We're both high earners but I just can't bring myself to part with the car.

Ha! People who look down their noses clearly don't live round here. Lots of people drive old sheds and live in perfectly normal looking houses that cost the best part of a million quid. Big, new ostentatious cars are sneered at as being too showy.

That's not that old. I was expecting you to say pre-2000's! I do get what you mean though. Both of my sisters lease cars and I'm constantly getting it fro my entire family "Oh but Joan can get you a good deal on a lease car! Includes insurance for a year!" No thanks.

We bought my 52 plate Astra 3 or 4 years ago for around £1200 IIRC, not a huge amount has gone into fixing it up and it'll be sold for around £3/400 in a couple of months before it's MOT. We could fix it and it'd go a few years longer but it's not got isofix, which we'll need soon!

We have a 57 or 58 plate Vectra as well which is nice and reliable (and has isofix!) and that'll go for at least another 5 years if kept maintained! That was under £2k as well.

Volvos are impressive. I remember my Mum had a (minor) accident in hers, the other car was one of the smaller cars, like a fiesta or corsa (can't remember exactly!) and I think it had to be written off as a whole corner of it caved in. Mum's volvo had barely a scratch. Luckily it was the other drivers fault as I suspect the insurance would have probably written it off!

DH's granddad has a super old Astra. It's been kept in a garage when not in use and it's very well looked after, he bought it new and it looks just as pristine as the day he bought it. I think it is circa-2000's but possibly a 90's car!

I'm with you OP. I love an old banger. I've only once had a new car, an MGF that somebody keyed and somebody else (presumably) slit the roof on with a sharp blade. 😞

My trusty focus gave up the ghost a week ago (cam belt went at 99,992 miles) and overuse bought a Mondeo for £500. Full service history, 50,000 miles, but with bodywork that looks like it's done a few laps of Arena Essex.

I could afford to buy something like a focus brand new, but that would involve spending savings, and I like to have savings, just in case.

I work with people who obsess over their cars (one is a DB9!) but I truly couldn't care less. I did have a classic camper van for years, but eventually sold it for 20 times what I paid for it in the 90's and paid a big wedge off the mortgage. Maybe the Mondeo will go the same way! 😂

I've just, not overuse ffs

My dad only drives skodas. This was in the 90's when they were more embarrassing than now. I hated it

Anyway I don't judge normal cars I ibly judge wanktastic Chelsea tractors I hate them. Especially the one that's larger than the big discovery which doesn't fit in parking spaces. A dad at my dc gymnastics class has one.

I like normal cars