AIBW - AM I BEING WEIRD??

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I have a new car!! WAHOO!!

But I feel so guilty to get rid of my old one. Like I have a personal attachment. "She" was my first car and has served me well but she is old and needs so much work doing which is worth more than the car itself. I brought a new one today and I feel so guilty.

My new car is on the drive. Full clean and service. NIce, shines and smug.

OLd car is on the road looking so sad.

My OH thinks I am weird for feeling so strongly about a car however it is only worth scrap as it is very old and falling apart.

I was just wondering is it just me or do other people ever feel like this? They have names too!!

Not weird. DH was sad when we got rid of our loyal old car. Was sad he didn't get to say goodbye.

I have cried over trading cars in and had a restless first night worrying about what might happen to them. Utterly pathetic I know but still...

YANBW. I always feel guilty when I move on from a car, especially the rather lovely, ruby red Renault 5 GTX I once had. I confess that every now & then I try to track it down, but with no success. The dealership I exchanged my last car with, told me that a lovely older man, who had a picture framing service, bought it and loved it, so that made me very happy.

Not weird.

I've lost count of how many cars i've/we've had.

Some were named and very sad to let go, others were utter twats, that I couldn't wait to see the back of.

At the mo got 2 lovely cars, and a rusty sports car thats not moved in 3 years
an old work horse banger, that will definitely be end of the line come MOT time sadly and newish car.

Not weird. My old car, Zak, is on the drive waiting to be scrapped. He's making a funny noise, needs quite a lot of work doing, even we buy any car don't really want him :( So Zak will be scrapped, but I just can' bring myself to do it just yet. Soon.

The new shiny Fred looks rather smug parked beside poor old Zak. Fred works beautifully, and is only 3 years old so has a long life ahead of him.

Not at all. I still miss my beloved first car - I look up her numberplate a couple of times a year to make sure she's still taxed and being used.
I still feel like I abandoned her.

I've had my current car two and a half years and we don't have the same bond - I didn't even make a cake for his birthday this year. I always used to do that.

We had a landrover called Brian. i couldn't be there when he was sold. I loved that car.

I basically relate to my car as if it is a horse from Black Beauty.

I had a Ford Fiesta.. called Daisy.. My first car, loved it! When I bought my Audi I couldn't stand the thought of getting rid of daisy.. she sat on the street for 3 months before I decided to sell her. I thankfully see her around town once in a while (sad I know!) 🚗

If you're weird then I'm weirder - I have a pretty new car that I'm intending to love forever and ever and ever and hearing everyone's first car stories is making me feel teary on their abandoned cars' behalfs....!

Lots of people attribute human feelings to inanimate objects. We have to treat other people as humans like us without really knowing whether they actually have the subjective experiences that we do. Some of us generalise this to other things especially objects that interact with us such as cars or PCs.

A bit weird IMO but each to their own .

If you'd like the demise of your old car to be of some social use (and don't need any potential cash yourself) then check out Give a Car - they take the old car away for resale or scrap and any money generated (less their costs) goes to the charity of your choice! We've bought a new (to us) car today and are going to use this to send the old one on its way.

Nah. I'm always like this even though I love the new one.

YANW!

I had to scrap my beloved Fiat in April after almost a decade together. I was only her second owner, she never let me down and still looked ok but was finally beyond economic repair according to my trusted mechanic. I drove her onto the weighbridge at the scrapyard and felt so guilty.

As other said, it's the memories

I fried so much when we part exchanged my fiat 500 that I bought from new, that I had to leave the dealers and go to the coop and buy a box of tissues.

I actually cried when I got home from handing over my 1st car for px on a new one-still wish I'd been able to keep it as well as new one...

I cried as the scrap man towed away my beloved but utterly knackered fiesta, he was 17yrs old and I'd had him for 11yrs.

Longer (and more reliable) than any man!

YANBW at all!!! I LOVE my car Marvin and will never get rid of him. Even when he's elderly and chuggy (he's getting there), he'll always have a place on my drive. Dont do it OP

NiceCuppaTeaAndASitDown had no idea you could do such a thing. Just looked up my old Renault and alas it is no longer. So sad.

Loved all of the replies and read them all.

Love all the names given an "he" and "she".

I can totally relate to kids objects to. My son has a "blankey" which I could never imagine losing as I gave it him when he was born.

Household object... hmmm... not so much but the headboard made me laugh so much!

I have upgraded my old model for the newer model even though it's not the newest. I cannot afford a finance car so it is old anyway. Lovely but old.

Love all the stories on this and everyone else's story about their cars too!!!

I've cried over almost every car I've had to get rid of (almost every - not you, you know who you are).
Sold my last car to someone who was going to do her up instead of for scrap and I hope she's happy she was a loyal workhorse.
Don't love my new car even though it's lovely to drive, pretty to look at and has air con. I actually made a conscious decision to not get emotionally involved or give it a name, don't even know the number plate. Weird.

My last car is now 17 years old and has sat on my garden for 6 months..We got a new car in November and have only driven her a few times since but cant bear to get rid of her yet..

I'm tempted to keep her as a giant garden ornament

I got my new car 3 months ago, I had to take a pic of the old one. She was my first brand new car that I ever got.

Someone brought my old yellow. That pleases me.

You are not alone.
I've had 'Poda' the red Fiat Cinquecento (Sporting) came with alloy wheels and an ashtray
'TJ' (Timothy James Williams when his head gasket went)
'Doodles' the Metro who I never trusted after its brakes failed.
'Norman' the Volvo who was old and tired but who had heated seats
The PT Non Cruiser otherwise known as the ' Polished Turd' an ancient Renault Megane Scenic.

And many more...