To be so upset about my wee car?

[ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs]

Had my wee car for 15 years. She's nothing fancy, but she's been a great wee car (I have had several cars previously that have been a nightmare!) But she went for her MOT today and apparently is severely corroded, and the cost of repair is not feasible. I am irrationally upset. I love her so much and I dont WANT a new car (but will have to get one) DH doesn't get it- he changes his car every couple of years.
Am I a conplete nutter to be crying over a car, or has anyone else felt like this?

My partner traded in a car we had had for 8 years and I sat on the floor in the dealership and cried, I liked that car so much.

so, no, you aren’t alone!

(the dealer did somewhat desperately promise to find her a good home and actually rang me to tell me when she was sold! Poor man…!)

My very old car has a name and I often have to encourage him to keep going, praise him for his efforts etc.

Each MOT is fear-filled with 'is this the time he can't go on?

I've had my wee car since 2009 and I feel your pain! I dread the day my lovely garage man tells me it's got something that can't be fixed.

My previous car was my favourite and I couldn't imagine ever having another car. Until it tried to kill me! OK a bit dramatic but that's how it felt at the time... The alternator belt decided to shred whilst I was on a dual carriageway and I experienced a total loss of power - everything failed. I managed to coast it off the road into a (fortunately very close and down a slight slope) supermarket carpark, no mean feat considering I'd lost the power steering. When the AA arrived the guy said he'd never seen a belt shred that badly, especially as it had only been fitted the month before. He recovered me to a garage and it was fixed. But I couldn't trust it after that. Illogical and irrational I know. So I traded it in and have loved my current car for 10 years... So there can be love again after loss.

I though I would feel similarly about my car and flat out refused to sell it. I did have to eventually, it was really on it's last legs. Had my new car for 7 months now and no regrets.

Thank you! I feel less of a weirdo hearing this! My wee car is to be scrapped 😭. I have brought her home for the night to say my goodbyes.

This, exactly this! And this was the MOT that the dread came true! I know the poor mechanic well (he has been keeping her going for years) and I knew he would have been dreading calling me!

It’s funny, isn’t it? To get so attached to a heap of metal. But I do understand, if you’ve had a car a long time and it has given you good service then why not? it feels quite personal, to me anyway.
Some cars I have had I have thought ‘good riddance to you, you useless piece of scrap’ while others I have been quite sad to let go.
(Although not to the extent of sobbing on the floor of the dealership. Each to her or his own, though. You do you 😘)

I cried all afternoon once when my ex husband took my little car away to be sold. I was honestly bereft. That car had been in my life longer than he had. I was just about to give birth as well, so I perhaps cried a little longer than I ordinarily would have 😂.

We go through a lot together with our cars, sometimes it's just getting us home in shit weather safely, sometimes it's an exciting adventure to the beach for an ice-cream and to be shat on by a sea pigeon.

I felt like you about a previous car I had @ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs (cried in the garage too at the first bit of bad news ) but it was becoming SO problematic I was glad to be rid of it in the end. You might not like the slightly different something or other of your new car but you will get used to it and hopefully you'll have many happy miles in it 🚗

Oh 😥💔

We had to sell our beloved car last year as it just got too expensive to fix. I still miss it. A friend has a car which is the same make, model and colour and I feel sad when I see it! Youre not alone!

When my VW Bug got written off, I then discovered they had stopped manufacturing them. Heartbroken!
Now have a little Fiat 500 and love her. It was a hard change, but you will get used to it. Good luck in your hunt for a new car x

Maybe sometimes worth getting a second opinion / quote anytime you get that diagnosis e.g from a small coachbuilding repair workshop. What sounds like a huge issue can be fixable for a lot less than MOT testers might suggest. Obviously needs to be in reasonable nick otherwise / mechanically though. I got a first MOT failure for rust about 5 years ago, and just renewed the MOT again, 20+ years and looking good! A lot cheaper than getting a new car, and yes there's sentimental value too.

You’re definitely not the only one. I bloody love my little car. He’s 18 years old and every MOT is a nerve wracking event in case anything major is wrong with him. I always say thank you when we’ve been out just in case that keeps him hanging on in there.

DS has obviously inherited this trait as he was devastated recently when his car broke down and was beyond repair. He bought it with his own money when he passed his driving test five years ago. There were tears!

I cried so much when my beloved mini was sold, I hadn't driven her for ages (because I needed the 4x4 for horses) but I worshipped that car, and was promised by my arsehole ex that she was going to be worked on and loved by a friend of his.

She was left to rot and was eventually scrapped. I never got the money for her (arsehole ex) and I even gave him even more money to buy her back for me (which he just spent the money and didn't buy her back - did i mention my ex was an arsehole?)

Still think about little Maureen now 😢

Felt so bad when I drove my 25 year old VW to the low loader to be taken for scrap, started first time obligingly as it always did, felt like i was taking a pet to be put to sleep! All the memories of my children growing up and holidaying in it made me feel very sentimental. Got a new one as it had lasted so long and been so reliable, which I love, but I still feel guilty about my old one😔

Keep her! Let her rest in your garden and make a feature of her!

I've felt the same about cars. It's very hard to move on.

I did grasp this hope, but I do trust my mechanic (I think he was also sad to see her go!) Apparently her axle is so corroded its ready to snap. Repair is possible but £1000+.. and then something else could go next year.
Its crazy how you can get so attached to a car, but like others here (thank you all for making me feel less crazy!) I spoke to her all the time, telling her what a good girl she was, the prettiest car in the car park etc.
DH took me to look at new cars and I behaved like a toddler [embarrassed] - dont like these cars! Hate them all! Want [insert name]!
Dont feel ready, but acknowledge i need a car!
Any recommendations for a small, reliable, economic car??

I felt the same about my very first car, it was special to me. I passed my test in it and DH drove me to hospital in it to give birth to DD. It had the same issue as yours, the bodywork was rusting and corroded and it was costing me a fortune to keep getting it welded back together. When I got an inheritance from a relative I decided to use it to get a new one, I didn't want to but DH said it would be unsafe in an accident if the bodywork was that bad and I knew deep down he was right but it hurt to say goodbye. I've never felt an attachment to any subsequent cars, in fact I'm thinking of trading my current one in before the MOT is due in the summer. I'm thinking of going for a Toyota aygo, apparently Toyotas are reliable runners and I want something small and efficient now I don't have to think about fitting car seats or getting a buggy and other assorted kids stuff in the boot.

So sad for Maureen 😪. You must have been gutted!

@ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs she was so pretty 😭 RIP little Maureen

A friend of mine wrote off the 20 year old car she’d had from new a couple of months ago. She resisted any suggestion of the insurance company writing it off at first… now has a new car. It’s ok. You can learn to love again.

Update!!
I have come round to getting a new car. But lovely DH has researched and says he will work on my girls, then if she can be fixed I can sell one of them. But she will not be scrapped! Much happier!

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