To ask what year your car is?

[Hairy09]

Mine is a 2012 hatchback, I wanted something cheap, reliable, easy to run and cheap repair costs and I'm happy with what I've got. I seem to be in a friend circle with nothing older than 2020 which is tough where they all fawn over each other's car but I've made the correct choice for me. Which is yours?

A “little boy” is driving?!?!

Household cars are:
2019 and 2020
Will aim to keep them another 7 ish years I would guess.

2007 and I love it

2003 and 2006.

Mine: 2019
DH: 2022

We buy our cars outright at 18/24 months old and keep them for 8/9 years. Replqce when our mechanic tells us there are big bills coming up.

None of our friends gush about anyone's car or care much. We have one friend who collects classic, high performance cars. Nobody indulges him.

2016 as is DH’s. Both have about 70k miles and have thus far been reliable. I’m not keen on replacing mine but dh is.

2021 FType Jag

Mines a 2015 and the husbands is a 2019

2020, bought 2021 but we run out cars into the ground so will be an old at some point.

2013

2007 and 2022

2017, I only got it because my 2011 car died unexpectedly 2 years ago. I'd happily still be driving that.

2009!

Currently 2008 Golf GT sport. I had a 2000 plate Golf GTi up until last December before some dick did a U turn and smashed into it, written off, absolutely gutted, had her for 24 years and had 150000 miles on the clock 😢

My husband has just leased a Kia Sportage hybrid, I hate it. It’s all touch screen, really distracting. Last night a message came on explaining the safety of driving without distractions and pulling up or to use the screen when not moving, seriously? Everything from turning the blowers down to putting the radio on is on the touch screen, which I have to stretch to use as my arms aren’t long enough. Also, would it hurt to put a CD player in at manufacture, I’m old school and love my collection of CD’s 🤣

Give me an older car any day with knobs to turn the radio and blowers on and off, and an engine that makes a noise. I share my car with my daughter and we do less than 4000 miles a year.

Be proud of having an older car, I love mine, 😎

2008. Still going well, and still love it. Bought it new.

2025, it has just had its first birthday!

Mines a cheap 2020 SUV but I do have 3 teens and need the boot space for all their sporting equipment. I bought this one in Dec 2020 for a very good deal as it was ex display it had less than 200 miles on the clock!

My previous car was a 2006.

One is 25 we got new last year, the other is our second runaround which we got a couple of years old in 2017 (was our main car until last year). Absolutely love my new car, will definitely buy new again, I don’t really care about the depreciation element, my car isn’t an investment.

Your ‘little boy’ has a car?

2015 - it's a lowish mileage Ford Fiesta. I've always bought second hand cars, and put a little money aside every month for my next one. My savings account currently has just under £6,000, so hopefully I can keep the current car up and running for another couple of years!

2004

My car is a 2022 I by a car out right, usually when it's a year old and run for 7 or 8 years. Although there are some absolutely stunning new cars around at the moment. I'm always of the opinion the older and a bit battered car in a car park is always the best ,it's still going strong ( hopefully) after giving its owner years of service.

2025 (75) EV. Leased through a work scheme, very reasonable payment which covers everything. Although, I am tempted to buy a second hand EV outright when I have to give the car back. Not having to worry about fuel has been great, but not having a monthly payment would be nice too.

Do you mind me asking if you have any recommended companies for leasing when you drive a lot?
I looked into it last time I was looking at cars and all the deals were for very low mileage (under 6k or 8k a year) when I tried to get quotes for higher mileage some just refused and some were higher than my mortgage!
I can link into the NHS scheme through work but only for fully electric vehicles, which is annoying as that wouldn't actually be possible in my job.

Mine is a 2011 plate but only 60,000 and my partners is 2022 plate. We replaced my partners last year and his previous car was a 2011 plate. His was at 95000 and was starting to need a more repairs and was no longer meeting our needs - we switched from a hatchback with 280L boot space to an estate with 600L. We could have kept it slightly longer but as it was approaching 100,000 we wanted to sell it before that milestone. We know there's not a huge difference between 98,000 and 102,000 we know that psychological and practically (search filters etc) it would be preferable to sell prior to reaching 100,000 miles.

My car is developing it's little quirks and it seems to be a car that is susceptible to car park rashes. I only do 2000-4000 a year in it and it's a luxury rather than a need to have it. I did manage fairly well on trains and buses when it was off the road for 6 weeks recently due to having issues getting hold of spare parts to fix a simple issue that meant the car didn't work at all.

Our plan is to keep it until my needs change and evaluate what we would need out of our second car.

We try to buy cars that are 3-5 years old with low mileage and for cash. Our plan with my partners car is to evaluate our needs and the car as it approaches 10 years old and/or 100,000. This is what we have done with our previous cars. At 10 years they were in good order and we kept them but as already mentioned as my partners car was approaching 100,000 we decided it would be better to replace. Had to been my car that has reached 100,000 we would have kept it.