do you think that if someone drives an old car....that they are not well off?

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c'mon now. be really honest.

by 'old' I mean a car thats say..10 years old

I think they've got better things to spend their money on. Nothing wrong with older cars if they work. But then, we drive an old car because we're not that well off - god knows what we'll do when it finally packs up.

probably not if its a 10 year old lamborghini or Aston Martin

yes, but ALSO that they have paid for all of it.
Dont know anyone who pays a monthly instalment on a banger

ours is 15. we spend all our money on childcare and food.

no

why would you get a new one if the old one still works?

what the hell is this thread anyway

oh it is judgey judge judge time is it

No, I don't think that. I have spent enough time observing the abundance of new, expensive cars in less than salubrious areas to judge people by the car they drive.

My landlord at university had at least 120 properties and he drove an old banger to collect his rent. He kept his shiny new BMW at home, away from prying eyes.

We spend less money on our cars and more money on paying off our mortgage. When our mortgage is paid off DH is going to indulge his passion for fast Italian cars...

most of the people i know with spanking new motors haven't got two pennies to rub together - the two very rich famlies i know both drive bangers

um. no.

my friend is a doctor and her husband an architect and so very comfortably off and she drives R reg fiesta. He rides a bike!

Why would you even be thinking about whether someone was well off or not? What is this thread for?

On the contrary. I knew an old lady who had a pristine vintage jag, bought from new. She had a housekeeper, gardener and a cook and was loaded!

Old or vintage?
How old is the driver?
I'm pretty cluseless about cars but I think the message they give out is pretty mixed.

definately NO
i know people who change their car every a few years, they dont realise how much money they spending. i rather pay it off, and take care of my car.
10 yrs is not old. if one careful owner it may look like new.

Well I haven't got a car at all - I am clearly too poor to drive

WiiMii I think the point of the thread is a desperate attempt to confirm the OPs anti-environment and pro-consumer world view

oh dear

No they either don't care about cars and the car they have is reliable or they have better things to spend their money on. Car repayments can equal a bloody lovely holiday every year.
DH has a company car and has to choose from a set list. It could not be more boring for me to go around these dealerships choosing cars. Now take me to a travel agent.....

Ours is a 1995 so pretty old but its a good running 7 seater that got a new mot and tax. Why on earth would we waste money on a new car

i dont give a moments thought to how well off or not a person may be, regardless of what they drive

why the f do i give a shit what some stranger has or has not??

random.

no, they are just not materialistic!!!

LOL! My dad's well-off.

He drives cars till they die. Literally till the engine gives out or catches fire or the repairs are no longer cost effective.

That's why he's well-off now.

Doesn't fritter money away on superfluous stuff.

Still lives in the same house they bought in 1972, too. It's a perfectly good house.

To be honest the only thing that interests me about my car (or our TV, video recorder, DVD player etc.) is whether it's in good condition and working well. I couldn't give a toss how old it is. Similarly, our TV is a third hand one inherited from my great aunt - at least 12 years old and in perfect working order. You can keep your huge plasma screen carbuncles thanks, especially if it means buying on credit. And the same goes for fancy new cars.

My cousins family are millionaires and she drives about an L reg banged up Clio (first car), my mum is erm... 'comfortable' and only recently changed her car - she had an N reg ZX which we gave away to a MNer. People do make assuptions (sp?!?) but with all this Yes Car credit business a ... less comfortable person can choose to be up to their eyeballs in debt driving a new car, or someone well off may decide they don't actually need a new car just to upgrade if there one is perfectly fine. TBH, I think you can tell alot about someone by the car they drive, and I don't mean swanky/new = well off.

we have 2 cars mine is a 2002 reg (the main car) and fil had a honda civic (K reg) but has always services/mot it etc so when he got a new one they hardly offered him any trade in price because of the reg so he gave it to us dh bikes to work most days (3 miles each way) but car is handy if its chucking down/really cold and also means at weekends he can take one of the dd's out if I have the other one (he often takes dd1 swimming but dd2 and I will do something else or vice versa) before we had to faff around dropping/picking each other up, so we love our old banger for the convience it gives us