Bring back the basic & simple cars

[raleighnut]

We do not know that yet, electronic components are coming down in price and cars are far more reliable.

You see lots of 5 year old cars with 100,000 miles plus on them, but very few 20 year old ones with the same mileage. I remember those older cars well, I do not rate them when compared with the ones I fix nowadays.

SAAB seem the exception to this, I've seen 30yr old cars with 250,000 miles on em still running 'sweet as a nut'.

 

[screenman]

SAAB seem the exception to this, I've seen 30yr old cars with 250,000 miles on em still running 'sweet as a nut'.

I agree there are exceptions, but from my daily experience not many.

 

[tyred]

We do not know that yet, electronic components are coming down in price and cars are far more reliable.

You see lots of 5 year old cars with 100,000 miles plus on them, but very few 20 year old ones with the same mileage. I remember those older cars well, I do not rate them when compared with the ones I fix nowadays.

There are loads of old cars with hundreds of thousands of miles happily still running. I drive one myself. Older VW, Mercs and Toyotas in particular will run to intergalactic mileage, Peugeots will too if cared for despite the reputation. Mine still doesn't burn oil after 200,000.

Generally speaking, anything that wasn't built by BL/Rover or Renault will last the course.

I never understand why buyers are scared of high mileage cars. Someone covering a lot of miles will usually maintain their car well and most of those miles will have been long journeys on main roads which stress a car a lot less. I'd be way more suspicious of buying a ten year old Micra or Fiesta that had 20,000 on the clock which probably spent it's life been driven around town or on short stop-start journeys and serviced every 3 or 4 years whether it needed it or not than of a ten year old Golf with 250,000 on the clock which was driven and maintained properly.

 

[screenman]

There are loads of old cars with hundreds of thousands of miles happily still running. I drive one myself. Older VW, Mercs and Toyotas in particular will run to intergalactic mileage, Peugeots will too if cared for despite the reputation. Mine still doesn't burn oil after 200,000.

Generally speaking, anything that wasn't built by BL/Rover or Renault will last the course.

I never understand why buyers are scared of high mileage cars. Someone covering a lot of miles will usually maintain their car well and most of those miles will have been long journeys on main roads which stress a car a lot less. I'd be way more suspicious of buying a ten year old Micra or Fiesta that had 20,000 on the clock which probably spent it's life been driven around town or on short stop-start journeys and serviced every 3 or 4 years whether it needed it or not than of a ten year old Golf with 250,000 on the clock which was driven and maintained properly.

Yes there are loads, but they make up a very small percentage. I have owned a Renault with 225,000 miles on it, it was only 4 years old though. 10 year old still had quite a bit of electrickery components in it, so not quite plugs and points and indicator arms.

I think some may be thinking Morris Minor sort of thing.

 

[raleighnut]

Yes there are loads, but they make up a very small percentage. I have owned a Renault with 225,000 miles on it, it was only 4 years old though. 10 year old still had quite a bit of electrickery components in it, so not quite plugs and points and indicator arms.

I think some may be thinking Morris Minor sort of thing.

A guy I worked with had a Moggy Traveller, he used to pick me up on the walk to work sometimes. The big ends were shot in it and when I mentioned that to him he said "I've got another engine in the garage, I'm just running this one til it packs up" 4yrs later when I left the job Mick's car was still getting thrashed to work and back daily (we worked in a foundry so were covered in muck from 'head to toe' daily, he'd got another car for going out with the family in but didn't want to get that filthy inside)

 

[screenman]

A guy I worked with had a Moggy Traveller, he used to pick me up on the walk to work sometimes. The big ends were shot in it and when I mentioned that to him he said "I've got another engine in the garage, I'm just running this one til it packs up" 4yrs later when I left the job Mick's car was still getting thrashed to work and back daily (we worked in a foundry so were covered in muck from 'head to toe' daily, he'd got another car for going out with the family in but didn't want to get that filthy inside)

We had a traveller that we used as a skip, when it was full it did a run to the tip, brought it back and started filling again, when on for ages.