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[waspy]

Why is it UK cars are rubbish? Is it Brits are too lazy to wash/wax/polish? Do we get inferior products? Is it purely down to road salt in winter?

 :-/

I reckon it's down to the cost of labour versus the affordability of a "new" car.

Every little village in italy / spain seems to have an "old school" garage run by an old Flatulence who probably charges next to nothing and has more experience than every UK VX technician put together, so keeping an old car running is probably cheap.

Meanwhile the cost of a new car is out of most people's reach. They don't have half their workforce considering themselves so important that their company has to supply them with a new FOC BMW every 3 years so the huge turnover in company cars feeding the next level "nearly new" market isn't there either.

There's more incentive to keep older cars going. They certainly don't seem to lavish too much care on them, IME.

Kevin

Agreed Kevin. Some of the problem over here is keeping up with the Jone's too. In france they'll ride around in an old banger for years & not care.

[TheBoy]

You want to see the state of the cars in Italy.....absolute rotted out sheds some of them with half the electrics not working!

In many europeon countries they would never get a 12 month ticket.

Thats just italian (and french!) cars in general - even when new....

[neilr]

dont know how old your is but ma-in-laws 2001 y plate uses cheapo obd 11 scanner from ebay. yes its auto and her 2nd punto air bag light just come on must get a tool for this now. this might get you out of trouble.