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[STEMO]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9605167/Average-age-cars-Britains-roads-8-4-years-HIGHEST-record.html

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

My cars are 12, 19 and 21 years old. 

[STEMO]

My cars are 12, 19 and 21 years old. 

Mine is 7. The article also goes on to say the different types of fuel used, not much in the way of electrickery. 

[dave the builder]

astra G 19 Y/O  on petrol
Zaf A  18 Y/O tractor juice
Omega Y/O 18 petrol
astra H 17 Y/O petrol
astra H 16 Y/O tractor juice
astra H15 Y/O petrol
zaf B 15 Y/O petrol
astra H 15 Y/O tractor juice

average =16.625

so pretty much double the age of the national average 

[STEMO]

astra G 19 Y/O  on petrol
Zaf A  18 Y/O tractor juice
Omega Y/O 18 petrol
astra H 17 Y/O petrol
astra H 16 Y/O tractor juice
astra H15 Y/O petrol
zaf B 15 Y/O petrol
astra H 15 Y/O tractor juice

average =16.625

so pretty much double the age of the national average 

Yes, but in the largest group, 27.9%, of cars over 12 years old.
I was thinking of trading mine cause it's 'old'. Turns out it's new 

[BazaJT]

Volvo 960 26.5 yrs old
Volvo V70 21.5 yrs old
Omega 21.25yrs old
and I reckon every last one of them will see me out.

[Doctor Gollum]

The Barge is 21... Which is nice.

[Raeturbo]

Evo 27. Omega 18. Astra 19. Renault master 20
 So 21 average👍

[deviator]

My newest is 2007, oldest, 1992.

They report a record high, but I'd have liked to have seen the previous figures to give this article more context.

[STEMO]

My newest is 2007, oldest, 1992.

They report a record high, but I'd have liked to have seen the previous figures to give this article more context.

https://www.ibisworld.com/uk/bed/average-age-of-motor-vehicles/44067/

[deviator]

My newest is 2007, oldest, 1992.

They report a record high, but I'd have liked to have seen the previous figures to give this article more context.

https://www.ibisworld.com/uk/bed/average-age-of-motor-vehicles/44067/

Thank you.

[iansoutham]

Well, my cars are:

Omega 23 years old
Sierra 29 years old
Golf 28 years old
Escort cab 35 years old
Ford Pop 68 years old
Nissan 22 years old
Focus 16 years old

Average is 31.57 years

And that excludes all the motorbikes in the collection (77 in total for me and my father, newest is 2000, oldest is 1911) and most of them are 1940s-1960s and almost all British

[Shackeng]

Ahhh, Ford Pop, my first car, NTM661. Happy memories of flogging it up the old A6 at weekends back and forth between Bucks and Lancs.

[countrywoman]

Well my 3 motors, Yeti is 10, Austin is 70 and VW panel is 54 so rounded up its 45 average

[TheBoy]

So what happens to all these 8.4yr old cars when they get to 8.5yr old?

Is it a case of prangs write them off?  Or trade in companys just scrap them?  Or there is sufficient money in break-in them to make them worthwhile?


Finally to the invoice for the shitbox I hired this week, and the paperwork says the new price of that car was over £21k - granted, I'm sure the hire company got a stinking discount - but over 96 months, even a Vauxhall 208 is gonna cost over £2600 every year, not including servicing/insurance/mot/repairs/fuel etc