Top 10 future classics in decline

[tunnie]

Car tax is what's going to kill big engine cars , it's only going to get worse 

Not so, car tax for past few years has been based on ticket price. If over 40k you pay extra for 5 years, everything sub 40k (excluding electric stuff) is the same.

Car share buddy's 3.0 twin turbo petrol BMW is just £130/yr for road tax, less than half cost of my 3.2 

So find a new car with a V8, with a sale price of sub £40k and it's cheapo tax. 

[Viral_Jim]

Tough to do. 

Off the top of my head - Mustang V8. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Production of internal combustion engines is going to cease within 2o years or so. As things stand at the moment cars produced after that wont be subject to v.e.d.

So, it isnt likely to be car tax that kills big engined (or any engined) cars, but enforced obselescence.
No doubt there will be some kind of exemption for the relatively small classic scene, which may well be for wealthy nostalgic people.

[Viral_Jim]

Nah. I reckon supply and demand will sort it out long before cat tax kills em.

I mean, fundamentally, to get petrol, you have to go half way around the globe, dig down a mile or so and extract some toxic liquid. Then you refine it, which takes a lot of energy. Then you transport it half way round the world, store it underground and then pump it into another underground tank. Store it and then sell it.

Just as soon as the economies of scale disappear it'll be £5/litre before you know it. Just fine for an occasional classic, totally impractical for daily transport.

I'm sure Rods2 will be along shortly to explain how wrong I am because of EROI, or that this will cause the world to end.

Nevertheless I stand by my prediction

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Rightly or wrongly, that rationale was accepted some time ago, hence the decisions to stop production of internal combustion engines in the future. 
My lifespan is likely to be similar (at best) to the i.c.e so Im not too bothered. 

[redelitev6]

Car tax is what's going to kill big engine cars , it's only going to get worse 

Not so, car tax for past few years has been based on ticket price. If over 40k you pay extra for 5 years, everything sub 40k (excluding electric stuff) is the same.

Car share buddy's 3.0 twin turbo petrol BMW is just £130/yr for road tax, less than half cost of my 3.2 

So find a new car with a V8, with a sale price of sub £40k and it's cheapo tax. 

Not talking about new cars , old cars like late model V6 Rover 75s are very expensive to Tax , that's going to kill demand as banger economics are just not going to apply , and what about LEZ compliance ? £12.50 a day to drive in London and no doubt other local authorities will be going to follow suit , older polluting engines are going to become a liability

[Doctor Gollum]

Rover 75 is hardly an old car

Smelling of wee is not a measure of classic status

If you truly want a banger, buy anything over 40 years old, service it, fit reasonable tyres and make sure that the brakes and lights work.

[Kevin Wood]

Rover 75 is hardly an old car

Smelling of wee is not a measure of classic status

If you truly want a banger, buy anything over 40 years old, service it, fit reasonable tyres and make sure that the brakes and lights work.

No, it was a no-cost option on those, IIRC.

[Nick W]

Rover 75 is hardly an old car

Smelling of wee is not a measure of classic status

If you truly want a banger, buy anything over 40 years old, service it, fit reasonable tyres and make sure that the brakes and lights work.

You missed out the most important part:


MAKE SURE YOU USE IT AS YOUR DAILY DRIVER! If you treat it as toy, then it will never be reliable.