Old Cars on the road...

[Ashy]

Its funny how today I was driving home from work and passed a C reg mini metro 4 door driving the other way... As it went past I thought, blimey thats old, you don't see many C reg cars on the road these days, it must be either on its last legs or well looked after!

I wonder if people think that about us in our old Reno's?

[Brigsy]

All depends who it is really. Most birds/non car people will think ****e old car, people who like cars will appreciate and think classic.

When i see a tatty oldish car i always think 'survivor' or mot dodger lol. Theres an old subaru on an a reg near me and looks like it should have been weighed in ten years ago due to rust! Still plods on every day though

[Tony Walker]

i hear and have been hearing a megane driving in a town near me with a bottom end absolutely hanging. when i first heard it i thought it wouldnt last another mile never mind nearly a year. old cars battle on.....

[J$£5GTT]

had an old is it vauxhall viva? pass me today then seena nasty brown/tan mrk 1 cortina!!!
as briggs said looked an mot dodger!!

[Ashy]

i hear and have been hearing a megane driving in a town near me with a bottom end absolutely hanging. when i first heard it i thought it wouldnt last another mile never mind nearly a year. old cars battle on.....

Brigsy had an AX like that, how that kept going I have no idea!

[djinuk]

I like playing up to it personally.. I work in an office enviroment and its very much not what car do you drive.. but what year is it.. i love disgusting my office wih comments like.. " if i blow it up ill bang another engine in tomorrow night so dont worry i wont be late". There are times when i think, hmm id like a nice modern reliable car.. but then i remind myself how when it goes wrong ill be at the hands of the mechanic/garage and computer diags and sensors that are there purely just for the sake of being there and costing countless pounds.. i mean.. if i was told a sensor had gone and it was gona cost £460 etc , id be comparing that to a full bottom end rebuild on a r5, i just dont think id ever be able to hand over the cash..

[GTphil]

Strange one really, I look at older cars for example say a j reg Mazda mx-5 and don't think of it as old, yet I will see a ford escort of similar age and think "look at that old dog"

So I suppose cars are like women, some age well and others clearly don't

For what it's worth I call my raider the old French slag, everytime I get in I rinse it!

[Steevo]

I like playing up to it personally.. I work in an office enviroment and its very much not what car do you drive.. but what year is it.. i love disgusting my office wih comments like.. " if i blow it up ill bang another engine in tomorrow night so dont worry i wont be late". There are times when i think, hmm id like a nice modern reliable car.. but then i remind myself how when it goes wrong ill be at the hands of the mechanic/garage and computer diags and sensors that are there purely just for the sake of being there and costing countless pounds.. i mean.. if i was told a sensor had gone and it was gona cost £460 etc , id be comparing that to a full bottom end rebuild on a r5, i just dont think id ever be able to hand over the cash..

my Dad has spent thousands in the last year on his 5 series on sensors and ECU problems etc, I paid 900 quid for my Punto and done 16k in it and only cost me an MOT and set of tyres

[123-gtt]

Its funny how today I was driving home from work and passed a C reg mini metro 4 door driving the other way... As it went past I thought, blimey thats old, you don't see many C reg cars on the road these days, it must be either on its last legs or well looked after!

I wonder if people think that about us in our old Reno's?

ashy mate they do big time,I was driving down the road today,and had to stop at a zebra crossing and two guys stood in the middle of it pointing and giving the thumbs up,it was a little awkward after like 10 seconds but flattering all the same.
unless they were just looking at the funny looking baldly guy driving and laughing