Everyday cars which are already starting to disappear
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I don't know, all but one of my cars have been pre 51, my current (admittedly cheap because I'm skint) box is on an X plate and theres loads of older cars around here (Gloucestershire)
It's cars like early puntos, Mk4 Fiestas, early Mondeos etc that seem to have vanished, I suppose the scrappage schemes and ease of financing newer cars now has killed them off.
It's cars like early puntos, Mk4 Fiestas, early Mondeos etc that seem to have vanished, I suppose the scrappage schemes and ease of financing newer cars now has killed them off.
Edited by Timfy on Sunday 1st January 13:26
Edited by Timfy on Sunday 1st January 13:27
loose cannon said:
Still see quite a few mk1 focus around this way, very rarely see any mk1 modeos though
Mk3 cavaliers are getting thin on the ground now,
Only seen two cavaliers over the past few years, even when we had one many many years ago around 07 they weren't seen that often.Mk3 cavaliers are getting thin on the ground now,
Timfy said:
I don't know, all but one of my cars have been pre 51, my current (admittedly cheap because I'm skint) box is on an X plate and theres loads of older cars around here (Gloucestershire)
It's cars like early puntos, Mk4 Fiestas, early Mondeos etc that seem to have vanished, I suppose the scrappage schemes and ease of financing newer cars now has killed them off.
Scrappage schemes? The only that's been run in the UK finished nearly seven years ago.It's cars like early puntos, Mk4 Fiestas, early Mondeos etc that seem to have vanished, I suppose the scrappage schemes and ease of financing newer cars now has killed them off.
Ease of financing? If financing is so easy, why are you running round in an old, cheap car? Because you're skint. So are a lot of people - why aren't they also running around in similarly old, cheap cars?
51-plate cars are now 15 years old. The average age of a car scrapped in the UK in 2015 was 13.9yrs. Yes, that is skewed by early write-offs, but it's also skewed the other way by the much greater age of the smaller number of older cars that are scrapped. The average age of a vehicle on UK roads has increased from 6.8 years in 2003 to 7.8 last year - so the average car is actually older than it was, but they're still not lasting as long as the time since the old prefix plates were discontinued.
https://www.smmt.co.uk/industry-topics/sustainabil...
I was just thinking the other day that the mk5 Fiesta was absolutely ubiquitous just a short while ago and has now seemingly died out quite quickly and quietly. A '51 plate Fiesta Zetec S was my first car and my brother had a mk5 1.3 as his first car. Corsa C's have done a recent disappearing act too.
ChrisR99 said:
You're right there, unusual to see anything pre 2000 anymore. 
OP, there are loads of Mk1 Focus' still around here in Surrey, although many are looking a bit shabby nowadays.
This basicallyOP, there are loads of Mk1 Focus' still around here in Surrey, although many are looking a bit shabby nowadays.
Its quite noticable that early 2000s cars are migrating from the slightly better off areas to lesser use in lower income regions, alfa 156s for instance have gotten into "run it till it dies" territory, 145/146 and 155s are almost all gone, except for a few die-hard fans keeping them going.
MK1 Focus' are still around in decent number, mostly due to them being sold in huge numbers, they are getting tatty though, my ex bought one last year, the maintenance neglect on it is bad enough that basically any investment is a waste, it's had over its own value spent on it in a year just to squeeze it through an MOT, but wont last till summer id assume.
Some manufacturers are running their own scrappage schemes without the governments help. I think Hyundai do and possibly Vauxhall? Either way you get £X for your old banger if you buy a new car.
Finance is cheap, £99 a month will get you a car when half that (or more) gets you the newest iPhone. People now look at it the same way they look at a mobile phone contract.
Finance is cheap, £99 a month will get you a car when half that (or more) gets you the newest iPhone. People now look at it the same way they look at a mobile phone contract.
AlexHat said:
Finance is cheap, £99 a month will get you a car when half that (or more) gets you the newest iPhone. People now look at it the same way they look at a mobile phone contract.
Is that pure finance or lease?Here in the netherlands private lease is gaining in popularity, but its still at €199 for the simplest no-frills shopping trolley, does obviously include road tax and insurance and maintenance though
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