Everyday cars which are already starting to disappear

[DailyHack]

Pupbelly said:

very true

Sadly the likes of scrappage schemes and the fascination for having a shiny new (PCP) car on the drive to keep the image and status up has meant a lot of decent normal cars have ceased to be.

Edited by Pupbelly on Wednesday 29th September 13:24

Exactly this! When I was a younger man/teenager, when i saw a new car, i think wow he must be doing well, business man or something.

Now when I see a brand new (insert car here) I just think, "hey nice rental"

but, cars that have disappeared, Renault Espace?

Edited by DailyHack on Wednesday 29th September 13:30

[Stick Legs]

DailyHack said:

Pupbelly said:

very true

Sadly the likes of scrappage schemes and the fascination for having a shiny new (PCP) car on the drive to keep the image and status up has meant a lot of decent normal cars have ceased to be.

Edited by Pupbelly on Wednesday 29th September 13:24

Exactly this! When I was a younger man/teenager, when i saw a new car, i think wow he must be doing well, business man or something.

Now when I see a brand new (insert car here) I just think, "hey nice rental"

In my circles non car people buying with real money now buy about 2-3 years old & keep for 5-6 years.

Miss the depreciation swan dive & still get a 1 owner car with full history.

Either that or straight lease, all inclusive.

[cmvtec]

legless said:

I suspect that this is due to Nissan Techical Centre Europe being in Cranfield. There’s quite a high concentration of anything Nissan in those parts (usually with Worcestershire registration numbers)

Same here in the North East- they were available on the NEVOS scheme at the factory in Washington

[31mph]

Pupbelly said:

very true

Sadly the likes of scrappage schemes and the fascination for having a shiny new (PCP) car on the drive to keep the image and status up has meant a lot of decent normal cars have ceased to be.

Edited by Pupbelly on Wednesday 29th September 13:24

I was having that conversation with a friend recently, I think the scrappage scheme was an absolute disaster because it happened to coincide with the exact period the diesel engines were being favoured in everything, even tiny city cars

So it encouraged people to scrap their old, but well built and perfectly functionable, 90s cars, and replace with them with horrible little diesel things which have since completely imploded

[Stick Legs]

E220 CDi.

Used to be common.

[Wacky Racer]

Mk2 Capris, Mk 1 Escorts, Mk 2 and 3 Granadas.

[FA57REN]

DailyHack said:

but, cars that have disappeared, Renault Espace?

Indeed! Saw a Mark 4 the other day for the first time in months and thought it still looked like a fresh design.

Zafiras and Scenics nearly all gone. The original Xsara Picasso now sidelined as painters' daily hack with the back seats removed.

[talksthetorque]

As far as I can see nearly all the Mk1 Leons have gone and the Mk2s are thinning out. I saw a British Gas Blue Mk2 today - they were a common sight at one point but that's the first one I've seen in years.

[blue_haddock]

FA57REN said:

The original Xsara Picasso now sidelined as painters' daily hack with the back seats removed.

I wonder what Ronnie Pickering is now driving......

[longblackcoat]

Stick Legs said:

E220 CDi.

Used to be common.

Still are, though I agree they’re thinning out. Mine is still running perfectly though at 220k miles and 16 years.

[bristolracer]

As previously mentioned the high tax on some cars has to be a killer. I'm looking for a comfy estate on a shed budget, Jaguar X types in petrol are £560 pa tax, I also saw a C class with a V6 in it, again £560 tax on a £2k car it's too much to stomach.
The E220 shown above is one breakdown away from the scrapyard, a big bill and being diesel will see it and many others off.

[21st Century Man]

Wacky Racer said:

Mk2 Capris, Mk 1 Escorts, Mk 2 and 3 Granadas.

1995 wants it's cars that are starting to disappear comment back

[FA57REN]

bristolracer said:

I also saw a C class with a V6 in it, again £560 tax on a £2k car it's too much to stomach.

Or you could look at it as the car's basically free, just pay tax!

[31mph]

21st Century Man said:

Wacky Racer said:

Mk2 Capris, Mk 1 Escorts, Mk 2 and 3 Granadas.

1995 wants it's cars that are starting to disappear comment back

[rallycross]

31mph said:

21st Century Man said:

Wacky Racer said:

Mk2 Capris, Mk 1 Escorts, Mk 2 and 3 Granadas.

1995 wants it's cars that are starting to disappear comment back

More like 1990 they were all rotten away by 95.

[donkmeister]

bristolracer said:

The E220 shown above is one breakdown away from the scrapyard, a big bill and being diesel will see it and many others off.

You would be surprised... Some do take the bangernomic approach to old Mercs however there are a lot of people keeping the Indies in business.
The place I take mine to had an old C-class in to have a new exhaust fitted that cost a couple of thousand pounds. This wasn't a rare AMG being fitted with an akropovic, this was an old diesel C-class being fitted with an OEM exhaust.
It doesn't make sense to some people (let's be honest, most people) to keep an older car on the road however you get to a point where spending a couple of £k on repairs to a car you love makes more sense than spending £20k+ on a 10 year old model that could be hiding issues or a good £60-80k on a new one that could fall apart in a few years.
In my case I justify it that V8 saloons are thin on the ground these days but I know people will be doing it with stuff less unusual and more power to them for doing it.

[Levin]

talksthetorque said:

As far as I can see nearly all the Mk1 Leons have gone and the Mk2s are thinning out. I saw a British Gas Blue Mk2 today - they were a common sight at one point but that's the first one I've seen in years.

The British Gas cars might all be in Northern Ireland at this stage. A ton of Sprint Blue Leons, all 1.6TDI Ecomotives, and mostly on OY10 registrations, presently exist over here. Presumably British Gas chopped the fleet in and it all ended up coming over here two or three years ago. If I'm right, British Gas bought an awful lot of Leons!

[Lester H]

Many a Focus Mk1 seen daily, but, oddly few, if any Mondeo. These were just so common on the motorways with the rear plastic apron flapping away! Also Metros, even in Rover 100 guise , absent.

[Benzooki]

In a similar vein.
On 2008 I was in Beverley town centre in East Yorkshire and there was a classic car show, the town centre was full.
One older couple had a 94 Vauxhall cavalier. I remember being stunned. They thought their 14 year car deserved a place in a classic car show.

[paulrockliffe]

FA57REN said:

Zafiras nearly all gone.

They're everywhere round here! There's two on my drive as well. Well a Zafira and a Zafira Tourer.

If you want more than 5 seats and don't have a massive budget there's nothing else really.

If you want one, I can sell you a ropey SRI.