Will we have Shed in 10 years?
Discussion
As the title suggests it feels like cars are becoming increasingly like white goods in that beyond a certain useful economic life they are just thrown away. Will we even have sheds in 10 years or will the cost of maintaining vehicles make them uneconomic to repair such that they are few cars on the road over a certain age? If I look around my village bar the odd classic no one has a car older then '04 which is bonkers - even the cleaning lady next door has a brand new Suzuki (fair play she could be a milionairess who likes cleaning so not being judgemental).
Whether DPF, expensive ABS sensors, gearboxes that pop, auto gearbox gremlins, rust coming back, tyres at £800 a set for a car worth 3x, whatever, it seems sad to think our kids won't see old cars from their childhood on the road when they grow up as the cost of doing so and skills required go beyond the pockets and skillsets or normal people.
Pessimistic attitude or do people agree?
Whether DPF, expensive ABS sensors, gearboxes that pop, auto gearbox gremlins, rust coming back, tyres at £800 a set for a car worth 3x, whatever, it seems sad to think our kids won't see old cars from their childhood on the road when they grow up as the cost of doing so and skills required go beyond the pockets and skillsets or normal people.
Pessimistic attitude or do people agree?
Yes but will they ever be able to make a cheap DPF for example?
The argument seems to run as follows:
-Will we have sheds due to cost of repair?
-Yes, cost of repair will fall it has always been like this the new tech soon becomes old hat.
-Rightly so the comparison is then made with other countries.
However having done a bit of research it seems that many other countries have basic/if no real substantial MOT requirements. The Turkish example is a good one where it seems the MOT comprises checking your brakes and if the car has a fire extinguisher/warning triangle/no fines attached to it.
Since they enhanced the MOT in the UK my sense is many people are keeping sheds on the road via ever more enterprising means ie removing dash warning bulbs which may or may not be spotted, cutting out DPFs etc. Some would see this as ingenuity to keep things moving, others a bit more mumsnet that the rules are the rules and it is highly dangerous.
Regardless it feels like manufacturers make their cars for the wider market and if a few stringent countries' laws make them uneconomic to repair after 10 years so be it.
The argument seems to run as follows:
-Will we have sheds due to cost of repair?
-Yes, cost of repair will fall it has always been like this the new tech soon becomes old hat.
-Rightly so the comparison is then made with other countries.
However having done a bit of research it seems that many other countries have basic/if no real substantial MOT requirements. The Turkish example is a good one where it seems the MOT comprises checking your brakes and if the car has a fire extinguisher/warning triangle/no fines attached to it.
Since they enhanced the MOT in the UK my sense is many people are keeping sheds on the road via ever more enterprising means ie removing dash warning bulbs which may or may not be spotted, cutting out DPFs etc. Some would see this as ingenuity to keep things moving, others a bit more mumsnet that the rules are the rules and it is highly dangerous.
Regardless it feels like manufacturers make their cars for the wider market and if a few stringent countries' laws make them uneconomic to repair after 10 years so be it.
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