Old car lovers. The newest car you have owned is HOW old?!

[Emeye]

It was hard to come up with a title for this thread.

Just wondering who can claim to have only ever owned an old car without having anything newer, and who has the oldest?

I did a lot of boring driving today, and while parked on another motorway, it occurred to me that the newest car I have ever owned was 2007 57 plate Mk5 Golf gti. All the cars I have bought since are older!

This is a combination of financial concerns thanks to having kids, prefering older cars as I can upgrade the stereos more easily, oh and being a tight arse and also not liking the man-maths concept of PCPs or leasing.

Thinking about it, a better title would be "Have you only ever owned old cars and how old was your youngest car?" Or "Whose youngest ever car is the oldest?"

Edited by Emeye on Thursday 28th November 23:06

Edited by Emeye on Thursday 28th November 23:11

[interloper]

My newest car to date is my current daily hack a 97 P-reg Mazda MX3, its got an airbag and ABS, its far too modern for my tastes really!
(Its okay my other cars are an 85 BMW and a 79 Scimitar)

[Negative Creep]

Newest car I've had was a 2002 Punto, but that was inherited from my Granddad. Newest I've ever bought is my current S plate C70

[B'stard Child]

Newest car I've ever owned is 2001 and I still own it but without context it means nothing

2001 SLK purchased 3 years ago

But in 1986 I purchased a 6 mth old car..... so I could write the newest car I've ever owned was a 1985 C plate car.....

I see where you want to go with the thread but I'd struggle to phase the question too

[Fox-]

Newest car I've ever owned was a 2 year old 335i in 2011.

[ouch]

Don't think I've ever owned any metal that's less than 10years old.

My 'newest' car is a '96 A6 (which has just sailed through its' MOT - woo!) - I bought it in 2011 which makes it 14ish years old at the time.

The wife has a '99 Ibiza which could technically be called mine, but in spirit it isn't. I made her part-ex her (younger) Corsa for is as the Corsa was too new and about to break in a very expensive way.

The newest car I ever had was a 1991 mk2 Scirocco - which I bought in 2003, making it 12years old at the time.

Edited by ouch on Thursday 28th November 22:58

[leafspring]

My newest was a 2000 Fiesta (X reg)...

Everything else has been 1993/94.

[sparks_E39]

I love 80's and 90's cars. Newest car is a 2002 BMW 5 Series.

[Emeye]

Thinking about it, a better title would be "Have you only ever owned old cars and how old was your youngest car?" Or "Whose youngest ever car is the oldest?"
Maybe? :Confused:

[B'stard Child]

Emeye said:

Thinking about it, a better title would be "Have you only ever owned old cars and how old was your youngest car?" Or "Whose youngest ever car is the oldest?"
Maybe? :Confused:

exactly - it's hard to put it so it works as a thread

OK borrowed some info from another thread and added some details to it

@18 - 81 Ford Fiesta 950 Pop plus (2 yrs old at purchase)
@20 - 77 MG Midget (8 yrs old at purchase)
@21 - 85 Pug 205 (6 mths old at purchase)
@25 - 86 Carlton 1.8 (3 yrs old at purchase)
@27 - 89 Senator B 2.5 (3 yrs old at purchase)
@30 - 92 Senator B 24V (3 yrs old at purchase)
@35 - 85 Opel Monza GSE (15 yrs at purchase) - current car
@36 - 91 Lotus Carlton (10 yrs old at purchase) - current car
@40 - 72 Opel Commodore (33 yrs old at purchase) - current car
@42 - 98 BMW E38 740 (9 yrs old at purchase) - current car
@44 - 79 Opel Monza (30 yrs old at purchase) - current car
@47 - 01 Mercedes SLK (11 yrs old at purchase) - current car

So in summary the oldest car I've purchased was 33 years old at the time of purchase

Currently

The newest car I own is 12 yrs old
The oldest car I own is 42 yrs old

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 29th November 00:10

[wibble cb]

newest was 2yrs old(long since sold), oldest is now 54 yrs old, I did own them at the same time, but the 54 yr old was a mere 45 yrs old at the time!

[HustleRussell]

The newest car I've owned was seven years old at purchase in 2010. Current daily is seventeen years old.

[greggy50]

I had a 05 plate MG in mid 2011 so circa 6 years old which was the newest car I have owned thus far mainly due to the fact I am a poor student and have a classic as well.

[vit4]

Newest is a 2001 Mondeo, I get some looks when I refer to it as 'modern' Only car I've owned that's younger than me (although with a pool of three that's not necessarily saying much!). I think I'd prefer a Granada.

[DocArbathnot]

Newest is my current 94M. Mrs D however has had new cars for yrs (as a discounted employee purchase) We generally get our money back for them so no brainer really.

[Daston]

Newest car I have owned is a 2004 MG ZS180

Now considering the Chassis is from an early 90's Honda, the interior is of the same age and the engine is from a landrover it certaily dosn't feel that new.

Love old stuff me

[redchina]

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Thimk im doing this right


( sorry for the 97's!!!!)

[Crosswise]

I had a 99 Audi Cabriolet a couple of years back, but otherwise the newest is my Cerbera from 98. Most my daily drivers have been around 20+ years old. I've never owned a car from this century and I started driving in 2004.