Where did your old car go?
Discussion
Does anyone else search the motor insurance database from time to time, or ebay or whatever means to find out where your old pride and joy's have gone?
I guess it's a bit like not long after breaking up with someone. You shouldn't care, you don't really care, but you almost don't want to see them around town with someone new, and for some reason you end up having a curious facebook stalk!
Sad, But I can remember the licence plates to all the cars I'd ever owned in the uk, waiting for some work to download so had a browse and amazingly not one out of 15 is insured. Possibly changed to private plates I guess but more than likely written off / sorn / scrapped.. Am I the only weirdo who checks?? Makes me wonder what the average lifespan of a car is in the UK too..
I guess it's a bit like not long after breaking up with someone. You shouldn't care, you don't really care, but you almost don't want to see them around town with someone new, and for some reason you end up having a curious facebook stalk!
Sad, But I can remember the licence plates to all the cars I'd ever owned in the uk, waiting for some work to download so had a browse and amazingly not one out of 15 is insured. Possibly changed to private plates I guess but more than likely written off / sorn / scrapped.. Am I the only weirdo who checks?? Makes me wonder what the average lifespan of a car is in the UK too..
I don't know what I do but I seem to kill cars
My first car - SJ54XDU looks to have died this year or last
My second car - KV07HEJ was never MOT'ed after I sold it in 2011 with 95k on the clock and a hot start problem
My 335i - was exported to NZ as I sold it
My 924S' MOT expired this week but otherwise seems to be going strong
My 540i sold last week with the MOT I put back on it after writing it off - RA52OXM
My first car - SJ54XDU looks to have died this year or last
My second car - KV07HEJ was never MOT'ed after I sold it in 2011 with 95k on the clock and a hot start problem
My 335i - was exported to NZ as I sold it
My 924S' MOT expired this week but otherwise seems to be going strong
My 540i sold last week with the MOT I put back on it after writing it off - RA52OXM
2015 Golf - ended up at Big Motoring World. Suspect it's doing family car duties in London (automatic + reverse camera options...)
2013 Merc E220 - sold by a Scottish main dealer, did 50k in 2 years, then ended up at Car Giant. Not a London cab, probably a taxi somewhere though.
2010 Renault Megane - sold in Wales, ended up in Hampshire. Failed its MoT in 2015 due to child seat fitment. Now on 70k.
2005 Focus - has done 34k in seven years. (I did 16k in a year, before that it had 84k). Child seats on the MoT.
2008 Clio - has done 70k in nine years. Cat C somewhere along the line.
1998 BMW 523i - scrapped last year, should have died a decade ago. 60k+ since 2008, was on eBay in a scrap yard before that.
1994 Peugeot 306 - sold locally, spent a couple of years on SORN after another MoT.
1999 Peugeot 406 - lasted another 10 years and scrapped with probably 300k on the clock (suspect it was clocked before I had it) - certainly well over 200k and several owners.
1996 Peugeot 406 - sold to a mate who kept it for 50k, never changed the oil, and scrapped it for a fuel pump.
1989 Renault 19 - sold to a neighbour who drove it, drunk, into lots of things like skips and bus lanes for a year or so.
2013 Merc E220 - sold by a Scottish main dealer, did 50k in 2 years, then ended up at Car Giant. Not a London cab, probably a taxi somewhere though.
2010 Renault Megane - sold in Wales, ended up in Hampshire. Failed its MoT in 2015 due to child seat fitment. Now on 70k.
2005 Focus - has done 34k in seven years. (I did 16k in a year, before that it had 84k). Child seats on the MoT.
2008 Clio - has done 70k in nine years. Cat C somewhere along the line.
1998 BMW 523i - scrapped last year, should have died a decade ago. 60k+ since 2008, was on eBay in a scrap yard before that.
1994 Peugeot 306 - sold locally, spent a couple of years on SORN after another MoT.
1999 Peugeot 406 - lasted another 10 years and scrapped with probably 300k on the clock (suspect it was clocked before I had it) - certainly well over 200k and several owners.
1996 Peugeot 406 - sold to a mate who kept it for 50k, never changed the oil, and scrapped it for a fuel pump.
1989 Renault 19 - sold to a neighbour who drove it, drunk, into lots of things like skips and bus lanes for a year or so.
WOW didn't realise that you could search MOT history - they must have brought that in after I moved. My stalkeration has entered new levels!
Interesting looking at a few of them -
94 Supra TT - Last Mot'd in 2009 Genuinely wanted to hunt that down and buy it back one day!
TVR Cerberra - Last MOT was the one I did in 2010 - missing, presumed in a hedge
MG ZT190 - Last MOT 2013, made it to 100,000 miles
My first car, Rover 414i - since I sold it in 2006 at 40,000 miles, made it to 85,000 and three attempts at the last MOT in 2010 which it eventually passed, with advisories of corrosion, oil leaks, cv joints, you name it - literally fell apart by the looks of it!
MG F 1996, eventually died in 2011 after scraping through the last two MOTs
Jag S type - made it the longest, up until 2014 whereit too fell apart - mostly corroded suspension mountingsat 90k miles
BMW 530 - made it to 2008 and 150k miles before vanishing
MG TF, pugeot 309 mi16 - worryingly 'this plate doesn't exist'
I find it fascinating as I buy and sell cars in Aus where it's harder to come across detailed history and cars seem to die at sub 100k in the UK whereas here they're barely run in (warmer, no salt on the roads, drier typically). It tends to be high kms and poor maintenance that ends them here.
Interesting looking at a few of them -
94 Supra TT - Last Mot'd in 2009 Genuinely wanted to hunt that down and buy it back one day!
TVR Cerberra - Last MOT was the one I did in 2010 - missing, presumed in a hedge
MG ZT190 - Last MOT 2013, made it to 100,000 miles
My first car, Rover 414i - since I sold it in 2006 at 40,000 miles, made it to 85,000 and three attempts at the last MOT in 2010 which it eventually passed, with advisories of corrosion, oil leaks, cv joints, you name it - literally fell apart by the looks of it!
MG F 1996, eventually died in 2011 after scraping through the last two MOTs
Jag S type - made it the longest, up until 2014 whereit too fell apart - mostly corroded suspension mountingsat 90k miles
BMW 530 - made it to 2008 and 150k miles before vanishing
MG TF, pugeot 309 mi16 - worryingly 'this plate doesn't exist'
I find it fascinating as I buy and sell cars in Aus where it's harder to come across detailed history and cars seem to die at sub 100k in the UK whereas here they're barely run in (warmer, no salt on the roads, drier typically). It tends to be high kms and poor maintenance that ends them here.
Seat arosa - sold in 2012 to a bloke in the next village for his kids to learn to drive in. Saw his wife driving it the other day
Vw Bora - sold to a mate on over 200k, he sold it on gumtree and was out of tax and not for 3 months so we assumed it had met its end. He told me last weekend when I saw him that it had a fresh mot so was back on the road
Mk2 focus needed a new engine (burning a litre of oil every 200 miles and engine knocking) so I got rid 18 months ago. I saw it for sale at a used car place on eBay 6 months later (interestingly since they've put on the mot history where it was motd I can see it's the same place my dads Saab with a knackered turbo went so I'll give them a wide birth) it was for good money and described as good condition (I was quoted 2k to fix and it was a 10 year old focus so I bet it hasn't been), it's still got tax and mot but not sure for how much longer)
Mk1 focus and Alfa I've still got but the mk1 focus is probably also in borrowed time as its cost me £500 the last month in repairs and if something else goes on it , it's scrap.
I've seen where a lot of my family's cars have ended up and met their end as well on the mot history site. It's quite interesting (if you're a car bore like me)
Vw Bora - sold to a mate on over 200k, he sold it on gumtree and was out of tax and not for 3 months so we assumed it had met its end. He told me last weekend when I saw him that it had a fresh mot so was back on the road
Mk2 focus needed a new engine (burning a litre of oil every 200 miles and engine knocking) so I got rid 18 months ago. I saw it for sale at a used car place on eBay 6 months later (interestingly since they've put on the mot history where it was motd I can see it's the same place my dads Saab with a knackered turbo went so I'll give them a wide birth) it was for good money and described as good condition (I was quoted 2k to fix and it was a 10 year old focus so I bet it hasn't been), it's still got tax and mot but not sure for how much longer)
Mk1 focus and Alfa I've still got but the mk1 focus is probably also in borrowed time as its cost me £500 the last month in repairs and if something else goes on it , it's scrap.
I've seen where a lot of my family's cars have ended up and met their end as well on the mot history site. It's quite interesting (if you're a car bore like me)
Edited by JD66 on Wednesday 18th October 00:43
Edited by JD66 on Wednesday 18th October 00:45
My first car was a W reg Mitsubishi Colt. Ended up needing a new fuel pump and exhuast was blown which would have cost a fair bit so sold it to the trader / MOT garage for about £50 only to check recently and find out it got repaired and is back on the road.
Got it in 2009 with 56k and sold on 2012 on 88k genuinely loved that little thing and had lots of ‘firsts’ in it. Haha
I think I sold it at 88k in 2012 and now it’s on 100k in slough. Looks like it’s flown through every MOT since without a single advisory!
This was the state of it when I sold it. I would have it back in a heartbeat! Little blue bug.
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Offside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Offside Front Headlamp insecure (1.7.3)
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Nearside Rear Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Emissions not tested
Got it in 2009 with 56k and sold on 2012 on 88k genuinely loved that little thing and had lots of ‘firsts’ in it. Haha
I think I sold it at 88k in 2012 and now it’s on 100k in slough. Looks like it’s flown through every MOT since without a single advisory!
This was the state of it when I sold it. I would have it back in a heartbeat! Little blue bug.
Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Offside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Offside Front Headlamp insecure (1.7.3)
Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
Nearside Rear Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
Emissions not tested
Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 18th October 00:58
Edited by ashleyman on Wednesday 18th October 01:00
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