Living in the past decade...

[S3000]

Who else besides me are using cars who are older than 10 years ?

Yeah it stinks to use the technology from the past decade, but thanks to depreciation im forced to buy older cars.
Im feeling like entering the year 2003 by christmas.

[iva cosworth]

There is many many here using 10+ years cars.

My Cosworth is 19 1/2

[CBR JGWRR]

S3000 said:

Who else besides me are using cars who are older than 10 years ?

Yeah it stinks to use the technology from the past decade, but thanks to depreciation im forced to buy older cars.
Im feeling like entering the year 2003 by christmas.

Most people on here.

[sparks_E39]

Yes, and all the better for it. I hope to stay in the late 90's/early 00's for a few more years yet. I love the design, I love the technology.

My 13 year old and counting car

Edited by sparks_E39 on Monday 16th July 22:10

[V88Dicky]

My daily rolled off the Burnaston production line in August 2001, and she's in fine fettle, cosmetically and mechanically.

Anyway, I quite like the rudimentary satnav, rouce (sp) pleather seats and plastic wood trim

[UpTheIron]

Tuscan - 11 years old now and wouldn't change it for anything...

[HeatonNorris]

S3000 said:

Who else besides me are using cars who are older than 10 years ?

Yeah it stinks to use the technology from the past decade, but thanks to depreciation im forced to buy older cars.
Im feeling like entering the year 2003 by christmas.

Aside from my company car, my cars are 22 and 16 years old.

My bikes are 13, 16 and 17.

I prefer older, simpler kit. Mind you, one of the bikes has EFI... so it was cutting edge at the time.

[TameRacingDriver]

Early Phase 1 Clio 172. Am pretty much limited to old metal at the moment due to the fact I don't have any money to buy anything newer, and I refuse to get a loan to get a newer car. It does me, a good all round car.

[Cotty]

S3000 said:

Who else besides me are using cars who are older than 10 years ?

Double that. 1992 BMW E30 325i. Took it on holiday recently, thats the cabin in the background

[R60EST]

A 12 yr old Lexus Here.

Electric everything , xenon lights , colour sat nav, yes it's a real bh.

[SWH]

Ended up using my station car for the London commute, after I had enough of the train. 730mi a week in a 1998 Avensis, mad, yes... by the end, the wheel bearings were howling so loudly the stereo wouldn't drown it out, took me 11k miles to get hacked off with it:



Now scrapped and replaced with a 1998 525 TDS, all 145k miles of it for £1175... Everything works and it does the best part of 40mpg commuting into the middle of London each day... so far so good

[standardman]

80's for me. Less electrics, no sensors carbs.

Combine that with less weight and fuel is not too bad either.

[NotDave]

Our driveway has 8 cars on it tonight, 6 are from 1964-2002. The other 2 are 2006


95-2002 probably my personal favourite era

[chibbard]

Yep, 2000MY TVR Cerbera. But only paying just over 200 quid a year road tax on a 4.5L V8 cos it's pre 2001. Why change to anything newer and pay more.

[nagsheadwarrior]

I Was contemplating earlier how my fleet of smokers is getting remarkably modern, 86,96,99,01 and 02, to be honest though I cant see me ever wanting to pay the emissions based road tax on the sort of newer cars I like even if I could afford them.

[R12HCO]

I have seem to have gone the wrong way - I had a 2006 car in 2010, and gradually worked my way back to 1997 reg car.

[Alfahorn]

My Alfa is not quite 10 years old yet, it's 8 years 5 months and I love it dearly. I'm Alfa mad, however the last modern Alfa which really appealed to me was the GT. I don't like any other moden cars, don't like the idea of paying thousands of pounds to buy a newer car because I can't see how I'll benefit.

I love my car a lot and particularly the fact it's quite rare.

[Parabola]

I drive a youngster... only 9 years old, but is a 15 year old design.

I feel that era was a golden age for car design & technology. Cars still looked 'pretty', not over designed.
My Alfa has decent ride and nicely weighted steering. The traction control is there, but not too intrusive. Has plenty of toys, but no fiddley iDrive type controls. It's relatively easy to fix & work on.

Most modern cars just feel 'dead' to me when I drive them, no steering feel, terrible ride quality.

I'm pretty sure my next car will be an E39 BMW. Either a 530 Touring or saloon. An E39 is my 'realistic' dream car.

Keep an older car clean and tidy, most people have no idea of it's age. Clients at work sometimes ask, is this a new car? I'd much rather spend £7K on an older car, then £7K over it's life keeping it in great condition, than a new £15K car that will plummet in value.

[Bill]

My car's 10 years old, but my wife's is a relative youngster at only 9 years old, but it was cheaper than mine.

[HeatonNorris]

standardman said:

80's for me. Less electrics, no sensors carbs.

Combine that with less weight and fuel is not too bad either.

I think the 'sweet spot' is a bit later - certainly the latter end of the 80s and through to the early 90s.

No catalysts, fewer gadgets, and very simple injection systems.

K-Jetronic is a bit of a black art if it does go wrong, KE is better, but L-Jetronic seems to be the one to have - never seems to go wrong, relatively simple, but sophisticated enough to produce a good balance of power and economy.

I hate carbs with a passion, after having too many issues with them - especially the utter ste Pierburgs favoured by VW in the early 80s.