I am going to buy a 2011 Mercedes S500...

[Cavcraft]

Vitos are horrendous. Not nice to drive (even for a van) and rust issues are appalling.

[barefoot]

that nice 'honest John' says week after week that new cars are only designed to last 7 years.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Vitos are horrendous. Not nice to drive (even for a van) and rust issues are appalling.

 

You're not kidding. We saw an 06 plate one yesterday that was absolutely riddled from arsehole to breakfast time - not a good panel on it and the rust was just everywhere. I was passenger in my mate's (absolutely mint) 05 Transit and looked at the driver of this shitheap - he knew what we meant and just laughed.

 

Best drivers van is the Vivaro/Trafic imo.

[Negative Creep]

that nice 'honest John' says week after week that new cars are only designed to last 7 years.

 

 

Isn't that something to do with Japanese cars and their MOT being stupidly hard to pass after this age? Still a load of bollocks anyway

[scaryoldcortina]

Honest john has been saying that since the ADO16 was current. Although, my dad's 1300 went to the scrapyard at 7 years...

[CIH]

I really hate modern Mertc interiors. They're always mega flimsy. A plastic tab is not a proper way to secure something ffs.

 

Has anyone experienced the MB tendencey to want to pull left too ?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Honest john has been saying that since the ADO16 was current. Although, my dad's 1300 went to the scrapyard at 7 years...

 

That was unlucky. There were still thousands of them on the road in 1980 when the oldest ones were 12 and the first 1100's were 18.

Having said that, an eight year old Morris 1100 donated an engine to my Mum's Mini in the early seventies. Italian stuff was usually the first to hit the scales, rusted out Suds and 127's being 6-7 years old followed by Datsuns like the 120Y. By and large though, the average life of a car has always been around 10-12 years and even now you don't see that many X plate cars in breakers. Most seem to be R-S plate with tons of old N-P reg shit.

I can't see many 7 year old cars weighed in anytime soon. There will always be cheap copy parts and a garage with the software to fix stuff.

[dieselnutjob]

That'll be a long time after I buy a 2005/6 Citroen C6 for £300.

 

£3000

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

I can't see many 7 year old cars weighed in anytime soon. There will always be cheap copy parts and a garage with the software to fix stuff.

 

I spotted a 7 year old Rover 75 in a scrapyard with no obvious crash damage. It was a 1.8 though.

[pogweasel]

Rovers don't count.

Probably had just gnoshed it's second or third HG and it's exasperated owner had simply had enough...

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

It was still surprising to see. The most common newer vehicles in scrapyards are superminis that've been treated like white goods, never serviced, etc.

[Pete-M]

I know a few traders who put any Rover 75 trade ins straight over the bridge.

 

They'll be bloody rare in a few years, but I wouldn't bother with one even then. Nothing worse than an unreliable car.

 

I still want a ZT-T 260 though.

[dollywobbler]

I've got a hankering for a 75, in some nice pensioner shade. Must be a V6 because I want cambelt woes as well as the chance of TWO failed head gaskets. I do like the muscular ZTs as well, but my main desire is for a Rover V8. I'd rather have one of those than the MG. I just love the big 'fuck off' grille and V8 muscle.

[Torsten2001]

I really want a Rover 75 with a passion!

[scaryoldcortina]

Honest john has been saying that since the ADO16 was current. Although, my dad's 1300 went to the scrapyard at 7 years...

 

That was unlucky. There were still thousands of them on the road in 1980 when the oldest ones were 12 and the first 1100's were 18.

Having said that, an eight year old Morris 1100 donated an engine to my Mum's Mini in the early seventies. Italian stuff was usually the first to hit the scales, rusted out Suds and 127's being 6-7 years old followed by Datsuns like the 120Y. By and large though, the average life of a car has always been around 10-12 years and even now you don't see that many X plate cars in breakers. Most seem to be R-S plate with tons of old N-P reg shit.

I can't see many 7 year old cars weighed in anytime soon. There will always be cheap copy parts and a garage with the software to fix stuff.

 

The 1300 survived until 1973, and my dad's was a 1973 L plate that died in 1980...

 

Apart from that, I tend to agree with you. 10 years is average, in 1990 we were culling mk5 cortinas and mk2 escorts like there was no tomorrow.