yes in 5 years time good EVs will have 400miles be very well priced, very little maintenance , 8 year plus warranties it will be a no brainer for Joe or Brenda average living in superbia
I don't remember that time either. When I started driving the only cars available were already ancient, pre-war designs, uncomfortable, inefficient, poor performance, poor economy and constantly going wrong in the sense that something or other wouldn't work.
I don't remember that time either. When I started driving the only cars available were already ancient, pre-war designs, uncomfortable, inefficient, poor performance, poor economy and constantly going wrong in the sense that something or other wouldn't work.
But a lot of the problems were down to lack of maintenance, most people couldn't afford garage costs and didn't know as much about DIY car care as they thought they did.
Engines, clutches etc didn't last all that long, but as long as the car didn't rust away it would last almost for ever.
Go back to the 60's and cars just rotted away, Vauxhall were especially noted for it but pretty much all British cars were terrible at that time.
The Capri though was an exception. They didn't break down as such and most crashed before rust got to them because they used to break when they hit a tree. Great fun to drive but too much power, poor suspension, terrible oversteer and poor driving did for many of them
Todays cars are so much better in every way, but lack character. The biggest difference, IMO, is that if a modern car goes wrong it needs recovery, not a screwdriver and a hammer to fix it
Back in those days police had their own inhouse servicing for the cars and they were looked after much better.
So probably best to discount them as evidence?To be honest some of them were like Trigger's broom; on their third body and fourth engine. But they were still red lining them with 300k on the clock
I find this offensive and have reported it.
Well, you replied to my general post about change with some specific stuff about your uncle. What goes around comes around.
Of course there are outliers. That's how things work.
That was because you were making things up again.
Perhaps, instead, show what I have made up.
Normal motorway driving certainly adds miles without much strain, and I’d imagine that most Traffic mileage was ‘normal’, with occasional wild extremes!
My good lady keeps "borrowing" my Sportage ("because the child seat was already in it and I couldn't be bothered to swap it over"!) She loves her 1.2 Polo but if the weather is a bit iffy, she is after the spare set of keys in a shot!
I have no intention of changing my 1.7 diesel (Eco version) any time soon. Extremely reliable, built like a tank underneath, easy to maintain myself (oil changes, filters and brakes, so simple) and it gives me 50+ mpg all year round and I got 60 mpg on a long run trip away. I got the clutch done when I bought it as it had been used around an inner city by a lady carer and the pressure plate was toast (sitting in traffic queues, with the clutch pressed!). I don't want something that drives itself, or tells me how to drive by beeping when i move the steering to pass a dead cat or seagull. My holiday hire car did that and it drove me crazy! New cars? No chance.
