13th Jun 2022, 19:33
Also, 20+ years in the taxi business is my citation, hundreds of cars and lots of drivers giving me their opinion on what they like/dislike is my citation.
Anecdotal, but I have a huge number of cars to work with, I can tell what lasts and what does not, I pay for the repairs on multiple cars ;)
For context, I live in the United Kingdom, I know the crossover in comments section can get a bit confusing with many people all over the world commenting here and there about different things. I will say this - in the UK car culture is a bit different here. Wouldn't say we are anti car (like most governments unfortunately), but the USA seems to have a better culture, people here don't seem to like cars as much. In 2010 they introduced a scrappage scheme which saw a lot of perfectly good cars go off the road for a grant towards new diesel cars. Now they are telling us diesel cars are bad and we should all bin those as well and buy electric when the infrastructure is far from there yet. And likely will be equally if not more expensive to charge and run these cars in the future, they will still find a way to tax them, and the environment effect is very much still in debate.
Myself for business (and personal use) I have zero interest in this. We need quality cars and cheaper fuel, not electric gimmicks packed with technology most people will not use or care about. Then there is the privacy concerns with the fact everything will be electric and tracked. But that I feel is another conversation also too big for this comment section.
13th Jun 2022, 19:51
Apparently the irony of your using a computer to broadcast your claim of how much better cars were before computers is lost on you, isn't it?
14th Jun 2022, 03:31
Right on and true for the most part. I remember in the early 90s when I worked at a salvage yard. Most of the 1970s cars that were retired, mainly due to the bodies being rotted away. Engines still ran fine. We sold a lot of them used.
14th Jun 2022, 13:55
youtube.com/watch?v=MJracmdSQDU
Which one of these do you like - or would take?
14th Jun 2022, 18:37
No, not lost on anything. And I never understand comments like this. So what if we are using computers to communicate? Does that mean I have to submit to the false claim that evolving tech is always better just because it contains a motherboard? No.
By the way, technology in general is ancient, and sometimes we go backwards, devolving. Good example is the first electric car - it was over 100 years ago. I know, I was surprised also.
13th Jun 2022, 18:58
Well said :) Myself I drive an older car because;
1. I like it.
2. It makes more financial sense.
3. I won't be bullied into taking more debt and bad deals that I know won't work long term and have been tried before.
4. Running a car into the ground is almost always cheaper in the long run and actually better for the environment (citations searchable).
5. Point #1 is good enough, now see point 6.
6. Please gentleman let's agree or disagree, buy new or used and be happy, let's not let this comment section go on forever - this site is meant to be a fun place where people share experiences with all types of cars and help each other out :)