7th Jul 2019, 14:39

Comments / debates can go on forever on here like this in regards to old vs new :)

When it comes down to it, there are pros and cons to old and new cars, but I don't think anyone is claiming older (or newer) is automatically better, and certainly not any car from the 40s.

The main pattern I see on here (and other car reviews sites) is legitimate complaints about modern cars, and by modern I mean anything after the year 2000. People are frustrated that their 80s and 90s cars had (comparatively) little to no major expensive problems compared to newer more complex electronics found in modern cars. I think this is a fair criticism of newer cars - they are too complex and cost far too much to fix at a young age. Myself, I had an experience like many others - most if not all of my cars from 20 or 30 years ago lasted in excess of a decade and over 100,000 miles relatively easily. Nowadays though you've got cars from as young as a 2012 model car starting to give major expensive repairs at less than a decade old and probably a low mileage. So progress? I don't think so. If car manufacturers want customers to return, they need to prove long term reliability is still viable.

So you can see why when someone buys a new or nearly new car, they can get tired of it and long for the good old days.