New Car Smell

[ninebelow]

Driving down the M1 the other day, we got talking about the possibility of getting a new car. At one point, I said: "Well, I doubt we'll ever own a brand new car." My wife was taken aback by this. Turns out that whilst I don't know anyone who has ever bought a brand new car, her whole family do this.

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[abigail_n]

I've only bought one car and that was my aunt's old one. But she bought it new (and replaced it with a new car) and all the cars my mother has bought since I got my license (that is, all the cars I've driven before I bought my own) were new. I'm thinking of giving my car to my brother next year and buying a different one, and I'll probably look at new cars first.

[autopope]

The newest car I've ever bought was around 5 years old.

And I typically buy cars at 8-10 year intervals.

The thought of dropping full price on a vehicle gives me the cold sweats! You lose 20% (in tax) driving it off the dealer forecourt, and it's down 75% after 6 years.

[sbisson]

I did buy a new car once, but that was over 12 years ago. It's still working :-)

[lamentables]

I bought a new car in 1999 and I'm still driving it.

[del_c]

Somebody must, after all. But then, on second thoughts, given that I've never bought a car from a new-car buyer, they could be quite a minority, feeding the second hand market for the rest of us.

I've never bought a new house either. I do buy new clothes.

[oldbloke]

I bought a new car once, for some reason I thought it might be the only time I'd ever be able to afford to - and it was only a Metro. And I wrote it off. Luckily, within the "total replacement" phase of the insurance.

Normally I buy cars between 30 and 50 thousand miles old, run them for 2 or 3 years, then get another.