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• How old is an "old banger"? 5 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  Someone wrote on another thread that a car that is six years old is an old banger. I would have said a six year old car is still a perfectly decent car. How old does a car have to be before being considered an "old banger"? If you are a fully paid-up member of the bangernomics school of motoring
• How old a car is too old ?? 30 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  persons car and only did 3600 miles so would that be good ?? or is it too old?
• Insurance matters - mving between new and old car 14 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  My wife has recently bought a new car and has taken out insurance (using her NCB) with a different company from which we used on her old car.We are in the process of selling her old car and having paid for the insurance in a lump sum on the old car presume we are effectively still
• how old is yours 19 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  just a curious question i would like to take a wee survey my car is 10 years old and it still runs ok but some people think oh its ten years old what do you expect ok how many people in thios forum have a ten year old car that goes ok blimey my moyorcycle is 33 years old and runs ok i
• Who sells "New Old Stock" cars? 1 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  i keep hearing posts of unsold cars parked up on airfields and in parking lots. how many dealers would try to sell someone an 'old' car when, look shiny new one. brokers seem to sell imported cars so who sells the old stock cars waiting patiently in a field? when rover when belly up a few years
• 10 year old airbags 15 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  Anyone with a ten year old car taken the makers suggestions that the car must be taken back for a check of the air bag at 10 year old ? what are the dealers supposed to do ? just interested
• Car hire for a 24 year old key worker in NI 19 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  Anyone know a car hire company that would rent to a 24 year old coming back home for a break? Seems to be a 25 year old+ policy only. Key worker discount would be useful. ;-( 
• Old diesel v old petrol cars 3 May 2001 (Forum)
  with an old diesel it?ll be expensive. Although you?re more likely to have a problem with an old petrol car, it should be much cheaper to fix and represents a safer bet. What do other people think?
• Are old cars greener? And if so . . . 14 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  what might (or should) the government do about it? We all know that old cars tend to produce more noxious emissions than newer cars. But, as has been pointed out at various points in the Back Room, most recently by the Lawman (in the Future of Luxury Cars thread) that (and I quote) "You can
• Any - Buying a first car for a 17 year old 24 Jun 2022 (Forum)
  Our neighbour is looking for a first car for his 17yr old boy, The son is a spurs fan and refuses to contemplate anything red (a***nal colours).. Doh !!!
• Importing a used car (7 years old) from Jersey 31 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, Can anyone provide advice for a friend who is importing a 7 year old car from Jersey, is there a process to follow?
• 20 old car features I miss 5 Apr 2022 (Forum)
    https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/lists/20-old-car-features-we-miss/   Top of the list for me is the cramped cabin accommodation on new cars bought about by safety legislation
• Old car phone (analogue) to new Digital? 16 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I have just acquired a mint e36 BMW 320i with an old analogue phone in it. I also have a Cark system for my nokia. As there is an aerial and microphone alraedy fitted I was wondering is it possible to disconnect the old phone and fit the Cark cradle etc. Or am I mad?
• Congestion Charge penalty notice - advice required 16 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  new car and handed over my old car. Here is the timeline of what happened from oldest date to present: 1. Part-exchanged my old car and collected new car. Filled in retention from for my private number plate off of my old car. Handed over keys of my old car and drove new car home
• Ebay Old car sold for a fortune 20 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Does anyone have a link for the story from USA of the man who put his old car on Ebay expecting $500 ... it went on to make about $200'000. Caught the end of the story on Sky News but cant find it anywhere.
• Why manufacturers don't make old style cars? 29 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  What prevents manufacturers making modern cars which look like old classics like 1960s Rolls Royce, Dusenberg, Jaguar E type etc. Is there no market for such looking cars or there is technical difficulty with all the mandated safety requirement nowadays?
• Any - Used Car PCP 11 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I am thinking that within the next two years of replacing my 12 year old Octavia TDI which I purchased when it was 8 years old. I am wondering if there are any manufacturers/dealers that would provide a used car on pcp up to 3 years old ?
• MoT for almost 3-yr old car 3 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  SWMBO's car will be three years old on 1st September. The garage where it was serviced on 30th July, said that if it was on or after 1st August they could have MoT'd the car without any documentation and forward dated the ticket to 1st September 2008. Is this right?
• Car for 17 year old 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone recommend a car for a 6'2" tall 17 yr old boy. Cheap to insure, up to £6K to spend. Minis etc obviously out and he won't hear of a fiesta (or skoda!). Any ideas - what was/is your first car, what insurance group is it etc, etc??
• How to sell old car 25 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I have just ordered a new car and have an old Proton MPi 1.5 SE Automatic saloon to dispose of. The new car is due delivery on 1st March and I need my old car until then for commuting to work etc. I kept it out of the deal on the new car because it may have soured the deal. Its a 1993 model and has