Because at least one of every car made should survive somehow. I get really depressed by the throwaway nature of cars these days - my Mercedes was worth nothing here, but if I get really pissed off with it (see Spring hasn't Sprung in maintenance) then an exporter will pay £150 for it to send it to South Africa.
Even as an unexciting car, if it needs so little, why kill it off?
(My XM needs about 3-4x it's value in repairs, but I still hold on to it...)
Richard
'Twas Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:29:01 +0100, when Richard Kilpatrick decided to declare:
I'm afraid it's gone :o( My Mum rang me last night to say she'd had it towed away, there was a 'We'll do it free' offer from the council. Sorry...
Del.
Richard Kilpatrick ( snipped-for-privacy@dmc12.demon.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Why, though? There's an awful lot of VERY mediocre wastes of steel about. There's absolutely no need for one of every short-lived market failure to survive. Who, in years to come, will really care about the Ford Fusion, for example.
Yes, well. It might not be the greatest car Citroen's ever made, but to compare it to a mid-80s Mazda 626... (grin)
As someone who would very much like to get hold of a Moskvitch 427 (van or estate) on the purely sentimental basis that it is associated with every childhood outing for a decade, I would like to think that someone does want to keep such beasts going.
Great engineering and great looks are not the only things driving this group !
AWM ( snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.freeserve.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Indeed. I can actually see the appeal in something like a Mosky - and for some there's the sentimental factor too.
But - let's be fair - there's an awful lot of crap on the roads that won't be exactly a great loss when the last one dies.
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