Re: Modern Cars.
Originally Posted by
Baz46
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Yes, there's not much else to do to maintain the modern car Floydy. However, there's also the fact that nobody can do anything else with regard to servicing as it's impossible these days. Anything else is subject to hourly labour rates of £100 an hour, not exactly affordable for anyone on the basic State Pension of £155 a week. OK when you are working and earning but when on a small pension it's very much a different story.
You're right, Baz. I wasn't really talking about the money aspect - I don't have very much myself working in my meagrely-paid desperate job.
I understand that it's more expensive these days to do it yourself because everything is linked up electronically to an inbuilt computer and it isn't just the expense, it's having the tools and know-how to perform repairs yourself. I haven't a clue about any of that and costly as it is, my car is essential to get me to work and so needs to be maintained.
You could argue though that an older car would be just as expensive to maintain because more things would probably go wrong with it causing repairs to be needed more often, so it's a catch-22 situation really. I take the benefit of the doubt option and drive a newer car for peace of mind. The only way I was able to buy one was from inheritance. before this one, I've always had them on finance or driven bangers.