On average how long do you keep your car for?

[Mark9999]

As long as it’s reliable I keep my cars as long as possible. My mx5 lasted to 20 years old before the dreaded tin worm took over.

 

[pioneercollector]

I keep all my vehicles until they are either not up to the job required or are just plain dead!
Owned my LWB Shogun 3.0L DOP for around 18 years, I still own my XJR 1300 which i purchased new in 2000, the Honda VT-1100 Shadow is now 28 years old, Just took on my fathers Honda CR-V which he has owned from new (2012) and that was 3 years ago .... should get 15 years out of it! The SL500 i have owned for over 3 years. it was aged when i purchased it, so will be very aged when i let her go!

Even my EV vans had been worked for 9 years before being replaced recently ......

 

[Fastcar155]

I owned a 2.8 diesel Mitsubishi Pajero for 12 years ( 3 years on a SORN ) Took the car for an MOT and only required a small amount of work to pass the test.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Normally well under a year.... which is why I have had so many even though I rarely have more than one at a time.... somewhere between 30 and 40. Also had around mid 20s motorcycles....
.......but I've had my current ALFA daily for 5 and a half years... unheard of!!!!...although I've had a couple of others in that time. Got to go soon.... as at 175,000 miles I'm pushing my luck.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Normally well under a year.... which is why I have had so many even though I rarely have more than one at a time.... somewhere between 30 and 40. Also had around mid 20s motorcycles....
.......but I've had my current ALFA daily for 5 and a half years... unheard of!!!!...although I've had a couple of others in that time. Got to go soon.... as at 175,000 miles I'm pushing my luck.

How do you go about insurance on that many ? With NCB etc , asking for a friend

 

[ALFAitalia]

As it says....I rarely have more than one at a time....so insurance is not an issue....if I get a second or third car they just add it on...funny that when I do the premium is not proportionate.
As an example we have a18 Yo working in the shop he pays £1200 to insure a 14 plate Corsa (no black box).....but he loves MX5s....but the insurance on it own was a no go. He was offered one by a customer of mine (import, 1992, mechanically great but UV damage to black paint)...so he bought it...we all joked about him never getting insurance for it.....but it only cost £500 to add it to the Corsa policy....so even at £1700 total its over £1000 less than insuring the MX5 alone!!!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

As it says....I rarely have more than one at a time....so insurance is not an issue....if I get a second or third car they just add it on...funny that when I do the premium is not proportionate.
As an example we have a18 Yo working in the shop he pays £1200 to insure a 14 plate Corsa (no black box).....but he loves MX5s....but the insurance on it own was a no go. He was offered one by a customer of mine (import, 1992, mechanically great but UV damage to black paint)...so he bought it...we all joked about him never getting insurance for it.....but it only cost £500 to add it to the Corsa policy....so even at £1700 total its over £1000 less than insuring the MX5 alone!!!

That’s great value. Especially for an import.

Some insurers are accommodating and offer “mirrored” no claims discount when cars are insured on a multicar, group or fleet policy, a question to ask when shopping around.

My current insurer takes the view that my wife and I are the only two drivers on a larger number of cars, and so we can only drive two at a time and that’s true whether we have 2 or 22 cars on the policy.

It sounds like your colleague has an even better deal than mirrored NCD.

 

[NJSS]

In the case of my MGB GT V8 over 50 years.

My MGA, the third which I have owned, 9 years.

Sadly I will have to sell them both in the next year or two.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

In the case of my MGB GT V8 over 50 years.

My MGA, the third which I have owned, 9 years.

Sadly I will have to sell them both in the next year or two.

Wow, 50 years is truly remarkable.

 

[pioneercollector]

50 years! That is impressive indeed!! But why change cars if you love the one you have?

50 years though .....