What percentage of 20 year old cars are on the road?
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From: Tegger on 27 Oct 2009 17:56 Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in news:84qee5tebrut4t6l2eka5roni4umotj2f0(a)4ax.com: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:05:48 -0700 (PDT), m6onz5a > <corvair(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > >> >>All of those old cars must be hiding somewhere because I hardly ever >>see any old ones on the road. > > That's another problem with getting "real" and useful meaning from > registration figures. > Where I live in the burbs there's hardly any old cars. My '90 Corsica > might be the oldest car of the closest 200 cars around here. > I just use it for local trips, and wouldn't take it on the road. > But if I go about 10 miles into the north side of Chicago, I can see > all sorts of such cars parked on the streets. Exactly the point I just made in another reply. Being registered for the road does not correlate with actual use. > Instead of 1 in 200, it's more like 1 in 10. > I assume that most are used like mine, and not real "highway cars." > But where you're at can make a huge difference in the age of cars you > see around you. Yep. My '91 Integra, still very much a daily driver (with 332,000 miles on it), is often the oldest car around, wherever I am. -- Tegger
From: Scott Dorsey on 27 Oct 2009 21:30 Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: > >My '91 Integra, still very much a daily driver (with 332,000 miles on it), >is often the oldest car around, wherever I am. This morning I parked my '74 next to a Desoto and a '54 MG at work. And I work for an outfit that's supposed to be doing state of the art technology, too. The guy with the Model A wasn't there, though. He took the Maverick in. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Tegger on 27 Oct 2009 21:36 kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in news:hc86r2$e3h$1(a)panix2.panix.com: > Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: >> >>My '91 Integra, still very much a daily driver (with 332,000 miles on >>it), is often the oldest car around, wherever I am. > > > This morning I parked my '74 next to a Desoto and a '54 MG at work. > And I work for an outfit that's supposed to be doing state of the art > technology, too. > > The guy with the Model A wasn't there, though. He took the Maverick > in. > You work in a very unusual place, I must say. Does your company hire only one-upmans? -- Tegger
From: clare on 27 Oct 2009 22:08 On 27 Oct 2009 21:30:10 -0400, kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: >> >>My '91 Integra, still very much a daily driver (with 332,000 miles on it), >>is often the oldest car around, wherever I am. > >This morning I parked my '74 next to a Desoto and a '54 MG at work. And >I work for an outfit that's supposed to be doing state of the art >technology, too. > >The guy with the Model A wasn't there, though. He took the Maverick in. >--scott Where I work guys own a 66 stang, a 69 Chevelle (not malibu) post,and a 61 vette, a '72 Challenger that I know of. On my street there is a 68? Firebird, a 57 BelAir, a 72 Duster, an early 80s Z28, and around the corner a 69 Z28 and a 65 valiant that I know of. Then there's a TVR arond the corner the other way, mid 70's.Several early 80s Supras and Hondas in the neighbourhood too last I checked a couple blocks over. Early Honda Accord across the street too that is very close to 20 years old. At least half the rest of the cars on the street will be over 8 years old - and it's NOT a depressed area.
From: Scott Dorsey on 28 Oct 2009 07:09
Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote: >kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in >> >> This morning I parked my '74 next to a Desoto and a '54 MG at work. >> And I work for an outfit that's supposed to be doing state of the art >> technology, too. >> >> The guy with the Model A wasn't there, though. He took the Maverick >> in. > >You work in a very unusual place, I must say. Does your company hire only >one-upmans? No, mostly geeks. Believe me, the car dealers and hardware stores near the base have some stories... --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |