Originally Posted by
Beagle
Okay vehicle in its day but take some sage advice mate, a man of your means and intelligence should know when to quit while you're ahead.
Its not your driving I'm worried about, its the tens of thousands of people coming into the country on counterfeit international driving licenses or the tens of thousands driving without a license at all. If someone hits you hard in that vehicle you'll be going to see the good Lord a lot earlier than you otherwise would be ! There's plenty of really late model good quality vehicles around with good performance and 5 star safety ratings in the $20 -$30K range these days or you could even ask our resident expert car dealer on here for some advice in the $10K range if you're feeling too "Scottish" to buy something better ?
Food for thought. How would you feel if you had a bad accident in that and your grandkids in the back were killed when a far better quality of vehicle would have saved them ? This is the exact reason I ensure my wife has a current model five star rated vehicle...apart from the fact that on the odd occasion, once in the blue moon, I don't mind if she herself hangs around herself a bit longer too lol
The weird thing is you're not alone. I have some other good friends in Auckland who have significant means and should know better but drive really, really old cars that wouldn't pass muster on any of the latest crash tests or latest safety equipment. I talk to them about it too from time to time and they don't listen either...go figure ?
Its an interesting study in human psychology isn't it. Maybe Todd Hunter you could shed some light on this question ?
Why do some people who are very comfortably well off deliberately choose not to update 20+ year old vehicles when they can very easily afford too ?
Do they simply not recognize the risk of older vehicles with far less technology and safety equipment than modern 5 star rated vehicles with all the latest safety aids, crash intrusion beams and so on or are they simply choosing to live a really frugal lifestyle because they've simply got into that habit and can't get out of it ?