Mr Macaw wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Rod Speed wrote

No need, diesel cars last a hell of a lot longer than petrol ones.

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Fact.

The type of engine makes little difference these days.

Wrong, as always.

Most cars go to the scrapyard with their original engine.

And with no work having been done on the engine
at all, at most maybe a pump or sensor replacement.

But that is because no one wants them anymore.

Which is not relevant at all. All it means is people aren't driving
as far as their car could go before the ****ty bodywork rusts away.

They aren't mostly scrapped because the body has rusted away,
they are mostly scrapped because they are involved in an accident
that is uneconomic to repair.