"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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On 27/02/2020 01:02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/02/2020 18:25, Andrew wrote:
There was a time when snapped V-belts were a common sight on the
roadside, but now you never see them, and I never see the flat
multi-grooved ones either (*). Instead I see many half-moon
bits of broken coil springs on the side of the road.

Mostly people are not running cars to as low a state as they used to.

The modern trend is to pay to have a decent car on tick of some sort, and
dump it when it gets to 70k miles or so.

Modern belts will do 100K + and are inspected as part of maintenance.

There is little point in owning a car worth under £500 these days when
tax MOT and insurance will be more than that...unless you are driving
without any of the above.



bollox my wagon r cost £4k in 2010 at three years old and now at 13 years
old has 110k miles on it still drives like new.....hope it never dies
....not worth much but as I have changed the oil and filter every 5k miles

Waste of time and money.

it is worth more to me....you must know the cost of everything and the
value of nothing ....