Subj : oldest (non-antique) vehicle ever owned
To   : acn
From : Ogg
Date : Sun Jun 27 2021 07:50 am

Hello acn!

** On Tuesday 22.06.21 - 09:46, acn wrote to Ogg:

 a> Last year, I sold my first car, a Citroen C3 which I bought
 a> new in 2007, so I had it for 13 years.

I can now appreciate the benefit in maintaining rust-proofing  
undercoat for a car that one would want to keep using beyond 8  
yrs, atleast.  But I never thought that 8+ yrs would be my  
result.

The mechanical lever (right along the cabin floor) that pulls  
on a cable to open the door for the gas tank corroded right  
off.  I've been using a pair of pliers to grab what little that  
is left to clamp on to.

 a> It was in the age where many things started to break. I had
 a> some things fixed but the list of things that should be
 a> fixed "in the next few years" got longer and longer, so I
 a> decided that a new (used) car would probably be cheaper
 a> (and more reliable) in the long run.

I've been pretty lucky, I guess.  I've had nothing major at  
all, except now: the rear suspension.   I had the rotors  
replaced once before though, at $90x4 just for the parts, at  
about 8 years into its life.  The original battery lasted 10  
years!

 a> And for ~3 years, from 2014-2017, I've owned a Citroen 2CV
 a> from 1989 where I fixed and updated some things during that
 a> time.

That 2CV looks like a funky oversized Volkswagen beetle.  :D


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