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^^ My w124 is just about to hit "a bit ratty" and I'm not sure I want to take it there. The rust is fixable now, but give it another winter on salty roads and I think it'll be a fair bit worse
I generally prefer older cars when they had a bit more personality and wasn't made just to please the finance department. Mix that with not wanting to spend heaps on a car and I'm looking at 15-20 year old high end estates. Just thinking about the deprecation on a newish car scares me. Sure, a 4 year old Skoda Superb is a sensible choice on paper, but factor in the re-sale value in a few years and it'll cost more to run compared to our merc that had a £1k in repair bills last year...