The average age of cars on the road is 11. Anyone else find this to be pretty wasteful? So many cars are now in scrap yards because they just aren't worth much anymore, they still run fine but are considered junk because they are valued more as scrap metal than a car. My moms 2005 Chrysler 300c is in a scrapyard somewhere now because it got in an accident and it would cost a few k to fix the body, still ran great. She drove it for a week after the crash with no issues but the insurance company still called it totaled for some reason. 2005s sell for 10k easy... If you saw the car it was obvious that it would be maybe 3k at the most to fix it, and it was only body damage, keep that in mind. This has really been bothering me lately because I've been looking for older cars on kijiji and there aren't any. Plenty of 2002 and newer cars for $1000 but hardly anything older. I really do like older cars so maybe I'm biased but I really don't like how wasteful we are. But I have a feeling insurance has a big role in his because I'm gonna guess that insurance on an older car would be pretty high. If its a well cared for car it should run just fine for a long time, I'm sure that most car manufacturers build their cars to last waaaay longer than 11 years. Done venting, time to smoke.
