[NBF823]

I drove my '84 around yesterday. To everyone around here, that's old's. But judging by the age of cars on the road - ten years old is ancient. But I did see quite a few other old cars around as it was a nice day; two early 70s camaros, an early 70s dart, and must have been a very rusty 79 or 80 Corolla.

The ones I consider old have wood in the construction, lack shatter glass, and often have a threaded rod where the horn should be.

[U47]

In the past ( 70's and earlier) a car was considered old when it was ten years old , or when it had turned 100,000 miles.

[GT182]

Originally Posted by U47

In the past ( 70's and earlier) a car was considered old when it was ten years old , or when it had turned 100,000 miles.

That carried on into the 80s too. Now it's old when the odometer reads over 300,000 miles or more.

My take on "old car" is when you can't fix it enough to run it on the highway, or the body is so bad it's time for the "Junk Yard" to be recycled.

A friend has, or had, a 2003 Jeep GC Limited Edition with 289,000 miles on it, and it still looked like it just came off the showroom floor when I last saw it this past Fall. I say had as he was looking to sell it. I wanted it but couldn't get back to him to find out what he wanted for it. My 2000 Jeep GC Larado V8 4x4 has a bit over 112,000 on it but the underbody is rotting out. Getting to where's it's only good for parts, or the work truck as I'm using it for now. But it's still tough as nails and keeps on ticking.