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No sarcasm. In India cars are pretty much unusable after 15 years due to wear and tear, not to mention laws like - https://www.hizuno.com/blog/motor/15-years-ol
by rockyj 2y ago
No sarcasm. In India cars are pretty much unusable after 15 years due to wear and tear, not to mention laws like - https://www.hizuno.com/blog/motor/15-years-old-car-rules-in-india https://www.hizuno.com/blog/motor/15-years-old-car-rules-in-... (tldr: cars older than 15 years have to be dumped)
In Germany, people may upgrade from their own will, but even from my window I can see a dozens cars parked which are more than 10 years old. Not to mention a new Merc or VW can probably be stil working well in 20 years (for example see autoscout24 for Mercs from 2014 still selling for 15K).
- fwip 2y agoSure, but "for life" could reasonably be expected to cover 50 or 60 years, if you buy your first car as a young adult.
- teractiveodular 2y agoHow does that square with Ambassador taxis still being a thing in some cities? Do they just look ancient?
- rajaravivarma_r 2y agoI have rarely seen a car becoming unusable after 15 years. I have seen taxis with more than 400,000 KM on the odo. Not that they never had issues, but they are pretty much usable if you replace parts. The 15 year car rule is only applicable for New Delhi NCR Region. You still need to obtain fitness certificate for vehicles every 5 years after the 15th year, but they need not be dumped as long as it passes the evaluation.