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10% of households bought a new car, and that means that the average lifespan of a car with its FIRST owner must be on average 10 years. Cars might last 20-30 y
by msandford 12y ago
10% of households bought a new car, and that means that the average lifespan of a car with its FIRST owner must be on average 10 years. Cars might last 20-30 years in the UK as the previous poster pointed out, and longer in the rest of Europe which is already "rich" relative to India. I think you're proving his point exactly.
- magicalist 12y ago> 10% of households bought a new car, and that means that the average lifespan of a car with its FIRST owner must be on average 10 years. Maybe I need more coffee, but wouldn't that only be true if every household only bought new cars? In any case, we don't have to guess these things. Simple search found that in 2011 the mean car age on UK roads was 7.44 years. Even accounting for the long tail, that's actually pretty good.
- msandford 12y agoAh, excellent point. Yup, I got that one wrong!