"Depresion" wrote in message
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"Oliver Keating" wrote in message
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This really p****s me off about company cars, its such a wasteful policy
to
throw away cars that are 3 years old.

They are hardly thrown away, they are sold and form the back bone of the
2nd
hand car market.

Which is why I'll never buy a secondhand car.


I reckon company cars should have a minimum life cycle of 10 years,
maybe
20.


Yep I know of one! Company car 15 years old, never missed a service, now got
280,000 on the clock. Utterly reliable, bodywork terrific so why get rid of
it?. Renault 25, my Dad uses it. Now retiring to Spain will pay the company
a fiver and take it with him!

"Jon Porter" wrote in message
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"Depresion" wrote in message
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"Oliver Keating" wrote in message
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This really p****s me off about company cars, its such a wasteful
policy
to
throw away cars that are 3 years old.

They are hardly thrown away, they are sold and form the back bone of the
2nd
hand car market.

Which is why I'll never buy a secondhand car.


I reckon company cars should have a minimum life cycle of 10 years,
maybe
20.


Yep I know of one! Company car 15 years old, never missed a service, now
got
280,000 on the clock. Utterly reliable, bodywork terrific so why get rid
of
it?. Renault 25, my Dad uses it. Now retiring to Spain will pay the
company
a fiver and take it with him!


Exactly my point. Maintain a car properly and it *will* last the mileage.