12 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

All modern mass produced cars are landfill, it's only genuinely scarce variants and exotica that will really have any future value as classics.

It's like suggesting that my 2.0 MPI will be more valuable because it's much rarer than a VRS, it's pub guff and I'm gonna drive mine into the ground then scrap it.

 

That is so true - Although a few cars that were considered as landfill fodder in the 1970's now are highly sought after. Who would have thought that anybody would want an Allegro or a Renault 4. 

 

My vRS is also doing a great job for me but is far from original or mint so will never see the show scene either. 

 

18 hours ago, DieselMonte said:

Clean vRS' and pristine normal fabias will become classics I would imagine. A car like mine could never be worth anything for example. Nor will a vRS with 330k miles, JOM coilovers and a HXRNY sticker on the windshield be worth as much as a completely original vRS either. For now though, I don't see much point in worrying about keeping a car locked away because they might go up in value. I can speak from experience here when I say it does more harm than good. Tyres get flat spots, batteries go dead, fuel goes off,mould appears (and fabias are notorious for having dodgy seals that let in moisture), mice and rats can take up residence in it and do a lot of damage if they want to. Mice were in my car, around the engine too. They didn't seem to chew much of the wiring but they somehow got between the roof and the headliner. Found droppings on the top of the headliner, sound deadening on the roof chewed and a stain of I presume mouse pee around the spot where the sun visor would fold up into the headliner, nasty. I don't think that at this time its worthwhile to put some storage as opposed to just driving and enjoying them

 

 

A farm isn't ideal for car storage .. I have to kick the brother in laws scrap Golf SDi every time to put the rats out of it... Not only that he complained that the drivers seat of his TDi Golf was splitting ... It was chewed on by a rat but he does abandon the thing around the place with the drivers door open, keys in and calf nuts in the boot ! I don't think that his Golf will be a survivor either but being the type he is he probably will be still driving the thing in 25 years time.... 

 

If you want to prevent the flat spots on the tyres drive the car onto a rubber cow mat - You know the recycled tyre ones in the creamery  .... 

 

 

1 hour ago, VanhireBoys said:

Who would have thought that anybody would want an Allegro

Not me for sure (not even an E-series 1750, or a Vanden Plas 1500).