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Originally Posted by JockoT
I think the reason we have fewer old cars on our roads is down to our stringent MOT annual testing
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Bingo!
I've always been amazed at the prices of used vehicles in the UK relative to here.
Japan is another country with legendarily strict inspections. Less stringent countries (like Canada) benefit from extremely low-kilometers and mostly rust-free 15 year-old imports that are deemed not worth keeping there.
The province I live in only requires vehicles to pass a (fairly strict) mechanical inspection when transferring ownership. Some other provinces have annual inspections, while others require none at all.
I sometimes grumble about how nit-picky my mechanic can be when my new-to-me cars face inspection, but it could be worse! (The 27 year-old Miata is about to run the gauntlet.)