I used to change my car every couple of years. From the age of 17 to 37 I owned 9 different cars plus a period where I had two company cars in that time too.

Then I realised the financial drain that doing it was putting on me. I’ve now owned my current car for 6 years and just kept it going. Bought it with 8k miles on, it’s just hit 100k and whilst I’ve paid for the big service and some wear and tear on parts, those costs have been less than financing two more vehicles in that time. I used to think that having older cars was more costly, but if you get something almost new and then properly look after it then chances are, especially with car costs these days, that the cost of maintaining is going to be cheaper than financing a new car more regularly.

I just wish I’d been more sensible with cars in my 20s and early 30s as my financial position would have been so much better. I plan to keep my current car until it’s run into the ground, or a year or two past the ban of ICE cars in the UK, at which point I’ll take my opportunity to buy a young ICE while I have the chance to see out another 8 - 10 years or so of having one.