Classic cars

[Dave Prior]

This is one of "Those" conversations. It's hard to imagine modern cars becoming classics, but stranger things have happened. I mean, I still consider my 1998 Honda Civic a modern car. It's just the sort of car that was the norm when I was growing up. unremarkable and bland. But if I compare it to my mother's Astra which is only a couple of years old I begin to realise how old fashioned the Honda is. The fact is there are certainly people out there who consider my Civic to be a modern classic, and would go to some effort to restore it to an as new condition. It's worth remembering that to a 17 year-old passing their driving test this year, it would seem positively ancient, simple (despite being far more complex than a car 20-30 years older) and probably interesting and different as a result. I know that's what got me interested in classic cars when I started driving. Everything's relative, really. Ultimately the main preventative factor will likely be availability of fuel.