Who's going to drive their N to the bitter end?

[takeru-hayabusa]

Hi everyone,

I’d be interested to know which of you plan to drive your combustion-engine N (any model—excluding the two electric N's) until the bitter end?

By that I mean until it sustains very expensive damage (e.g., a blown engine) or an accident renders the car a total economic loss.

Feel free to share why—whether it’s a “yes” or a “no.”

Have a great day!

 

[p_b82]

I'm not quite sure it will be "bitter end" but I have no plans to change it for the foreseeable future.

For me it's the perfect balance of usability and fun (i30N) - ran an s550 mustang v8 for 7 years as my daily as my previous car - and it's a lot cheaper to run & more practical.
Don't want any more power than the roughly 300 on the road where I live & it's clean air zone complaint (as was the mustang which was hilarious) & I'm not a fan of auto's - even flappy paddles, good as they now are in most cases - and don't "get" SUV's; there's very little on the market that appeals to me anymore.
(BEV's as it stands right now imo is not the solution and every-one is sleepwalking into future issues + the insane cost of them to buy)

 

[Lurchi]

Yes:
as long as insurance and repair costs remain affordable.
Actually 153.000km done

 

[Felix]

Till the TÜV do us part.
I’ve already put far too much money into the car to just give it away now and I just find it far too much fun to drive it!

 

[Bu11eT]

Yes. for me its more than just a normal car to get me from A to B. For me its a hobby - through my car I've had the please to get to know many nice people, some of them I now call friends.
Since I now have another car as a daily for quite some time already, I am more focused on building stuff for my car and experiencing it on track than on the road. So maybe I even ignore TÜV, as soon as I have the ability to trailer it.

 

[Laser30n]

until the DCT gearbox or the engie brakes, yes