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there isn't a new vehicle on the market in Europe I would take on a long remote trip. Too much electronics, too sensitive to poor fuel, too complex.
Take a vehicle you know well, and have preferably worked on yourself, as above.
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I agree on the electronics point to an extent. As far as fuel goes, you generally are okay as you can bring octane booster and cars these days have knock sensors and can regulate themselves in the event of poor fuel. I've gotten some terrible fuel in Africa and Central Asia in the past, but the cars kept on going.
The good news/bad news with electronics is that you end up with a highly efficient vehicle, but with a million sensors that can break or have issues. As long as you know where those sensors are, how they work, and you bring a code reader, you can generally diagnose and fix most issues.
When I've been on the road, we seem to always debat which is more reliable..the new car, or the 30 year old car. In the end it seems to always come to a stalemate! Each have positives and negatives and I think it comes down to the person behind the wheel and his/her knowledge and experience.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twenty4seven
buy do your trip and then sell on again?
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Originally Posted by moggy 1968
Take a vehicle you know well, and have preferably worked on yourself,
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These two views are opposites (nothing wrong with that per se); if selling on a vehicle at the end of a trip then the particular vehicle does not become well known, although the vehicle model is known better. In any case, the depreciation will be "realised" in that the capital cost of a replacement vehicle has to be found (or the trips cease).
I think that quite a few motorcycle riders do sell on, but the capital costs involved are much less; having said that, recently I spent less on my 17 year old L/C than on buying most of the motorbikes I have purchased in the last 14 years.
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