How Long Can a Private Car Be Driven?
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Private cars are generally considered scrapped after 15 years of use or when the mileage reaches 500,000 kilometers. Below are the factors that determine a car's lifespan and the regulations regarding it: Factors determining a car's lifespan: To ensure your car serves you better, it's essential to drive, use, and maintain it correctly. Inexperienced or incorrect driving operations, as well as misoperations and misadjustments, are reasons that reduce a car's lifespan and cause malfunctions. For example, shifting into reverse without stopping the car completely, not straightening the wheels when parking, leaving the car parked on an uneven slope for extended periods, rarely starting the engine for a month, or quickly passing over speed bumps are all bad driving habits. While they may not cause immediate issues, over time, they will inevitably cause some degree of damage to the car. Regulations on car lifespan: In industrially developed countries, the average lifespan of a car is between seven to twelve years. Based on the vehicle depreciation system previously implemented in the national transportation system, it was stipulated that after reaching the depreciation period, a car must undergo technical appraisal before being allowed to be scrapped. Due to the low depreciation rate, vehicles could not be updated in a timely manner, leading to a higher proportion of old cars. This made the technical and economic indicators of enterprises relatively backward and hindered the development of automotive technology.
