I was always led to believe that they dont use their cars like us, long journeys, commuting etc? 
  
Do they also not have a very stringent mot type thing a a certain stage in a cars life that makes it more cost effective to buy new? 
  
Is the average mileage of a car in the UK still given at 10 to 12k miles? 
  
I also suppose all the rumours of "hair cuts" must have some merit, but i cant quite believe all imports are trimmed. 
 
  
It's gone up to 15,000 acording to WLMC