{"id":46897,"date":"2026-05-26T16:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/south-africans-are-keeping-their-cars-longer-but-are-they-maintaining-them-properly\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:59:21","slug":"south-africans-are-keeping-their-cars-longer-but-are-they-maintaining-them-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/south-africans-are-keeping-their-cars-longer-but-are-they-maintaining-them-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans are keeping their cars longer – but are they maintaining them properly?"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africans are holding onto their vehicles for longer than ever before and, in today’s difficult economic climate, replacing a vehicle is simply not an option for many households. According to research by the Automobile Association (AA), more than 90% of South Africans say economic pressures are forcing them to keep their vehicles longer, with many cars remaining on the road well beyond the 10-year mark. This stat was confirmed by We Buy Cars who also confirmed the majority of the cars sold are 10 years and older. <\/p>\n

For the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), this trend highlights a growing need for motorists to become far more proactive about vehicle maintenance and safety.<\/p>\n

“Modern vehicles are built to last much longer than in the past, but longevity is entirely dependent on proper maintenance,” says Dewald Ranft, National Chairman of MIWA. “The reality is that many South Africans…<\/p>\n

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South Africans are holding onto their vehicles for longer than ever before and, in today’s difficult economic climate, replacing a vehicle is simply not an option for many households. According to research by the Automobile Association (AA), more than 90% of South Africans say economic pressures are forcing them to keep their vehicles longer, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/auto%20excellence%20vehicle%20maintenance.JPG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/auto%20excellence%20vehicle%20maintenance.JPG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}