Posted on 01/14/2018 2:38:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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My 1968 Ford XL, born on 23 February 1968, not traded in, still in operation, didn’t make the list :=(
I got the Suburban version of that silverado (96 though) and it is great. To make sure it goes another 22 years, I had the garage replace all seals and gaskets etc this past summer. Love that cowboy limo!
I had a 2002 Dodge Caravan that had 330,000 miles on it when I sent it to car heaven. I had few problems with it, and nothing major. Toward the end, it had some rust and some odd clunking sounds I wasn’t comfortable with. People who know about cars act like they don’t believe that I got it to last that long.
My 2004 Dodge Ram just goes and goes.
Gas, oil and tires
You’ll need a “loser cruiser”, iow, a Chrysler (Fiat-Chrysler) minivan.
I have two Hondas; each passed 280,000 miles last year...
Imagine how long Americans would be able to keep cars with low maintenance costs as well if there were no government mandates on fleet mileage, no mandates for ethanol, no restrictions on engine size or fuel type?
If a car could be built simply as a means of transport, with no government interference, I would bet cars could be built that would easily last 400K miles.
Thank you!
“Going to start looking for a car that can fit 3 car seats for the grandkids & has a DVD player in the ceiling. Any recommendations?”
Bose noise cancelling headphones:)
Yup
My Highlander is a 2001. Looks a couple years old!
Flawed reasoning.
Perhaps people keep them longer because they can’t afford to trade them in. Or for some other reason.
A better analysis would be based on how old a car is before it is junked.
I have 3 cars and the newest one is 15 years old. The oldest is 50 years old.
My pickup had no scrapes for 12 years, now it has character
Hell how you gonna get it in the river bottom without a couple scrapes?
The list reads like America sucks
And this is the reason our whole family has switched over to Toyota’s.
My daughter bought a used on about 7 years ago and it’s still in as good shape now as it was then. As we watched our other cars deteriorate and hers be just like the Energized Bunny, we all decided to switch.
Any of the larger SUVSs or minivans could fit. Chrysler 300 sedan is available with DVD player too.
Keep the longest does not mean put the most miles on them. I met a lady and car that had over 500,000 miles on an old Chrysler. She had been a school teacher, then retired. Drove the 48 states every summer and all retirement.
I put almost 300,000 on a used Ford Ranger. Hauled a piano on it. Hauled everything on it. Loaned it to others to haul their refrigerators and furniture.
Best vehicle I had was a Ford econoline window van. Turns out half of them were built in the truck assembly plant, half were built in the auto assembly plant to exactly the same specs. The truck plant vehicles lasted many times longer than the passenger plant vehicles with exactly the same design and parts prior to assembly.
That’s what Imperial Japan thought once upon a time. My 1940 Buick was almost two years old then; it’s 78 years old now.
We have a 2001 Toyota Echo. The Echo didn’t make the list, though.
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