Our approach is a bit different. We get a great deal on a new vehicle, then baby it for 150,000 to 250,000 miles. (Mrs. Chandler has great intuition about when it’s time to trade it in.) No high repair bills, no inheriting other people’s problems.
We get a great deal on a new vehicle, then baby it for 150,000 to 250,000 miles
Make and model has a lot to do with that.
Also “We get a great deal on a new vehicle”
Not lately I suspect
I’m a mechanic so I’ve never seen the point of paying a 5 digit price tag. I buy them with 150k and run them until 250k or more. My 01 F150 4x4 still runs and drives nice and tight and it’s approaching 290k. I have a knack myself which is finding well maintained vehicles cheap. Some people sell them real cheap so there’s no chance of someone suing them claiming they got sold a lemon. Got the F150 for $2k and it’s very clean. Got an auto history report and he had bought it from his dad when it was a few years old and had 4,500 miles on it. I’m guessing he didn’t have the credit to buy new so his dad helped him out this way. Clean inside and the driver’s seat isn’t even worn through yet.