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Average age of US vehicles hits record 10.8 years

CBS News - ‎23 seconds ago‎

(AP) DETROIT — That clunker in America's driveway has reached a record old age, but there are signs that people may be growing confident enough in the economy to get a whiff of that fresh new car scent very soon. The average age of a car or truck in ...

Our cars are getting older, too: Average age now 10.8 years

USA TODAY - ‎23 minutes ago‎

DETROIT (AP) – The cars and trucks in America's driveways have reached a record old age, but there are signs that people are growing confident enough in the economy to want a whiff of that new-car scent. A 2000 Honda Accord. A lot of these are still on ...

Median Age of Cars Jumps to 10.8 Years

Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎

The median age of a car in the United States reached an all-time high last year, according to RL Polk & Co. As of June 2011, the average age for a new car in the US now stands at 10.8 years — 11.1 years for passenger cars and 10.4 years for light ...

Average age of US cars up again in 2011, may now head down

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎

By Fred Meier, USA TODAY The average age of cars and light trucks on the road in the US increased again last year, to a record 10.8 years, auto data service Polk reported today. With signs that car sales finally are picking up, Polk says it expects the ...

Average age of cars on US roads rises to record 10.8 years

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎

By Jerry Hirsch The average age of the 240.5 million cars and light trucks being driven in the US rose to 10.8 years last year from 10.4 in the year before, according to RL Polk & Co., an automotive market research firm. The aging fleet is a result of ...

[Peter from Rutland]

Been riding my Chryslers until they’re spent. Current one I’ve had 3 years. Got it with 70k and now has 160k. One before that had 220k. One before that 202k. I’m going to hold onto it hopefully until I get a 2014 dodge Dart R/T. 40 mpg baby!

[TASMANIANRED]

And this after cash for klunkers

[Sybeck1]

1997 Nissan Hardbody

2003 Nissan Altima

2005 Toyota Sienna

[central_va]

The days of refinancing the house and buying a new car are over.

[GOYAKLA]

For Giggles IF true?
The person who calculated this bit of information is now and has been a professor at
The University of West Virginia in Megaton for the last forty some years.

A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year.
A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons of gas a year.
So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.
The government claims 700,000 clunkers have been replaced so that’s 224 million gallons saved per year.
That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.

5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption.
More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars.
So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.
We spent $8.57 for every $1.00 we saved.

I’m pretty sure they will do a better job with our health care, though.

[redgolum]

I sold my old truck last year after 215,000 of good service.

I bought a nice used truck (F150), and plan to put at least that many miles on it.

[BfloGuy]

‘97 F-250. Knock on steel, I can’t imagine why I’d ever get rid of it. My little brother (47) has finally grown up and quit leasing a new vehicle every two years. Has kept his F-150 for five years now and is learning how satisfying that can be.

[Rightly Biased]

Still driving my 2000 Expedition 240K miles on it.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Just turned my 98 F-150 over 200K coming home from work today!

[Jvette]

We have three cars.

1987 Toyota Camry

1990 Honda Civic

1981 Toyota Corolla

We have never owned a new car, all of these were bought or given to us second hand. Cost of upkeep is low, insurance, low, gas mileage, good.

Someday, I’d like my husband to have a brand new car, but who knows when that might be.

[Varsity Flight]

And how long until we start to hear the word “safety”... fascist speak “safety”, pulled out of the file?

Attempting to force-buying seen every commercial “five” minutes?

[Jack of all Trades]

‘98 Nissan Maxima here with over 200K miles. Rebuilt the manual tranny myself about 5 years ago. Since then it’s cost me about $500 a year in parts. Sure beat a car payment for now. Currently looking to acquire a late ‘90s-early 2K K2500 as a spare vehicle.

[philled]

My wife drives our new car. It is now 10.5 years old. Her previous new car is my now 16 year old car. In a couple years we will buy her a new car and I will drive her current car. I am pretty excited for the move in 2014 into a vehicle built in the current millennium!