Well, duh.
I have one car with 200k, and my wife is driving one with 130k. As long as a car is fairly reliable and not annoying to drive, why spend the money?
I have an 05 PT Cruiser.
I adore my 2004 Grand Cherokee. Mileage isn’t that great but with a 9 mile round trip each day for work, I’m ok with it. It has 170,000 miles, regularly maintained, and has very little rust. I will own it until it dies.
I am going Old Skool and staying there!
Cars last longer and new cars are expensive. The newest car I have is a 2006 with 87K miles. I bought used and the thing was like new. Commuting only and I put less than 10K per year. Doing the math, in 10 more years I will only have 187K miles which is nothing..
‘Cause they’re paid for?
Don’t wanna be tracked with no black box, GPS chips and hidden microphones? Or killed when the NSA hacks into my drive-by-wire firmware?
I’ve replaced the engine twice (used both times) and the trans once (again, a used one) on my 2000 Voyeger and have over 360K miles on it. It made more sense to replace the engine at a cost of $800 then to find another used junker at a cost of about $4000. But now, the suspension is giving out and it’s time to shop for a replacement.
That artical is a load of B.S.The reason people are keeping their vehicles longer is that New vehicles are so damned expensive,so you have the price of the vehicle,the increased sales taxes imposed by the states,the increased property taxes paid to the town and cities,increased fuel cost and don’t forget the increases in the cost of insurance.
With all of those increases it doesn’t make sense to just go outband by a new vehicle.
I for one hate the State so much that I refuse to by a new vehicle.I’d rather drive it into the ground first.
We have a fleet (for all the kids and us) of a 2000 Expedition with over 200,000 miles, a 1997 Saab with over 150,000 miles, a 2004 Ranger with 185,000 miles, a 2001 Focus with 160,000 miles, a 2001 Windstar with 190,000 miles and the fancy car in the fleet...a 2008 Fusion with a new used engine with only 90,000 miles on the engine. No car payments, minimum insurance and an amazing husband who does all the brake jobs, oil changes, and anything else he can along with a great small town mechanic who does the rest. We probably average a couple hundred a month in keeping them all running but far better than car payments and maximum insurance! We won’t buy a car unless we can pay cash for it, then only used. With the POS we have in the WH our money is better spent on preparing for the economic crash that is surely coming.
My Chevy Silverado just hit 14 years old. It is my daily driver. Runs like a top.
I’m like most of the people on this thread; mostly drive an older vehicle (’86 Nissan Hardbody, 91,000 miles, paid $5250 new, could have got a little batter deal). The neighborhood is flooded with newer vehicles, however; even the illegals have a 2009. They all assume I am going to be buried in the pickup which may be true.
Otherwise I really do like the Mark. And there is no intention to replace it ... until, it is a 'must situation'. Someone will get a car that has been gently driven.
I do because personal property tax in Kansas is so damn high. I suppose I could do like about 25% of Kansas residents do, which is to tag in another state (usually Texas).
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