I have four running vehicles; they are
8 years old
11 years old
19 years old
61 years old.
Admittedly, the 61 yr old gets driven lightly and in warm weather.
18.5-year average for four vehicles here.
Americans could produce a simple diesel car or truck, with no frills, that could be sold for $12K and last 500K miles.
The only reason it doesn’t happen is because government won’t allow it.
Don’t complain, Citizen. Our leaders remind you, you never had it so good.
Welcome to Cuba.
Actually there are two effects in play here.
1. Bidenflation
2. Higher quality and better longevity.
My 7 year old car looks and acts almost new.
I own two pickup trucks. One is ten years old and the other twenty. My wife’s car is five years old.
Yep, I’m average as far as this goes. Really having a tough time contemplating spending $600-$800/month on a vehicle.
Barring unforseen circumstances, bought my last vehicle in 2011. Won’t be buying another. 87k miles so not bad. 🛻⛽
My last 2 GM trucks had nearly half a million miles each. My current truck has 200k on it.
2011 Ram Sport Single Cab Hemi 4x4 (Baby makes me smile!)
2015 Murano (Wife-mobile)
2003 GMC Sierra 1500HD 4x4 (Towing my backhoe and trips to my 10 acres in Newton County AR)
2006 Jeep Cherokee (Just a spare that I bought cheap)
I take good care of all of them and have the $$ for repairs if needed.
2003 GMC Envoy, 144k 3 owners including me.
Fist owner, ol Dave, a friend of mine, bought it new in 2003. He was extremely meticulous in his maintenance schedule, even a little OCDish. He drove it an average of 6,500k a year and owned it until 2018. I got it from another friend of ours in Sept 2020 who hardly used it. Once I knew ol Dave had owned it all that time I grabbed it!
Keeping cars longer make good used cars harder to find.
It’s been that way for several years. You say just buy a repo? Repo’s are even worse.
Biden’s regime has jacked up the cost of living TREMENDOUSLY. Most normal working Americans cannot afford new cars now, it is out of the question.
I stupidly got rid of my 1967 Volvo P1800S with the original air conditioning. Such a very poor decision on my part.
We have bought our last new vehicle, it’s a 2018 Lexus RX 350. We do most of our daily driving in the worn out 2004 F-150. The best features of both is that they are paid for.
Another reason might be that consumers are wary of buying cars that spy on them.
6 years old
13 years old
18 years old
19 years old
Average of 14
We drive a full sized sedan, 14 years old. It’s in great shape, and we have no plans to get rid of it. It gets 19-21 mpg, which works for us. We usually only put around 60-80 miles per week on it, except for appointments to 50 miles and back once or twice a month. We bought it used about 11 years ago, IIRC. I couldn’t care less if it’s an older car. It was the makers top model. It cost us $10,000, and has paid for itself many times over, and has only had one repair, for $100, when the driver’s side electric window failed.
Had our Hyundai Santa Fe for over 13 years and 317k miles. Timing chain damper went south and decided it wasn’t worth the cost to repair. Gave that car to charity (they usually just sell the parts). Now have a Telluride and hope to keep it even longer.