I was reading an article today where there was mention of the age of the person's vehicle. A 2004. The article was trying to indicate how old that was. I thought well our are only a bit newer. We have two 2007s, which were both bought used. While my van is getting really close to 100,000 it still drives like new (at least I think so).
Our hope is to hold on to our vehicles at least until our girls get through college...which is another 7 years. So that may be pushing it, but it's a good goal I think.
How old is/are your vehicle(s)? How long do you hope to keep yours?
How Old Is Your Car?
March 29th, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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We have 2001/2005 bought before kids (or with money saved before kids, in the case of the 2005). We generally keep cars in our family for 20-ish years. I am not enthralled with the idea of replacing our cars while the kids(s) are in college. For that and many other reasons we are looking to upgrade both our cars. I don't know if we will do anything with the 2005 and if we do it will be more apt to be an even type trade (similar year but just more of what we want). The 2001 we paid so little for and we have the money to replace, so that is a lot of it with that. (Mechanically it has absolutely nothing wrong with it but we have other reasons). We just want cars that will get us through the college years. Currently looking in the 2010 range. A low mileage 2005 will do the trick too.
I don't know that money will be any object when we buy our next cars after that. That and we will probably be retired, driving less, and only want one car. It might be a really nice car. For now, I'd rather get my kids through college and pay off our mortgage than spend any big dollars on cars. When younger it was more important to stay out of college debt, have kids, buy a house, etc. SO car spending has yet to be much of a priority to us.
March 29th, 2015 at 04:10 pm 1427645439
I guess people who feel a need to replace their cars every 2 years and people who buy honda civics are very different populations
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March 29th, 2015 at 08:02 pm 1427659340
2006 Sonata replaced by perfect, mint condition 1998 toyota Corolla in 2012. DH insisted we needed something bigger with side airbags for two kids and LATCH. It had 150k miles and drove like a dream. Meh, I would have driven it until the wheels fell off but he did have a point about side airbags and LATCH.
I forsee us keeping both cars until they die unless kiddo #3 appears in which case we'd get a minivan to replace the sonata. And we plan on handing the subaru down to kiddo #1 at 16 since it was bought the year they were born.
In our family 20 years is nothing for a car. My mom is driving her 1996 avalon and my MIL gave up in 2007 her 1986 Jetta. So if it wasn't for circumstances I can see us keeping the cars awhile. I hate having our car payments. And it's depressing to think about how expensive it is to buy even a used car.
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I have a 2001 Chevy Malibu that will hit 100,000 miles in the next 2 weeks.
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March 30th, 2015 at 05:09 am 1427692161
Perfect for my life style, I can throw my tool boxes in it, load bobcats, snow mobiles, motorbikes or camping gear. can pull plenty of tonnage for big road trips in the travel trailer.
If anything ever goes bad I can rebuild anything or fix it myself. I like the 300 hp engine and powerful transmission.
I could never buy something that depreciates. My motto in business is never pay dollar over what I could sell something for, so good value work trucks are great for my family.
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DW's car is a 2010 Honda Civic LX Sedan, purchased used in 2011, paid off since 2013, and currently has 64,xxx miles. I'd like to keep it until its engine falls out too! She drives further to work than I do, she would like something a little higher off the ground for Winter months, but a set of $300 dedicated snow tires like I have will suffice until.
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2001 Ford F-250 Diesel with 127,000 miles.
I'd like for DD to be able to drive the Nissan when she needs a car (2 years!!) and the truck could last a really long time 'cause we don't drive it all that much.