How long do you drive your cars?
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Anonymous
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I drove a 1993 Camry for about seven years until it needed about $5k in repairs so I donated it. That was my first car ever (bough for $3k in college).
Then I went car free for about five years. Three years ago bought a used CRV, plan to drive it until the costs outweigh buying a new car. Hopefully at least ten years total. |
Anonymous
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Our family car is a base model 2008 Sienna. About 145K on it. Only paid it off in 2016 so would love to drive it a while longer.
Features on newer cars are tempting though... |
Anonymous
| I drive around in a 1999 Camry CE. |
Anonymous
| I've had the same car since I was 16 and I'm 30 now! We need to buy a new car soon because this one is almost dead. |
Anonymous
| drive until i can't any longer |
Anonymous
| As long as possible. Just bought a new one because our 2000 Ford Focus died this year, as an example. Going forward I think I'm going to aim for driving this one until about 6 months before the wheels fall off, instead of until it actually collapses. |
Anonymous
What kind? |
Anonymous
| Just got a new one after 17 years |
Anonymous
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I'd say it's not just year, but mileage. I am still driving a 16 year old Honda. But it has super low mileage, 112k since a lot of that time we were in the city and taking metro or walking everywhere.
It could easily make it until 20 years most likely. But I have a friend who drives all over the state for work and her 2010 Acura is about to die. However, she has 180K miles on it. |
Anonymous
| 7-12 years depending on safety/repair costs |
Anonymous
| 5-6 years (but I buy 2-3 year old cars.) I put about 18k miles/year on my car. So by the time I trade it, it has 150k or so. It allows me to have some money for a down payment toward the next car. |
Anonymous
| My 1999 Honda Accord is still going with 165K on it. Probably get a new car in a year or two. |
Anonymous
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Mine's a 2004 (really 2003) and it's still going strong with only 118k miles on it. I do plan to buy another one at some point, but I really like (a) not having a car payment, (b) paying almost nothing for property tax and (c) not caring that much when someone door-dings or scratches my car during a careless parking job.
My dad makes fun of me because I haven't had AC for a couple of years now. It was an expensive repair that was diagnosed in a year with other expensive repairs, and now I think it's just stubbornness keeping me from fixing it. I'm a "windows down" girl most of the time anyway, but it sucks not to have AC when it rains. |
Anonymous
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Our current cars are soon to be 15 and just turned 11.
The 15 year old one had the check engine light pop on two days ago ad I think something is actually wrong with it and I'm bummed. It only has 33k miles on it and I was hoping to run it into the ground. |
Anonymous
| 10+ years! However, dh is a car guy and would prefer a new car every 3-5 years. |