Which car to last "forever"?

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t think of any car that will not look old in 15 years. An antique?

Jeep Wrangler. https://www.parkmarinamotors.com/blog/what-are-the-jeep-wrangler-generations/

Modernizes every decade or so, but still the same cool look that helped win WWII.

Ha. It's a terrible car with known maintenance issues. I think someone here once called it a turd in a candy wrapper.

I’ve had zero issues with mine.

imagine if someone like you worked as an NHTSA investigator..."hasn't happened on this 1 single example, closing the file"

Every vehicle has its issue. But, one nice thing about the Wrangler is you can upgrade things like steel bumpers. If you look at actual crashes the wranglers, especially with the steel bumpers usually come out ahead. I had another SUV and that thing was a death trap. It was one issue after the other for years. Majority of folks have no issues with the Wranglers.

And, they aren't cars.

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Anonymous wrote:Subaru

Subaru because their style only changes incrementally

I have had more issues with my 2010 Forester even though the mileage was pretty low. Every year when we need to get it inspected we shelled out another $1,000 or more. Then the AC broke, and that was it for this car.

I agree with this. We’ve had four Subarus and they are NOT built to last. They begin to fall apart after 3-4 years.. interior first then mechanical stuff. Here are some examples: the sun shade not staying in up position; air bag light broken; noisy sun roof shade; engine burning oil/blue smoke from exhaust pipe; carburetor malfunction and making hissing sounds. We trade in cars every 3-4 years so we don’t have to deal with it for long. But we will be looking at another make like Honda when we retire.

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Anonymous wrote:Subaru

Subaru because their style only changes incrementally

I have had more issues with my 2010 Forester even though the mileage was pretty low. Every year when we need to get it inspected we shelled out another $1,000 or more. Then the AC broke, and that was it for this car.

I agree with this. We’ve had four Subarus and they are NOT built to last. They begin to fall apart after 3-4 years.. interior first then mechanical stuff. Here are some examples: the sun shade not staying in up position; air bag light broken; noisy sun roof shade; engine burning oil/blue smoke from exhaust pipe; carburetor malfunction and making hissing sounds. We trade in cars every 3-4 years so we don’t have to deal with it for long. But we will be looking at another make like Honda when we retire.

Same experience here. Own a 2005, 2015 and 2017 Foresters. The latter two have been in the shop more than the 2005 by far. Fit and finish inside is crap. Will be looking for a new brand of car for the next one

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My uncles AMC Gremlin he sold to a man at work in 1989 with 200k miles. The man drove it a few years, passed to son who passed it to his son. 650,000 miles on car.

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Anonymous wrote:My Landcruiser was purchased new in 1999. It’s been meticulously maintained and still looks new even with 330,000 trouble free miles on the odometer. I get offers from people to buy it all the time.

That will never die. Plus you are over the depreciation hump; it will never go down in value as long as it runs.

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Our 2005 Toyota 4 runner is great. Changed tires once or twice and the brakes.

That might be it.

Still love it.

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I've been driving my Acura (TSX) for 17 years now. Keep thinking about trading it in but barely driving during covid so I haven't done it yet.

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Honda Accord

Can’t go wrong

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Anonymous wrote:Wait until after the election to buy. If Biden wins we'll likely see an end to affordable gas.

Honda +1

Hope he doesn’t because the end plan is for him to leave due to illness before the second year so we can have a female president. I’m a woman.