Frugality check in
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Anonymous
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OK, folks, who's got the oldest or longest lasting daily-driver? D'ja buy it used or new? Maintain it yourself or at a shop?
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Anonymous
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I've got a 2005 Toyota matrix I got in 2008 for 12 grand. About 60K miles on it so far. Bought a set of tires, and redid the shocks myself, a couple years ago. And I change the oil once a year with full synthetic.
I gave the keys to a valet once and said "Careful my good man, this thing is worth a *thousand* dollars!" |
Anonymous
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I did, but I sold it to my boss and she will drive it another 10 years. I bought it used with 36k on it and put only 70K on it in 11 years driving daily.
My boss is happy as a camper and I hate my brand new car. I will never buy new again. What a rip off. |
Anonymous
| Really frugal people don't own cars. |
Anonymous
| 18 Year old Ford Focus..bought it new..only do work when something goes wrong. |
Anonymous
| I have a 2007 Toyota Sienna with about 95k miles on it. I love it. I don't care at all if the kids spill something, puke, scrape it in a parking garage, get a door ding. I love driving a crappy car. |
Anonymous
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I daily a 1991 Volvo 240, with 250k miles, which sounds kinda nuts now that I type it out. Mechanically its in remarkably good shape for its age, although the interior is getting a bit rough around the edges.
It was never meant to be a daily driver- I bought it while living in Adams Morgan and would use it sporadically on the weekends, but after buying a house uptown and having my role at work shift, I drive it all the time now. Its heavy and slow, but a surprisingly pleasant car to drive, especially for long haul travel or out on country roads. ...That being said, the time has come to relegate the old Volvo back to weekend/backup car duties, and we've spent the last two weekends test driving cars to try and figure out what to replace it with as our primary daily vehicle. Funny thing is that basically everything from the past ten years feels ridiculously modern and luxurious by comparison, which actually makes it really hard to choose a replacement! |
Anonymous
We've got a 20 year old ford. Rarely needs work, just normal maintenance. Bought new. Fords seem to do well in the 90's. |
Anonymous
| Not a daily driver but brother has a 1967 Firebird he bought used in 1980 that he still drives in summer. 52 year old car bought used 39 years ago |
Anonymous
2007 Saab 9-3 w/2.0 turbo w/manual transmission, bought new in 2007 (for $22k out the door), have 75k miles on it, self maintained, great mechanical shape, threw in $400 to tune the engine to produce near 300 bhp, so its quite a fun rocket to drive 
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Anonymous
| 2005 Subaru Forester LLBean edition. They don’t make them like that any more. Our 2015 and 2017 have had one issue after another for such young cars . No more Foresters for us. |
Anonymous
That’s too bad. We need a new car and my wife really likes the Forester and RAV4. Looks like we are sticking with Toyota. The answer OP’s question: a Lexus. Highest reliability ratings for the last decade or so. My FIL drove his for damn near 20 years and just bought a new one because his old one was a V8 guzzler  It still looked great inside.
My MIL has 12 year old RX350 that still drives amazing, only 90K miles. She wants to upgrade to the hybrid, even though her current car is totally fine. Can’t go wrong with Lexus. |
Anonymous
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2003 Honda Accord with 90k miles on it, bought new, regularly maintained at a shop.
My previous car was a Honda Civic, bought new that I drove for 18 years, actually sold it cheap to a friend then with 240k miles on it. My husband drives a 2007 Honda Civic, also bought new. His mileage is up there with a long commute. We're a happy Honda family
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Anonymous
| 2004 Toyota Sienna. Still going strong. Engine is great. We’ve had to replace things that have gotten old but other than that I love the car |
Anonymous
| 2004 odyssey with 190k. Still no issues but started to feel it’s age |