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There is a HUGE intangible value to having an older, paid-for car that you can just not give a F about other than occasional repairs. It’s so much stress off the mind. Worrying about all little annoying things like door dings, scratches, dirt, wear and tear and other stuff that people with new(er) cars sweat over. It all just goes away.

An old car is like a pair of scuffed up workboots. Stuff just doesn’t matter. They still work. [/quote]

There's also a huge value in having a car that is safe. Technology has moved by leaps and bounds in the last couple yeasrs. Buy this year's model of teh same Subaru and you get blind spot monitoring, front collisison avoidance, rear collission warning, rear backup camera, and more.[/quote]

I’ve had blind spot monitoring on every car I ever driven since 1989. Same goes for front collision avoidance, and lane monitoring. All were standard equipment on everything I ever drove.

Back-up cameras are convenient though, especially for backing up to my boat trailer. Which is why I installed one on our 2001 Dodge pick up. [/quote]

Uh....I don’t believe you had collision avoidance in ‘89.  According to google that was first released in ‘08 by Volvo. [/quote]

I had all that stuff because I was taught to be a [i]driver[/i]. Not an “aimer”.

I avoided the collisions. I monitored my blindspots. I monitored the lane.

Obviously that was all lost on you, because no, all those automated gizmos that allow people to do nearly everything except [i]drive[/i]  today didn’t exist back then. It was on YOU.

If you need all those systems to feel safe, then you are too unsafe to drive a car to begin with. [/quote]

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