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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we have a 2002 honda, and have started renting a car for road trips. More comfortable, and feels safer (more up-to-date safety features.)

But we've certainly taken many roadtrips in cars like yours, so go for it! (do you have kids? That's what made me more car-safety conscious. [b]That and getting into an accident.[/b])[/quote]

This is the biggest factor, really.

A 1999 car isn't going to hold up as well in a wreck vs a 2017 or even a 2005 model.

My dad had a little 1991 Toyota that he drove around town.  He never took it on any long trips; just used it as his knock around car in town once he retired.  Before that he used it to drive himself to the commuter lot to catch the bus into DC for work (half a mile from their house).  He had no need for a new car since he didn't drive to work and on the weekends if they wanted to go somewhere further away, they took my mom's nice car.  One day he took my mom to work and kept her car to run errands because his was getting new brakes in the shop.  He got T-boned in the small town where he lives by a car going 45 mph (in a 25) and if he'd been in his old car instead of my mom's newer, bigger car, he'd have been killed... the damage was that extensive.  Crazy!  He was too scared to ever drive his beloved 1991 Toyota after that and sold it.    
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