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Type of car you drive and age
08-19-2017, 06:48 PM
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Type of car you drive and age
How long do you keep your vehicles and what type of vehicle do you drive.
Average: 5 years ,
2008 Honda S2000 Sports car (used)$19k
2001 Mazda b3000 truck (used)$3500
2012 Lexus gx 460 SUV(used) $37k cash
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08-19-2017, 06:49 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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You go first...
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Numbers is hard
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08-19-2017, 06:53 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
You go first...
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Updated the post sorry
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08-19-2017, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Hyundai Tucson SUV - 3 months.
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08-19-2017, 07:38 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Gosport, IN
Posts: 1,213
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7 years - buying used
2011 Honda CR-V - 3/2014
2003 Olds Aurora - 5/2017 - this one was my mothers former car and only had 22,750 miles on it. It replaced my 2011 Buick Lacrosse CRS
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08-19-2017, 07:40 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,830
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2006 Accord
2007 Solara
Kept the last car 17 years, expect to keep these just as long.
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08-19-2017, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
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1987 Mercedes 300E
2002 Mercedes E350
2013 Mercedes C300 Sport
I keep them a while.
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Central Ohio and Ft.Myers, Florida
Retired January 2019, age 63
35/65 AA
0.00 WR
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08-19-2017, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Midwest
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2010 Focus. I bought it used in 2013
Before that I drove a 1993 Dodge Shadow for 20 yrs.
Before that I was in the military for 20 yrs and had to rotate cars faster than I wanted to due to re-assignments.
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08-19-2017, 08:25 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 67
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2010 Compact import hatchback
1990 Compact import sedan
We're essentially a one car household, with a backup car
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08-19-2017, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Williston, FL
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2003 Ford F350 I received in October 2002. I just ordered a 2017 F350.
I drive cars/trucks about 15 years, then get a new vehicle.
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08-19-2017, 08:33 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2008
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2012 Civic I got on the last day of the month in April 2012. 73,000 miles later and it's getting better MPG than when she started.
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08-19-2017, 08:40 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2002
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2011 minivan purchased used in 2013, current mileage at 40K
2012 compact SUV purchased used in 2016, current mileage at 51K
And for my college boys:
2010 compact SUV purchased used in 2016, current mileage at 46K
2011 compact SUV purchased used in 2016, current mileage at 65K
The last three vehicles sold/traded were 12 years old when replaced.
When purchased, the price of the above ranged from $6K (but needed $1200 immediate maintenance) to $18K for the minivan
Haven't bought a new car since 1989.
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08-19-2017, 08:41 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 7,968
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2006 Equinox, 228k miles
2013 Silverado 48k miles
Heh heh heh - The Silverado came with Farm. And then and then are the 1972 Chevy 10 wheel C 60 complete with a 25 foot hydraulic lift boom, a 454 Chevy 1983 Flatbed, Kawasaki and Echo ATV's, Five Tractors and a 1958 John Deere bulldozer which I've gotten to start but haven't had nerve enough to drive yet.
P.S. My Wife has a Honda Fit 2012 - a sensible 'city car.'
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08-19-2017, 10:10 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Just bought a car last week. It's a 2014 Toyota Corolla S. The S is for Sport which is kind of silly in a Corolla but this one had a back-up camera and I thought that was an excellent idea. 35,000 miles and 3 years old.
But the best feature about this car is WE PAID CASH!!! It's the first time we ever did that.
My previous car is a 2003 Toyota Camry with 84,000 miles and this one is now DHs "new" car. His 2001 Toyota Corolla with 142,000 miles will go on Craigslist in a few weeks.
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Married, both 69. DH retired June, 2010. I have a pleasant little part time job.
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08-19-2017, 10:18 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The 850
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SUV -7 model years old, bought used 6.5 yrs ago. Now driven by DD, the "family car" that will go to DS when she goes to college
Coupe - 2017 model year, bought used 4 months ago. "Dad's car" (my daily driver)
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08-20-2017, 12:10 AM
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I have bought my vehicles old and kept them until they are forcibly taken away.
I am driving a 2006 Honda Accord, which was a gift from DF who bought it for me new, and is now passed. It has sentimental value for me and I don't want to give it up.
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08-20-2017, 12:28 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Spring, Texas
Posts: 482
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2006 Honda Accord - has about ~130K miles on it.
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08-20-2017, 01:09 AM
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I like smaller sporty looking cars but not a true sports car as is too expensive and I'm not brave enough to drive it appropriately. I keep my cars about ten years as I have not had great luck with them and get nervous at about 100K miles that they will break down on me. So my last three cars have been:
1986 Honda Prelude
2000 Mercedes C230
2007 BMW 328i (current car)
But for my next vehicle, I want one with more ground clearance and AWD with sufficient cargo room for long road trips so am considering a Subaru Outback.
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08-20-2017, 04:09 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Floridatennisplayer
1987 Mercedes 300E
2002 Mercedes E350
2013 Mercedes C300 Sport
I keep them a while.
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Lightly used Mercedes for over 25 years. Used Benzes for sale are all over Florida. Current ride is a 2007 S550 bought for $27k with 40,000 miles. Cost $100k new. Usually drive them another 6-7 years. Given 2 hand me downs to DS. First car for DD was a 97 ML320 (a tank) which is now my beater truck. Do nearly all my own work.
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08-20-2017, 05:14 AM
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I've driven nothing but SUVs for 30 years.
I get a new one about every five years, when they have close to 150K miles on them.
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I thought growing old would take longer.
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