Cars people keep 15+ years

[powerplay]

Lots of long lived vehicles on this thread.
I recently donated to charity a 22 year old Dodge pickup and a year ago sold my 17 year old Camry.
Currently have a 1 year old Forester. Doubt I will plan to keep any vehicles for 15+ years going forward.

 

[sdtech]

My 15 year old Monte Carlo was (I thought) still going strong. Last month the inspection showed the body had severe rust at all the spots that it was crimped and tack welded to the frame. Even though almost no rust was on the outside, you probably could have lifted the body right off the chassis.

Now I have a week old Colorado pickup. Hope it makes it 15 years too.

 

[travelover]

..........If the Odyssey is an indication of the research this website did to assemble this list, I'm taking it with a grain of salt............

Isn't this just data mining of DMV information, i.e. top 15 vehicles still licensed after 15 years?

The automotive research firm analyzed more than 650,000 cars from the 1981-2002 model years that were sold in 2017. Fifteen models were at least 1.6 times more likely than average to be kept by the original owners for 15 years or longer.

 

[Ronstar]

Still have a 2001 Acura (155k Miles) and 2001 Corvette (88k Miles). Neither get many miles these days. So they could probably last another 15+ years.

 

[Chuckanut]

same car. 140k miles. never had a problem, knock on wood.

190K on mine. A few minor issues were recently dealt with to the tune of about $300 over and above normal maintenance.

Looks like you have at least 50K more to go!!

 

[RonBoyd]

We bought our 1999 Chrysler Town & Country at a police Drug "confiscation" auction when it had 27,000 miles on it. It was fully loaded and had a $35,000 sticker price (still stuck in the Owner's Packet). Imagine that 19 years ago. (We paid $7,000)

Anyway, it now has 132,000 miles on it, although, we have only put about 5,000 a year on it for the past ten years.

I expect this vehicle to last us forever... well, our lifetime.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I'm driving a 2005 Corolla and a 2006 4Runner, both in great shape. And, I had an '85 Toyota Pickup sitting in the back 40 untouched for the last 15 years; my son just put a new clutch in it and rebuilt the carb and now he is planning on driving that; it runs great! Can't go wrong with Toyota.

 

[Christine]

In Norway cars are taxed silly - so we have among the oldest cars in Europe. In an older article in the VG newspaper these are the average age when cars arrive at the scrap yard:

• Volvo 22,8 years
• Mercedes 22,7
• Toyota 20,7
• Mazda 20,4
• Subaru 20,2
• Saab 20,2
• BMW 19,6
• Audi 19,5
• Volkswagen 19,4
• Honda 19,3
• Nissan 18,9
• Opel 18,7
• Daihatsu 18,6
• Mitsubishi 18,2
• Ford 17,8
• Peugeot 17,3
• Fiat 16,6
• Citroën 16,5
• Renault 15,4
• Suzuki 15,3
• Hyundai 14,4
• Skoda 13,4

PS! Some of the newer brands like Hyundai And Skoda haven't been around long enough to have really old cars.

And ie Ford are 99% the european models.

Source (in Norwegian): https://www.vg.no/forbruker/bil-baa...e-se-bilmerkene-som-holder-lengst/a/10081887/

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Isn't this just data mining of DMV information, i.e. top 15 vehicles still licensed after 15 years?

Guess I didn't look that far, thanks. I just looked at the list and thought, eewww.

 

[Taxman59]

We have 4 cars and a truck.
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee bought in 2001
2001 Pontiac Grand Am bought from a neighbor in 2014 (we are the 2nd owner)
2006 Hyundai Sonata bought in 2007
2009 Hyundai Sonata bought in 2010
2005 Ford F150 bought last year 3rd owner

Total mileage on the cars 680K, the truck 86K We get the car and hold em till they stop running.

 

[IMATERP]

Parents have a 1992 Camry as their secondary car and a 2008 Avalon as their primary. Their Avalon just eclipsed 20,000 miles.

I, on the other hand, have 134k on my 2008 Honda Accord. Will easily make 200k.

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[Bamaman]

I bought a new 2003 Ford F250 with the 7.3 diesel engine, and it is now 15 years old with 141,000 miles. It still looks and drives like new, and it has never been driven in the snow.

Our local wrecker service with a 7.3 diesel had to rebuild his engine--at 550,000 miles.

At that rate, my truck is slated to last until I am over 100 years old.

 

[Montecfo]

My 1997 BMW 528i (sold last year)
My 2003 BMW 530i (current ride)

 

[ls99]

99 GMC Suburban, 95 Jaguar XJ6 -both near daily drivers.

My 98 GMC pickup had to go to scrap yard, fine quality Penssylvania road salt finally ate the frame and body.

 

[boog]

2001 Honda Accord, 144k miles, purchased new. No major repairs. Can’t find a reason to replace it.

 

[gerntz]

Not interested. This old man wants the latest tech in cars to keep him & others safe from his driving. Well worth the cost to me.

 

[PoorOldCountryBoy]

My cars over the years have been at the time of replacement:
One yucky Mazda, but it did have 98K on trade in. Never again. Enough said.
Four Pontiacs:
A Catalina w/ 165,000 (still had at least 40K left in it)
Three Bonnevilles:
154,000
93,000, (got rid of it I wanted to trade up for leather seats)
My current 2004 Pontiac Bonneville 148,000, got a clean bill of health for at least 50 K more.


And DW is driving a 2003 Hyundai Elantra - low miles, about 60K. We hope to get at least 3 more years although we're starting to shop around now just to familiarize ourselves with new options ex. rear view cameras. I couldn't care less about the onboard computers-my cell phone does mostly the same things and gets replaced for $60 (a tracfone of course)

 

[RonBoyd]

Oh! I forgot. I had a 1958 Chevrolet Convertible with 348 engine, tri-carbs, four on the floor. I gave it away as scrap at 103,000 miles sometime in the middle 70's.

 

[aja8888]

Oh! I forgot. I had a 1958 Chevrolet Convertible with 348 engine, tri-carbs, four on the floor. I gave it away as scrap at 103,000 miles sometime in the middle 70's.

I have a similar story.

But now I have a 2003 Jetta TDI with 323,000 miles on the original engine and transmission.

 

[RonBoyd]

Yeah, I would like a do-over. But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

Thinking further on this, I made two other really poor car decisions. I had a 1956 Chevrolet Nomad that was in great condition that I couldn't get started one morning and simply gave it to a friend.

And earlier, when I graduated from high school I had a 1935 Chevrolet, that even 30 years old was in excellent condition, that I gave away (again not sold) because it had mechanical brakes -- I lived in a mountain town in the Black hills.

 

[NYEXPAT]

I have a 1969 Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce convertible with about 50k on it. I do not know where it is now, but I still have the title.

 

[aja8888]

I have a 1969 Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce convertible with about 50k on it. I do not know where it is now, but I still have the title.

Those older Alfa's are getting pretty expensive in the collector market. Especially the prime restored ones. I see one being auctioned on B.A.T. (Bring A Trailer) every now and then and they have quite a following.

 

[Moemg]

We have a 19 year old Dodge Durango as our second car .

 

[Sue J]

Another vote for a Toyota Camry. I passed my 2003 Camry on to DH 5 months ago. It only has 84,000 miles on it. He treated it to a new set of tires this week!

I loved that car for many years, but I'm now enjoying my "new" 2014 Corolla. I hope I can keep it a very long time.

Before we had the 2003 Camry we had a 1990 Camry. I drove it from 1990 to 2005 and then we gave it to our son. He drove it until 2009.

 

[MRG]

DW has a love affair with Wranglers. She's owned four. One for ten years and the other currently for eight, it just turned over 17k miles on it. I either love or hate them, in the winter and off road they're hard to beat, for a comfortable ride?