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View Poll Results: What is the average age of your fleet of vehicles?
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0-5 years old
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6-10
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26 and older
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02-04-2010, 02:50 PM
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#21
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Independence
Posts: 7,298
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Originally Posted by W2R
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But I love my new car! It is absolutely pouring rain here and it drives very nicely in the rain. Nice and snug and dry inside, too...... |
Reminds me of the old preacher record with Reverend Johnny Standley IT'S IN THE BOOK\GRANDMA'S LYE SOAP - Johnny Standley
"So we'll now sing the second verse. Let's hit it with great exuberance,
let's live it up. It's not raining inside tonight". Used to think of that song while driving scooted to one side of the seat in the ol' Chevy Sprint with the after market sunroof that leaked and would dump water in my lap when I went around corners....good times, good times.
And just because that's such a fine bit of my childhood, Thanks Youtube - really had to search hard just for the lyrics a few years ago - and here's the whole recording!
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02-04-2010, 03:07 PM
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#22
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh, PA suburbs
Posts: 1,796
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I have a 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser and a 2006 BMW 328xi. The Toyota I refer to affectionately as the Beast, and I drive it mostly in the winter. It is also useful in the summer to just throw my bike in the back for a ride on one of the local trails.
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02-04-2010, 03:15 PM
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#23
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 599
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06 Chrysler 300
03 Chevy Suburban
08 Kawasaki Versys (street motorcycle)
06 Carolina Skiff (fishing boat)
04 Yamaha 350 Raptor (4 wheeler)
06 Yamaha 250 "Bear Tracker" (lol) (4 wheeler)
07 Honda CRF 100 (kids dirt bike)
06 Yamaha YZ250F (my dirt bike)
03 Yamaha 90 (kids dirt bike)
90 Jeep Wrangler
Dang, I have way too much stuff.............
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02-04-2010, 03:23 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
Posts: 34,130
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2 weeks ago we sold 1 of our 2 cars, so the average age just went down from 6 to 3. For a bonus point, what was the age of the car we just sold? 
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02-04-2010, 03:23 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 291
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I have two 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass's... A 1969 Olds Toronado, 84 Olds Ninety Eight, 88 Chevy tow truck, 83 Chevy plow truck, and a 92 Yukon...
The Toro has points ignition and a full tank of gas... Points will work if they decide to knock out all solid state electronics 
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02-04-2010, 03:36 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
This hot 50 something year old chick talked me out of my 94 250 thousand mile little GMC Sonoma - WITH rusty fender. She had a really well fulled out pair of bib overalls.
Just kidding - sorta. Anyway doesn't count - sitting in limbo with a blow head gasket/possibly warped block.
heh heh heh -  Dogs are more loyal - thinking of used van to take them down to the Ozarks this summer.    .
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02-04-2010, 03:46 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: North of Montana
Posts: 2,769
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Average 27.5
2007
2005
2003
1961
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1959
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02-04-2010, 03:50 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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2005 Kia Reo
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02-04-2010, 03:57 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,608
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1996 Dodge
1999 Toyota
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02-04-2010, 04:39 PM
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#30
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 398
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1980 Toyota Corolla.
I bought it used in 1985. In several months, I will have owned it for more than half my life.
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02-04-2010, 04:49 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 621
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Toyota Sienna 2000 -- Bought it 10yrs back
Toyota Camry 2002 ---Bought it 7yrs back
Toyota Avalon 2003 ---Bought it 2yrs back
Toyota Man I am
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02-04-2010, 05:08 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 471
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07 Camry - DS
06 Lexus - DW
93 Ford F-150 guess who
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02-04-2010, 05:15 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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2010 Toyota Camry
2010 Mazda Miata
Bought them both in the past month to replace a 9-year old VW with reliability issues and a 13-year old Mazda in excellent condition, but DW wanted something new...
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02-04-2010, 05:18 PM
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#34
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,697
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1 car, a 2007 Toyota Corolla (not one which got recalled, thankfully). I bought it 3 years ago this month.
Before that, I owned a 1991 Geo Prism (basically a Corolla) from 1992-2007.
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02-04-2010, 05:20 PM
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#35
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 649
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95 Chevy 4x4 pick up (for haulin' stuff)
96 Ford conversion van (for long road trips)
07 Chevy Trailblazer (primary vehicle)
We live in the boonies where the snowplows come after all the main roads are plowed. For us, its often a choice between four wheel drive and being stranded in the winter. 
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02-04-2010, 05:26 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pasadena CA
Posts: 3,346
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1997 Mazda Miata DWs car
1998 Jeep Cherokee DSs vehicle
2006 Jeep Liberty diesel mine mostly, except for when DW wants it.
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T.S. Eliot:
Old men ought to be explorers
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02-04-2010, 05:57 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 331
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2007 Yaris
2005 Avalon
Bought both new.
Love them both, recall and all.....
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02-04-2010, 06:09 PM
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#38
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,506
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88 Jag. XJ6 210 Kmiles
99 GMC Suburban, 98 Kmiles
78 Honda 400, MC Who knows
95 Buick --- DW's 45 Kmiles.
Retired, don't do averages.
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02-04-2010, 06:44 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 23,041
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average age is 8 years
2008 Honda Civic Hybrid
2001 BMW Z3
1997 Honda Accord
the '08 replaced a '93 Accord. Prior to that, average age was 11 years.
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02-04-2010, 06:49 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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For the kept car, the difference in age and this year (2010) is 3 years, or 2007 is the year of the car kept.
Year of the car sold was 2001, so the age of the car was 9 yrs old.
Do I get a prize?
Or do I get a dunce cap ? 
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