For you guys that can afford it, replace your cars frequently, the growth in technology is so rapid, that unless you have to (like me) don’t live with an outdated car.
I drive a 2000 car and it is fine for me, but if I wasn’t concerned about the money why would I skip seven years of modernity?
I don't have an airbag waiting to blow up in my face.
I can give you a few. Like the fact I have driven my best friend to the BMW dealership 5 times to pick up his 2006 750 in my 1984 733. The 733 has not been rendered in operable in 23 years and 214,000 miles of driving.
Modernity is over-rated.
you meran you want to plug in an ipod ?
you mean you want to plug in an ipod ?
“I drive a 2000 car and it is fine for me, but if I wasn’t concerned about the money why would I skip seven years of modernity?”
My 67 Camaro goes from point A to point B in the exact same time as a 2008 Lexus. Cost to change a master cylinder < $100. Alternator < $100 and can be done in 25 minutes.
Why get rid of a car you like? Modernity isn’t that exciting, most of the new tech they’re putting in cars is silly anyway, and there are certain benefits to knowing a car very very well. Getting from a fully parking lot to one with empty spaces I once got my car through a gap that had about 4 inches to spare, only reason I even tried it is I’d already owned the car 7 years and wore it like a second skin, I knew I had the room on the passenger side without a spotter and without having to get out to look, I could navigate that car through a crowd just like I navigate me. Then there’s the money issue even if you can afford to replace your car all the time why bother? If you respect preventative maintenance you can keep a car going for 2 or 3 payments equivalent in repair bills a year, I don’t care how much money you have there are better ways to spend 10 car payments a year than on a car, if nothing else you can take a decent vacation with that money.
Weel, that's the point of the thread, isn't it?
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