Posted on 01/14/2018 2:38:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Our daughter has a Toyota Sienna minivan. 3 car seats - 3y.o., 5 y.o. & 7 y.o.
Mrs BN, daughter, husband & three kids drove from Cleveland to Vermont & back before Christmas. Nice vehicle.
Good morning.
Mine is not on the list either, but I bought a 2012 Infiniti g37 when I retired. Best vehicle I’ve owned in its class.
When the computer tells me what I need to do (i.e. maintenance), I do it and haven’t had any problems yet.
It may be the last vehicle I own.
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They could be built to last a million miles if long life were the only consideration. I remember when “car trouble” almost always meant engine trouble, now the engines will last on and on if serviced properly but all kinds of other things go wrong. I have had two intake manifolds which were made of plastic split on the road and pour water out necessitating a tow and an expensive repair. I didn’t know what transmission trouble was until I bought a 1980 Pontiac Pheonix and I have had some kind of transmission trouble with everything I have owned since except for a Dodge van I bought used and an E-350 Ford van that I bought used. I have had to replace heater cores on three or four vehicles, that was unheard of back in the fifties. I have had to replace the cooling fan assembly twice on the same vehicle because the control module goes out. I now work part time at a big car auction just to make some pocket change and get away from the house and I see all kinds of goofy problems on vehicles with less than fifty thousand miles on them. All kinds of electrical troubles, it would take too long to list them.
Ha! I think you meant that for Goyakla at post 95.
2005 Toyota Corolla: 465,000 miles.
1999 Ford Ranger 3.0l V-6: 180,000 miles.
2006 Toyota Corolla———40,000 miles———and that is NOT an error.
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I won’t comment on Porsche for lack of knowledge but BMW is the last brand I would ever want to own after driving hundreds of them at the local auction. We had thousands of used BMW vehicles to liquidate, I would rather drive a VW Passat than any BMW I have driven which covers just about all BMW models. Last for decades? Not BMW in my experience unless the owner has unlimited funds to spend on maintenance and repairs.
Poor bastard! Has he recovered yet? Is he able to work the land for his liege-lord?
Speaking of the Chevy Avalanche, what idiot came up with that name?
Nothing stock but the cases. Everything else has been changed over the years. I’ve had it for 17 years. It was an early 70’s built hardtail bobber with a narrow glide front end. I changed most of the internals, the ignition, carb, oil pump, electrics to 12 volt, front end, heads, sleeves, pistons and brakes to make it a reliable every day driver. It’s probably worth 10-15K as such.
If it was bone stock, it would be worth 25-35k depending on condition.
Mine is pretty well used up. I'll probably be replacing it soon.
5 liter coyote V8, 475 HP, 420FTp/ torque maybe nicer than the Shelby GT 350. Go to : carbuzz.com, it’s right in the main heading, click on it; 15 pics & a video.
the 15 Cars Americans Keep the Longest Before Trading in for a New One
I'm enjoying the thread, but the list of 15 isn't based on anecdotes or personal preference of the author, or me, it's based on which 15 cars are driven longest before trade-in. Ping to everyone who's replied. And keep writing.
Well, mine’s (1998 Mercury Grand Marquis) been driven almost daily for 20 years and we have no thoughts at all of trading it in.
“Well, I left Kentucky back in ‘49 and went to Detroit to work the assembly line...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=t1-zzJnKtDg
I understand the methodology.
It may be that new Buick sedans (like luxury sedans generally) are status symbols to their mostly older buyers and so are traded after a couple years regardless of condition because that’s what their parents did.
Or they are passed down in families, as happens in my wife’s extended family. Those wouldn’t show as trade-ins.
Driven longest, or held longest? That is the key. A 15 year old driveway queen with 72,000 miles isn’t in comparable to a 5 year old vehicle with 200+K. The vast majority of pickups that were working trucks probably just get sold in person to person transactions.
I understand the articles metric, but it seems a roundabout way to knock American auto manufacturers.
Depends on the model. A 10 year old convertible is still a status symbol or at lest an envied toy. A 10 year old BMW or Mercedes sedan is not.
Porsches are almost all in the category with Corvettes as status symbols regardless of age.
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