“Been some time since I’ve kept a car 20+ years. Very few keep them that long.”
Well we do. I have a 1963 Corvette Coupe that I purchased from the original owner in 1964, until recently, I had a 1987 Corvette Coupe which I gave to my oldest grandson, a 1999 Corvette Coupe and a 1999 BMW 323i Convertible. We replaced our 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche in 2013 with one of the last year’s Avalanches which now has just over 100,000 miles on it (the original one left us with 170k miles). If you give modern cars their required maintenance you can drive them for years! Of course California’s benign weather helps a great deal with keeping them all rust-free! Also keeping them in a garage when you aren’t using them helps too.
I have a 1996 saturn sw2 with 307K miles on it....just oil changes...tuneups...tires wiper blades and oil...looks like total junk...but runs very well. Got a 2009 cobalt xfe with 280K miles...needed a little more...new clutch...and same as above...really...most cars aside from their expensive options and “furniture” will last long time.
I have a 1970 GS455 convertible Stage 1 Buick 4 speed with 168 total miles in storage in N TX.
Bought it used for 3700 bucks
The ole man thought I was dumber that a box of hair for buying it and. Gasp, storing it