[Paved Paradise]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

[meyer]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

True, but as many people are rediscovering, they last a heck of a lot longer than the 3-4 year lease period after which many used to replace their cars.

[FrankR]

"You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever. "

Both my cars are 2001 models, and I'll make them last until commiebama is history and the market recovers...and then it will not be a GM car...it will be like buying a car from the government.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

I don't know. They are still running around in 1950's cars in Cuba.

[Paladin2]

"You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever."

I've decided to stockpile old Suburbans to drag me over the finish line.

[PAR35]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

Yes. I had to replace one that was only 19 years old. And the 13 year old car is probably only good for another 2 or 3 years. If you like nice looking cars in good shape, you probably should put your car on the used market after 15 years or so, no matter how well it is running.

[MrPiper]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

Maybe not forever, but I've been driving the same Ford F150 since 1995 and I'm planing on another decade.

Cheap tags and insurance also :-)

[Gorzaloon]

You can only hold out long - cars don’t last forever.

They do if one is unemployed or retired and has nowhere to drive. I have an uncle who retired years ago with a 1984 Pontiac. It's always garaged, and it goes to the grocery store once a week.

Since I retired, I buy gas maybe once a month, and see no reason why the present car will not last ten more years. I had a co-worker whose old Dodge hit 248,000 miles a couple of years ago. It has been repainted, and had a timing chain replaced, but it's still in daily use. 248,000 miles is the approximate distance to the Moon, for a sense of proportion.

I suspect people are realizing that we never NEEDED a new car. We WANTED one. We THOUGHT it was an essential. But present engines and power trains rarely fail any more, and with E-Coated frames, they do not even rust out. If the car I am driving is crushed by a big meteor or something, I'll just replace it for a dime a pound. If Chrysler goes down, those cute PT Cruisers will be real bargains.