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Curious whether people generally keep cars longer nowadays. If it's relatively new, how long did you keep your previous one?
If you get a new car every 3 or 4 years, why not just lease?
I trade vehicles every year or two. Typically because I have discovered my vehicle is a POS, and would rather not have the headache. Since I stopped buying trash brands like Chrysler and Nissan and the like, and got a vehicle that consumer reports rates highly, maybe I can keep one for 15 years or so. I'd sure like to.
'95 Buick Regal, about 229,800 miles on it. Monthly car payments are no fun! I did need to replace the A/C compressor (bad bearing), the belt tensioner (bad bearing), coil packs and front struts last year. Since then it runs like new and the A/C compressor is very quiet and blows cold. It's 3.8 liter V6 is literally as good as lot of other GM engines from that era were bad.
Eventually I want to find a 2002-2005 Buick Park Avenue with a newer version of the same 3.8 engine. Great cars, lousy resale values, many with under 100K miles, just about perfect for a frugal shopper like me. Keep the Regal and make it a second car until it hits at least 300K.
You have a min of 150k miles left on your engine. Good car.
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I did need to replace the A/C compressor (bad bearing), the belt tensioner (bad bearing), coil packs and front struts last year. Since then it runs like new and the A/C compressor is very quiet and blows cold. It's 3.8 liter V6 is literally as good as lot of other GM engines from that era were bad. 
