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My aged Nissan Sentra (2005 purchased in the fall of 2004; 123K on the odometer) has remained with me out of both nostalgia (my late father bought it for me) and out of a sense of thrift. I had planned on buying a car sooner, but divorce happened and I ended up using what would have been cash for a new car as the down payment and closing costs on my house instead.
While I've mentally chosen her replacement, I'm not keen on buying a new car even though I have enough tucked away in my car fund to buy a new ride (or newer as I've not ruled out a used car). The Sentra's been well-maintained from an mechanical standpoint and has given me few problems outside of routine maintenance and things that have needed to be replaced as they've reached the end of their useful lives (shocks, struts, belts, hoses, etc.). She's still fun to drive for a little rice burner and being an older car with a few cosmetic issues, she's the perfect city car--easy to park and few worries if someone accidentally dings her. I just can't think of a good reason outside of the car becoming unreliable or unsafe to replace her.
That's a rather large fleet of average-ish cars. Do you have a large extended family living in the household?
This is my fleet. Older than his.
70 Maverick
71 2dr Maverick
71 4dr Maverick
72 2dr Maverick ( with mid year Sprint option)
73 2dr Maverick
74 Montego 2dr MX Brougham ( Dad bought new)
74 2Dr Impala Sport Coupe ( Grandma's car)
75 4dr Mercury Comet
76 2dr Maverick (with Stallion option)
76 4dr Mercury Grand Marquis
78 Pinto sedan
78 Pinto Wagon ( with Cruising Wagon Package)
79 Thunderbird
79 Lincoln Continental
88 Taurus MT-5
94 Taurus GL
Bought the first one (my 71 2dr Maverick) in Nov. 83 and the last one ( 94 Taurus) in March '15. Cheapest two ( Montego and Impala) were free, the most expensive (71 4dr Maverick) was $1200 in July 88. I've owned 57 cars, but these are the ones I've kept. How's that for plain boring cars?
I'm old now but as a lifetime hot rodder I went to Pick your Part self service junkyard a lot. This is in the huge population LA area and they recycle a lot of cars.
They don't stay in the yard long and then to the crusher.
It goes in groups of 20 to 30 years old there mostly, a few newer and a few older.
I would think most 11 1/2 years old cars get sold and continue on , you still see a lot of 18 year old cars on the road.
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West coast and mountain west probably skew the numbers. There isn't a car newer than 2010 parked on my street right now, and most are from the 90's. They just don't rust so people keep driving them. And why not? Who wants to spend all that cash if you don't have to.
My beater is a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 with 156k on the clock. Starts right up. Still fast and lots of power. And still looks great. No intentions of unloading it until my final move outta this overly taxed state I currently reside in.
Others a 2017 Subaru, 2014 CTS and a 2008 Altima. No intentions unloading any of them either as the titles to all four vehicles reside in my safe.
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