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I have a 88 CRX Si, a 95 Honda Del Sol Vtec, and a 98 Integra GSR. I bought them because I wanted them and have fixed them up to look and run good (not show quality) I don't have anything else and drive the GSR the most.
So work is fairly close and I don't do a lot of driving outside of work. I average 10,000KM a year. My car is 2003 and I'm pretty sure I can drive it for another 5 years. No major problems yet knock on wood.
Just wondering who still drives a car at least 20 years old. I can imagine for those who don't average a lot of mileage a year like me they still might have a vehicle from the 90's.
My 2001 Lumina daily driver is only 18 years old. So not there yet, but getting close. But it's at 311,000 miles and runs like new.
Granted, I rebuilt the engine back in the Spring. Only made it 297,000 miles before a rebuild. That means the engine should be good til about 594,000 miles
I've had this thing for 13 years now. Purchase price plus repairs amount to almost nothing spread out over that many years. Tags cost very little because it's not really worth anything. Liability insurance only.
This vehicle costs little more than gas and maintenance. I'll likely just keep driving it until the transmission fails... then I'll decide whether or not it's worth fixing (rebuilding an automatic transmission is no big thing for a man of my skillz). Or if the transmission never dies, rust may win this battle. But that's several years down the road.
But seriously, sticking with the same car for 20 years means you’re missing out on a lot. Most marriages don’t last that long. A lot of these types of threads seems to draw responses from people afraid of technology (and improved safety, and better gas mileage, more horsepower, better handling, etc. ). I can think of nothing from 20 years ago that’s better than it is today.
Lame? last jeep with a carb upgraded that 2 1/2 inch lift bfg's SYE and no stinken computer a 12 year old could take it apart and rebuild it at least from my era.Ford is a XLT Lariat and I can actually get stuff out of the bed without a stepladder.Rides like an old Caddy.
And under powered, less safe, less comfortable, and worst gas mileage, less stable, much noisier, and leak. Square headlights? Evolution is a good thing.
I do have a soft spot for TJ’s but mostly because of their smaller size and I wouldn’t mind if they use modern running gear on that same footprint.
Not having a computer isn’t really an advantage. Modern fuel injection is a pretty simple concept and much more maintenance friendly and reliable. It’s not the 80’s anymore.
02 Lincoln Towncar. Got it last year for $3K. It's been babied its while life. Just rolled over to 100K mi. Drive it 6 days from CT to CA. Me and the dogs and everything wee needed to set up house and start the new job. I love it!
I've been on the 'bleeding edge' of tech since the '60s, back then I was dreaming of (up) the shi...stuff you take for granted today. I was on the 'internet' before most people had even an inkling of what it was...and what it would turn out to be (and, boy has *that* been a disappointment, so far).
But...I've been with my wife for more than 35 years...I have two Heep Cherokee Sports, a '96 and a '99, two Yamaha Viragos, a '94 and a '96, a '92 Dodge Ram...and a couple of [slightly] newer vehicles. Hey, when something works, I stick with it...I still have a Tandy 1200 with 8" floppies, 128k memory with the 128k upgrade; and a Frankenstein 286 built out of parts salvaged from dumpsters, which, frankly, is still capable of doing everything I need it to do aside from stupid bullshtuff like entertainment on what the 'net has turned out to be...
And what is it that your Tandy 1200 does better again? Play Super Pitfall all day? I’m not sure what you have against the internet, but it’s a pretty big place, surely there’s something out there to float your boat.
But all jokes aside at some point most people get to an age where they just get nostalgic at some specific time period and refuse to adapt. At some point I’m sure some old timer thought the same thing when indoor plumbing first became mainstream. “Who needs a bunch of complicated pipes and toilets when a bucket works just fine!” It’s just a natural sign of aging.
My Lumina plays cassette tapes better than anything you can buy today.
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