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Are you the type of person to always need the latest and greatest or do you drive it until the wheels fall off?
Ideally I'd like to trade up every 3 years. I known people who have driven the same vehicle for 10+ years and others who get a new car each year. My parents usually trade up every 3 years and I think it's a good medium.
Are you the type of person to always need the latest and greatest or do you drive it until the wheels fall off?
Ideally I'd like to trade up every 3 years. I known people who have driven the same vehicle for 10+ years and others who get a new car each year. My parents usually trade up every 3 years and I think it's a good medium.
Well , as you probably know , SpeedyAZ , from other forums , I lease a new vehicle every two years . I like leasing a lot better than buying because I can drive a new vehicle more often . I also like the fact that the leasing process is much more faster than buying process , which takes all day at the dealer . When I lease a new vehicle I go to the dealer , give them my old car , pick a new car , sign the papers ,and drive off in my new vehicle .
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Well, I used to get a new one every 2 years, but now that cars have gotton so much better and I have retired and don't due the daily grind anymore I" probably go to 5 years. Or until I get to smell the interior of a new car. Ha, ha.
Cars for the most part are not a good investment, that's why I'll keep my vehicles for as long as I can, maybe until the wheels fall off!. It might be nice to have a new car or truck every 3 or 4 years, but it's a waste of money. I'd rather invest my money into things that appreciate in value, instead of depreciable assets that drop about $2000 in value right when you drive out of the dealer's lot. Also, whenever I drive by junk yards, and see piles of old cars and trucks, I look at them and say, boy, 10-15 years ago, somebody paid a lot of money for this vehicle when it was brand new and it had that new car smell, now look at it!
Right now I have a 2001 Nissan Xterra and a 2005 Dodge Dakota, and before I got the Dakota, I had a 1993 Dodge Dakota. The only reason I traded it in was I needed a truck with an extended cab, otherwise I would have kept the 1993 until the wheels fell off!
I would trade every 3 years, then did every 5, now I am thinking just keep what I have
for 5 more years, and put the money into a cd that I save. I also am thinking for a person who hardly does use the car, when I buy to get the Honda Fit. It from my reading gets great review. after 5 years this crv does not even have 17,000 on it.
I just had them give the car a new battery.
Oh gosh....my last car was 10 years old before I sold it and bought another. As long as it's safe and comfortable, I keep it. I don't need the newest and flashiest every year.
I used to get a new car about every 2 years. Then I bought my first truck and I don't know if I'll ever buy another vehicle again.
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Also, whenever I drive by junk yards, and see piles of old cars and trucks, I look at them and say, boy, 10-15 years ago, somebody paid a lot of money for this vehicle when it was brand new and it had that new car smell, now look at it! 
