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I come from a family that only drove Fords since the beginning. With my ties to the car business, I have an Explorer, a
Mercedes and a Porsche(not new) in the driveway.
Never owned a Japanese car and likely never will.
What is your opinion of the new style Ford Taurus, and dependability etc.? Best car I ever had was my Ford T-Bird (1994) ... loved that car. I like the size of the new Ford Taurus, looks comfy even though some think the style is uhhh, ugly. I like to travel and drive long distances. Thinking maybe a nice low mileage used one could be the way to go.
Every car has the chance to go 200K if a person with some sense owns, maintains and drives it.
Give that very person their body and ask them to live to 60 years of age.
Sure a little company you may have heard of Consumer Reports that is the only company doing reviews/collecting data that doesn't take outside money
I just knew someone was going to mention CR. CR's reviews are not data for this discussion. Do you have actual data? Data that shows clearly that if a Chrysler product goes more than 200,000 miles then that driver was just lucky?
I just knew someone was going to mention CR. CR's reviews are not data for this discussion. Do you have actual data? Data that shows clearly that if a Chrysler product goes more than 200,000 miles then that driver was just lucky?
Sorry I wasted my time on someone who can't accept objective info adios
I don't know why people like to drive cars "till the wheels fall off". I trade them off before 100k and buy brand new every time. That way I am always driving nicer, modern vehicles and don't have to worry about major repairs, generally just a set or two of brakes and tires. I trade off at about 80-90k right before the value of the car drops like a rock and the factory warranties expire. That ends up being about every 4-6 years which is enough time to not have to worry about depreciation of buying a new car.
Works for me. Only upside down for the first couple of years and when ready to trade, have some equity for new car.
I like driving nice cars. I did my time with high mileage rust buckets in high school and college and tried keeping new cars beyond 100k miles. Done with that.
You keep a car for 120k miles and you risk a tranny fail etc. Just one repair like that is equivalent to a higher payment of just always driving newer and dependable vehicles. And the value of the car quickly becomes worthless on a trade.
Keeping a car until the wheels fall off makes sense financially. But it depends on your situation.
I've had my car since about 2005... new Honda, paid 20k for it.
If you change a car every 5 years (middle for you), and pay 20k for a car, then I would need some MAJOR work to pay for issues. In my case it is a Honda, so I only had to do oil and general maintenance... nothing major. Heck, nothing minor either. lol
But you would have paid at least 60k for cars when I only paid 20k (and it was paid off within one year). I don't know of anyone who has paid 40k in car repairs... do you? lol
And even nearing 190k on my car I will get an okay price... if I were to sell it (you don't "trade" a used car).
But I don't knock you.. I blow my money on stuff as well... luckily for me my "habit" is computers... relatively cheap habit to have.
Sorry I wasted my time on someone who can't accept objective info adios
Back to your trusty K car.
Or my trusty Dakota, with 248,179 miles on it.
Come to think of it, my family has also had a 1991 Caravan, a 2000 Intrepid, a 2001 Intrepid and a 2005 Magnum, and the only one of those that hasn't gone past 150,000 miles was totaled in a crash. I suppose lightning strikes five times in the same place.
Odd that there are no Volvos or Saabs on there.
I have seen (and owned) a Volvo with more than 200k on it. My current Volvo will likely cross over 200k late next year if I still own it.
I'm at 175k on my 850, and that is low mileage for these cars...
Come to think of it, my family has also had a 1991 Caravan, a 2000 Intrepid, a 2001 Intrepid and a 2005 Magnum, and the only one of those that hasn't gone past 150,000 miles was totaled in a crash. I suppose lightning strikes five times in the same place.
Did any of those make to 100k without a transmission rebuild? Caravans and Intrepids were famous for transmission failures.
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CR's reviews are not data for this discussion. Do you have actual data? Data that shows clearly that if a Chrysler product goes more than 200,000 miles then that driver was just lucky?
what K car?
