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This screenshot was from January 2018; I've added more miles since then, now up to 727k miles. AC works, power windows work, everything works except driver's side heated mirror (which I should get fixed before the really cold weather gets here). It doesn't look as good as when it was new, but that's okay because it's my work car. I could afford a new car, but as much as I drive the depreciation alone would cost me $5000/year. This one is fully depreciated so my only expenses are fuel, maintenance, repairs and liability insurance.
Everyone may not be lucky enough to go that far but man, you’re saving a pile of cash compared to maintaining a car payment/full coverage insurance.
No need to get defensive if it didn’t happen. I get that some people have a higher tolerance for things not being perfect. My point is to plan for the worst not the best.
The Lexus in question was very well taken care of. He’s a doctor so money was no issue. It spent it’s life in either a garage at the house or doctors garage parking at the hospital. They had a trusty mechanic that knew that doctor+keep car forever=money. He did all of their oil changes, tires, etc. there’s not much you can do maintenance wise if you blow a head gasket. Or have a leaking freeze plug, or a transmission failure, or keeping seats from cracking, etc. If proper maintenance was all it took, people would keep cars much longer than the 11 year average.
Oh, but you must be making this up or have selective memory. Clearly, since all the other participants on here are guilty of that. Or is it only your memory that is crystal clear and you are the essence of honesty?
I pulled up to a parking spot to brake the car to a stop. Instead, it surged and continued to accelerate as I hit the brake. Apparently, braking power is lost when this part is faulty. I managed to get it into the gas station where I usually go for repairs. I put it in for a 60K service which I had planned on at the end of April.
When it doesn't start every time.
When the AC quits and it costs more to fix it than I'll get on selling/trading it.
When other stuff quits and it costs more to fix...rinse, repeat.
How do you justify not driving the absolutely most reliable car you can possibly obtain?
For example, why worry about retirement or purchasing a home if you aren’t driving the most reliable vehicle available...isn’t driving the immediate danger?
Reliability has nothing to do with a car being safe or not. If a car is mechanically (and electronically) sound, then the car is relatively safe.
Structural damage that impacts handling and the strength/reliability/performance of all that is connected to it. That is usually a big-ticket item to get properly fixed.
The rest of the stuff, as long as it is not a glaring design-flaw, can usually be fixed quite economically.
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