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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?
I don't draw a line... I keep the car maintained until it cost more that it is worth to maintain.
There are plenty of safe vehicles well over 200k miles. A car with little miles but bad brakes is dangerous. A car with lots of miles in good working order is safer.
I trade my daily drivers in every three years, because I like not having to worry about it.
Can my brand new car break down and leave me stranded? Yeah, it can, but it's very unlikely it will.
One of my fun cars is almost 20 years old, the other one is over 30 years old. I don't drive them very often, so if they break down it's not a huge deal.
I trade my daily drivers in every three years, because I like not having to worry about it.
Can my brand new car break down and leave me stranded? Yeah, it can, but it's very unlikely it will.
One of my fun cars is almost 20 years old, the other one is over 30 years old. I don't drive them very often, so if they break down it's not a huge deal.
On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your level of worry by driving a car a 4th year? Would it be like a 2?
What about driving the same car a 5th or 6th year? Would that be a 7 or 8? Perhaps enough worry to where you think about it daily and your worry turns to stress? Hypothetically, if you had to, would you tap into savings or retirement that you may otherwise need to alleviate the worry of driving a 5 or 6 year old car?
Surely there's a lot more to reliability than the age of the car. I remember driving around in a 10+ year old Mitsubishi 20 years ago and that thing just ran and ran and ran. A simple car that felt like it just didn't have much that could break if the car's taken care of properly. Ironically it finally met its demise when my dad borrowed it and totaled it while his new sedan was in the shop.
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?
Bit paranoid, aren't you, about driving?
Can't tell you when we stop driving a car as far as age or mileage is concerned - if it won't take us 300,000+ miles, we're not interested. As long as the vehicle is maintained and repaired properly (if necessary - we tend towards Toyotas and Hondas and for the farm truck a Dodge diesel), high miles and age is not a big deal. When those maintenance/repairs outweigh the value of the vehicle, that's where we draw the line.
Surely there's a lot more to reliability than the age of the car. I remember driving around in a 10+ year old Mitsubishi 20 years ago and that thing just ran and ran and ran. A simple car that felt like it just didn't have much that could break if the car's taken care of properly. Ironically it finally met its demise when my dad borrowed it and totaled it while his new sedan was in the shop.
Seems like what makes a car “old” can vary from person to person.
For some driving anything older than 3 years old is a risk they would like to avoid.
The same person may ride a motorcycle or climb Everest for fun, but the stress/worry/fear of a car older than 3 years old breaking down is a real concern.
Think of a person who is deathly afraid of something like spiders...even a picture of one. You could try to rationally explain that their smoking cigarettes is what they should really fear, but that doesn’t negate the fact that they are far more afraid of spiders.
Others may simply get to their happy place by always driving a new car every year. It’s simply a huge priority that takes precedence over things some consider more important (let’s say retirement or health insurance). They may or may not find ways to justify/rationalize their desire to others (it’s safer, more reliable). If a person is truly convinced they need something to be happy you can’t really argue with them.
it's never dangerous if you know its limitations and are prepared for them. ive been on buses in South America.
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