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Now many of you would buy a new car and expect it to still be your daily driver in 2034? How old will your kids be?
In 1955, my dad bought an 8-yo Studebaker for $50 as a dog-and-fishing car so he wouldn't stink up the family car. We had kept our '38 Pontiac until 1950, and it was one of the last pre-war caars in town, at 12 years.
Those old cars were clunky and slow with non-workng hardware. But I can't remember Dad ever taking them to a garage for mechanical repairs. If your car is a 2009, how many times has it been in a shop. at $100 an hour shop labor? If you throw enough money at car 's maintenence, it will last for ever.
In 1966, I rode in a Mexican taxi from the early 20s. Uruguay banned all imports from WW2 well into the 60s and I saw daily driver sfrom the 20s still in use in 1992.
True but they are getting ever more complicated as with the vehicle itself.
Just as with the PCs I remembered just a minor power surge everything performs different including the acceleration lag time, fuel economy, and the infotainment, and the manufacture/dealer loathe to help. Even though you can clearly prove that the car drives much differently than before. They have loaners and they performed just like my own car before the damage to the ECU occurred.
Just off topic do states that change license plate designs require each vehicle owner to replace the entire plate along with the registration tag that year?
It appears it isn't the case with California(which appears original plates seems for life) but is the case with New York and Texas(Which had a totally different plate design not so long ago, but I haven't seen one with the older plate design even if the car is over 12 years old which I believe were issued the previous plates when they were first registered in Texas.
Not in Ohio. The "gold plates", issued from 8/96-9/2001, will have to be replaced at the next registration. Ohio was the last state to go back to aluminum plates, as the hot-dipped galvanized plates are just not durable enough with all of the road salt. The recommendation is that plates be replaced every 10 years. I replace my plates at the next registration after I have bought a new vehicle.
We have a pair of 10 year old vehicles. A BMW 328i convertible with 59,000 miles and an F350 diesel pickup with 140,000 miles. Both are excellent, dependable cars that do their job. Neither is even close to being ready to retire.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. New cars are for suckers.
I have on a Sat. morn. radio program Car Pros and there are a LOT of people who just want a new car every few years. Their old car is near new and in perfect condition. They act as if the world would end if they had to go to a mechanic.
I have on a Sat. morn. radio program Car Pros and there are a LOT of people who just want a new car every few years. Their old car is near new and in perfect condition. They act as if the world would end if they had to go to a mechanic.
My mother-in-law was like that. She leased a new Camry every 24 months until she could no longer drive. She had a fear of being left helpless with a stranded car. So she kept this leasing up for about 20 years. The Toyota dealer loved her. Every 2 years they got back a Camry with about 6000 miles to sell.
My mother-in-law was like that. She leased a new Camry every 24 months until she could no longer drive. She had a fear of being left helpless with a stranded car. So she kept this leasing up for about 20 years. The Toyota dealer loved her. Every 2 years they got back a Camry with about 6000 miles to sell.
I thought it was a huge waste of money.
But it was her money.
Yup, lot of people are like that, either fear of being out of the factory warranty or just a case of Joneses. I have a problem that I get bored. Usually 2-3 years I want to move on to a something different car even though the last one is still perfectly fine. It's coupled with my hatred of spending money hower so at least with last two I bought new I've kept them much longer while window shopping.
I read a viewpoint the other day, that the current market is here to stay, and eventually the U.S. will become like Cuba with 50 year old cars running around.
One can also draw a parallel with the small private aircraft industry, where events occurred in the 1980's, that severely reduced new aircraft production. A previously depreciating asset, was turned into a appreciating one.
2012 Corolla = 10 years old, 65,000 miles
2010 Rav4 V6 = 12 years old, 74,000 miles
2021 Silverado = 21 years old, 214,800 miles (almost 215,000 miles)
2009 BMW 328i coupe = 13 years old, 104,000 miles
2012 Scion Xb = 10 years old, 15,000 miles
2013 BMW 328i coupe = 9 years old 31,000 miles
I read a viewpoint the other day, that the current market is here to stay, and eventually the U.S. will become like Cuba with 50 year old cars running around.
One can also draw a parallel with the small private aircraft industry, where events occurred in the 1980's, that severely reduced new aircraft production. A previously depreciating asset, was turned into a appreciating one.
There are also lots of newer cars in Cuba. Just not American. BMW, Toyota, Mercedes, Korean and Chinese are very common plus a fair number of 70s Soviet cars.
Of the older American cars they seen to be either totally restored or held together by wire and ropes. We took taxi rides in both types.
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