The Average Age of Vehicles on U.S. Roadways Hits a Record 12.2 Years (insurance, 2013)

[RayinAK]

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)

[1200RT]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

It'd be nice to know if this is a median or a mean average.

Wheres pacoman?

[ContraPagan]

Originally Posted by Vision67

How old are your cars? I have a 2012 Fusion and a 2014 Escape. I have no plans to replace either car.

Just sold my 2011 Focus to my oldest nephew. Good starter car for him. Inherited a 2020 Jeep Renegade that I've had for 2 weeks.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by 1200RT

Wheres pacoman?

Sometimes that's fine, but unfortunately a lot of times its tangential copy and pasted text that doesn't answer the question.

[Northrick]

8 year old Subaru Forester
21 year old Mercury Mountaineer
21 year old Ford F-350


The Subaru was bought new, the Mercury at 1 year old, and the F-350 at 3 years old.

[saibot]

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2011

I guess that averages out to 2001, or 21 years old.

All BMWs, 3-series or 5-series, an M3, M5, M coupe, and my junky little Z4. Some of these our kids drive, some we drive, some are non-opped and in storage. Needless to say, there is WELL over a million miles on all of them combined, probably pushing 2 million, but I can't count that high.

A year or two ago I was given a brand-new loaner car at the dealer while getting a recall done, and I was honestly frightened to drive it, having never seen most of those controls.

[YourWakeUpCall]

Cars/trucks: 19, 8,3, 4, .5, 1: average 5.9
Motorcycles: 26, 22, 22, 6, 5, 3, .5, .5: average 10.6
All average: 8.6

All purchased new, except the Typhoon:
1993 GMC Typhoon: 114,000 miles. I've owned it about 4 years, put less than 5 miles on it
2014 Ford Taurus SHO: 21,700 miles
2018 BMW M550i: 7,800 miles
2019 Ford Transit 350: 4,300 miles
2021 BMW Z4 M40i: 1,200 miles
2022 Kia Carnival: 1,300 miles


1996 Honda CR250R - bought used in 2010, put about 55 hours on it
2000 Honda CR250R (2) - bought used in 2014, put about 3 hours on it
2016 Yamaha R1M: 4,600 miles (purchased new)
2017 Honda Grom: 1,800 miles - bought used in 2018, put 15 miles on it
2019 Kawasaki KX450F: 11 hours (purchased new)
2022 KTM Freeride E-XC: 5.2 hours (purchased new), set up for motocross
2022 KTM Freeride E-XC: .5 hours (purchased new), set up as a dual sport

[badlander]

I have only once owned a car less than ten years old. My new car is a 2002 Rav4 that I have had for seven years. I am working on a 88 SAAB 900 that I parked when I got my RAV eight years ago.

My newest vehicle is a 2003 Kona Kona road bike and I have a Specialized Hardrock a few years older.

I do not plan on getting a newer car unless I can no longer druve a manual transmission.

Ten years is not old for a car. Especially if you take decent care of it.

[RetireinPA]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

2021 Silverado = 21 years old, 214,800 miles (almost 215,000 miles)

....you need to get back in the delorean

[Malloric]

8 and 17 years, so just above the average.

No pressing need to replace either especially given the current market. I do have an F-150 Lightning reservation to replace the Prius as a daily, but I'm not going to spend $75,000 for a basic XLT, plus ADM. It's the Pro model with a small markup or I'll pass on it. Frankly I don't really see it happening, certainly not until either 2023 or 2024. Otherwise nothing really interests me that much and the Prius is adequate although I'm by no means attached to it. S2000 I'll hold onto until the engine goes. It's higher mileage and no cream puff but not getting driven a ton so I wouldn't be surprised to get another 15 years out of it.