My every day car is a 1993 Ford crown Victoria with a zillion miles but she gets me around ok and I love the power, mileage and comfort. I have three other late model and new cars but this one I love
I drive a 99 civic that looks a lot older. Paint is peeling, wheel covers have all fallen off, front left fender is all dented, and frame has been straightened. But it runs like a champ and should keep going until we can get some debt payed off. Then we can pay cash for the next one.
1994 Ford Ranger pickup here. Has a 5 speed manual transmission, cassette player which my grand kids have no clue about and manual roll up/down windows. Needs a paint job really bad but that can wait for awhile. Runs like a top and I will keep it till I can't drive any longer
I traded in my 97 extended cab for the Kia Sorento that my wife drives with the kids. I would probably still have it if we hadn't had kids. Great little pickups.
I think I'm sensing a trend. The longer we keep the beaters the more money we have for shave gear right?
There are 2 ways to get to my house and both are up steep hills, so unless I load the trunk with sand bags and use chains the old girl just won't make it. Now my winter car I'll just let the wheels spin and melt through the ice and if it blows up--who cares.
Only 589k and it still runs like new, no dents, dings, or rust and the interior is flawless. Even the A\C still works.
My Saturn Ion is about 8 years old. Given that I mow drive much less, I expect to keep it a good while longer.
When I was a kid we of course had a family station wagon, and this was back way before front wheel drives were common. We lived up a shortish, but very steep hill. My Dad told my Mom that he'd accidentally put the snow tires on backwards and was too tired to fix it, so when it snowed she needed to drive backwards up the hill in order to get the benefit of the tires. She never got stuck.
I'm actually surprised at the answers, because where I live the trend amongst the majority seems to lean towards having the latest and greatest BMW, Lexus, etc.
I drive an 02 F-150. The very first vehicle I purchased so I am going to drive that baby as long as I can. Nothing wrong with driving a vehicle until it dies. You should the get the most out of everything whether it is shave cream or a car.
Where I live if you are not selling drugs or your father haven't worked his whole life, you can't afford the latest cars =P
And that comes from Sweden where cars are a third of Denmark. We pay 42000$ for a midsize diesel Kia.
