(NECRO) Any chance my Nissan Altima will make it past 200,000 miles?

[TheGardener]

I've had 6 cars in 45 years. The first 5 had 100,000 to 160,000 mi. on them. And they were sold for someone else to drive. I never drive them into the ground. The sixth is less than 3 years old.

If you have had 3 cars in 5 years with a fourth in the pipeline, I'd be willing to wager that you have accumulated very little in a 401k or an IRA. When you are ready to retire, you'll be wondering where your money went.

 

[gorcorps]

I've had 6 cars in 45 years. The first 5 had 100,000 to 160,000 mi. on them. And they were sold for someone else to drive. I never drive them into the ground. The sixth is less than 3 years old.

If you have had 3 cars in 5 years with a fourth in the pipeline, I'd be willing to wager that you have accumulated very little in a 401k or an IRA. When you are ready to retire, you'll be wondering where your money went.

2 out of the three were leases, so I'm not paying full price on cars I don't like. My 401k does alright, though 5%+6% match isn't a lot my many people's terms, it's fine by me for now.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah... it's a problem :\

Part of it is I just like having the latest features, so once I know I'm missing out on something I get the itch. But that's also because I've had an issue with every new car I've had so far (and have had the money to keep switching). The first new car I bought was a 2011 Rogue, which was a fine little car but the AWD wasn't great and even though I got the highest end trim package I could it was still cheap looking/feeling. They redesigned it since then and I may not have jumped ship so quickly if I had the newer version. It was still smaller than I wanted.

My 2nd one was a 2014 Grand Cherokee (which I leased after realizing I shouldn't be buying anything until I'm sure I liked it) which was great for a year until I had a bunch of electrical problems leading to the worst customer service I've ever dealt with. Also got into a big accident and didn't trust it anymore, so I got rid of it early. Damn shame it had so many problems... great vehicle if it was reliable.

Now I'm on a Highlander. Good with nice enough interior, but the lack of sound insulation that Toyota uses is starting to get to me. Road noise is quite high which was noticeable on a road trip over Easter weekend. It also has pretty poor gas mileage for this class (I was getting 23 in the Jeep, but below 20 in the Highlander).

makes sense.

I drove an 88 Volvo 240 wagon until 2008, it had ~280k on it when I got rid of it, got a used saab 9-2x ('05), traded that in last year with 180k on it - it needed new head gaskets and IMO not worth fixing. 2013 jetta TDI ill drive until it dies or they take it away from me because of the emissions crap. should easily get 200k+ out of it

 

[Meghan54]

I've had 6 cars in 45 years. The first 5 had 100,000 to 160,000 mi. on them. And they were sold for someone else to drive. I never drive them into the ground. The sixth is less than 3 years old.

If you have had 3 cars in 5 years with a fourth in the pipeline, I'd be willing to wager that you have accumulated very little in a 401k or an IRA. When you are ready to retire, you'll be wondering where your money went.

Well, I've had over 40 vehicles in my 60+ years on this earth and our 401k is quite healthy, thank you very much. (Does not include motorcycles or boats.)

In almost every instance, the vehicle was purchased with cash then sold, usually at a small profit.