POLL: How often do you change cars?

[Murpheeee]

On average?

 

[arod]

I plan on changing cars every 10 years... My first car is 4 years old and its a Hyundai so I have a 10 year warranty. When that up it will be time to get a new one.

 

[Amused]

Every 3-5 years. It depends on how happy I am with my car.

My current car ('99 Passat GLX) looks like it's going to be a 5 year car.

 

[Banana]

New car=waste of money. I try to go as long as possible between cars. (But the new car smell . . . so tempting . . . )

 

[aphex]

well due to reasons beyond my control, i owned my last passat for 1 month....

Jetta - 2 years
2001.5 Passat - 1 month
2002 Passat - 2 Years and still goin

 

[Murpheeee]

I would love to keep a car for long time and aim to do that with my current VW Golf Tdi

Unfortunately my previous cars I did not like and changed every 2 years.

Mazda Protege had no power when you had on A/C and was like driving a tin can

Then I got a Subaru Forester which was okay, but started to develop clutch problems...I think previous owner either abused it or did not know how to drive a 5 speed :frown:

 

[Chaotic42]

Whenever my car dies or is swept away by a tropical storm.

Damn you Allison!

 

[Kelemvor]

SHould have had a choice for "Whenever paying to fix it costs more than paying for a new one". Heh heh.

I have a 99 Grand Am that is out of warranty but works great. Plan on keeping it until it dies. Also have a 2002 Durango with a 7 year warranty so at least that long I would hope.

If I did the Lease thing then obviously it'd be more often.

 

[Narse]

I change every week, a perk to my job

 

[rh71]

I'm only 25 (like most of you) and I can't exactly afford a new car nor want to lease one every X years so... whenever it dies... because I love my car when I bought it with my hard-earned cash... why would I want to get rid of it if it's running ok ?

 

[TheCorm]

I had my first car for 18 months, my second for 3 years so hey I guess going by that it's either gonna be 4.5 or 6 years for this one.....

And I sold the last two in good condition and order.

Jamie

 

[HarryAngel]

once evry 5. well i've only changed 2 times so far.

 

[FoBoT]

after leaving home/growing up:

i bought a '84 Chevy Citation in 1987, sold it for $600 in 1992

bought a '90 Mazda Protoge in Nov 1989, it has about 165K miles and is running fine (except the A/C is dead) , i drove it to work today (needs some new speakers though, going to get some next month)

bought a '89 Isuzu 4x4 pickup in 1992, sold it in 1997

got a '88 pontiac 6000 from my mother-in-law in 1997, sold it for $400 in 1999

bought a '97 Saturn SC-1 in 1998, is has about 105K miles and needs some engine work, it is sitting in the garage until i can get it into the shop next month (it has good A/C , so i need to get it going for my "summer" work car)

bought a '98 Plymouth Grand Voyager Mini-van in 2002, it has about 90K miles , my wife drives it (the Mazda had been her main car until we got the van)


owned a few motorcycles in there during my younger/no kids days

 

[Banana]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Whenever my car dies or is swept away by a tropical storm.

Damn you Allison!

OMG! Really? Did you ever find it?

 

[BurnItDwn]

hmmm .. when I was 16 (in 96) i got a POS falling apart 1991 Ford Escort ... thansmission died in 1998, had the transmission rebuilt, died 4 months later, had the transmission rebuilt under warranty, lasted until 1999. Trans Died again, sold it to the tow truck guy for $50 + towwing cost.

3 years that car lived ...
later in 1999 I bought my aunts Grand Am V6 (1994( a MUCH better car, but once it hit 100K, the engine started making strange noises, air conditioning died, locks and windows were no longer working .. And i wanted a better car. So in 2002 I bought my current car (1999 Chrysler 300M) ... its SOOO much better ... there is no comparison ... I hope to keep this for another 5 or 6 years ... and then trade it in .... but maybe I'll keep it longer if its good to me.

 

[jlee]

I have a very solid '98 Corolla now..about 123,500 miles on it, and it's still going strong. I'll probably keep it until it's not worth fixing..and it hasn't broken yet

 

[Demon-Xanth]

My first car got totalled, my second I bought with 146,000 miles on it, sold it with about 250,000 (started sounding expensive) 4 years later. My current one I plan to keep until atleast 2008. (about 150,000 miles)

 

[anno]

rarely.

when we got married in '79, we had a 68 corvair (his first car), a 69 volvo p1800, and a 75 duster (my first car). junked the corvair in '81. sold the duster in 87, bought 87 taurus wagon. bought 99 toyota sienna in '98.

that's what we have now.. 99 sienna (mine), 87 taurus (everyone else's), 69 p1800 (his).

anno

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: 1YellowPeril

Originally posted by: Chaotic42 Whenever my car dies or is swept away by a tropical storm. Damn you Allison!

OMG! Really? Did you ever find it?

i saw it...when i was snorkeling in key west called chaotic but his cell was busy

 

[Brutuskend]

Current car #1 15 + years

#2 A year or so (Used car)

#3 Same

I refuse to own a car I can't keep running myself. So ALL my cars are older than most of the people on this board.

 

[conjur]

I've usually gone about 4 years until the # of wrecks has rendered the car either unusable or I'm sick and tired of it

I've had my current car since Feb. 1997 and while it's not going strong, it's going and my situation requires me to keep it running at least 2 more years.

 

[Quixfire]

I drive my cars into the ground.

88 300Te = 280K
92 EGT = 175K

Both running strong.

 

[Spamela]

when they have about 70,000 miles on them.

 

Until it breaks.