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How old are your vehicles?

Started by SteveG1988, August 12, 2014, 11:37:07 AM

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SteveG1988

For me and my family.

2003 Honda Odyssey EX-L (one owner, bought used with less than 90k on the clock, had all the recalls done, it has a wheelchair lift for my grandmother)

2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-5Sp (my car) 110k on the clock. Been off the road due to an accident, and getting laid off and various money issues preventing me from fixing it. It will be fixed before this winter, due to my new job being decently paying.

2002 Ford Explorer XLS-4X4 V6, My uncles vehicle

2010 Toyota Camry (whatever the top spec one is) my aunt's car

1998 Ford Ranger Flex Fuel long cab, Uncle from NC.

2009 Kia Rondo, Aunt from NC.

Not sure about my other relatives.

Cars i have owned personally:

1st Car: 2006 Ford Focus, i tore up the automatic on it, was a fleet car, i got it in 2008 with 94k on it, i tore up the transaxle due to spinning the wheels too much in snow, replaced with a used transaxle, and traded in for....

2nd Car: 2010 Kia Forte SX, got repoed after i got out of the USAF

3rd Car: 1992 Mercury Sable, 400 buck beater, i got with a tax refund. Died about 5 months later when a coolant hose burst on the 3.8L, and it coked the oil. Not a headgasket burst. Steam never came out from under the hood, developed a rod knock the same day, would stall in neutral. Only car i have had to totally "die' on me.

4th car: 2003 Mercury Sable, Owned for about a year, found out that the heater core was bad, a/c compressor was bad, needed struts, and possibly a new transmission. Worst purchase i have ever made. Not worth the 3k i paid for it in Jan 2012.

Current Car: Mitsubishi. It needs to be fixed after the accident, but after that i plan to keep it for as long as i can.
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kkt

Current vehicle:  2002 Mazda Protege, bought new in spring 2002.  Well-maintained, and it's returned the favor by being reliable.  Needed a new AC compressor a month ago at 112K miles.  Needs suspension bushings every couple of years, but they're not very expensive.  Other than that, it hasn't needed anything that's not in the book.  Lightweight and fun on the curves.

bugo

1998, 1962, 1962, 1955.  As for extended family, I have no idea.

Arkansastravelguy

2014 kia soul. 5k miles but the way I travel it will be significantly higher soon

1995hoo

We currently have a 2004 Acura TL (mine), a 2003 Acura RSX Type-S (my wife's), and a 1988 Mazda RX-7 convertible (my wife sold it to me well before we got married when I gave her the down payment for the RSX as a birthday present).

Past cars I've owned in chronological order:
1977 Ford Granada (bought from a guy at my dad's office)
1982 Honda Accord (bought from my dad during my senior year in high school; I then sold the Granada to my younger brother)
1986 Acura Legend (college graduation present from my parents when the 1982 Accord failed state safety inspection due to undercarriage rust; I traded it in towards the next car in 1999 when I got fed up with the maintenance costs)
1997 Honda Accord (declared a total loss by insurance in August 2004 when I was rear-ended while stopped at a red light).
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jeffandnicole

'08 Honda CRV; about 102k miles on it.

'11 Honda Pilot; around 40k miles, since it sucks more gas than the CRV.  But with the CRV getting a bit older, I'm more willing to travel in the Pilot now.


Thing 342

Current Vehicles:

2008 Honda Accord EX-L - 65k miles
2011 Honda Pilot Touring - 40k miles
2013 Honda Civic EX - 12k miles

Older Vehicles:

1994 Chrysler Town & Country - Had ~140k on it before its transmission died and was too costly to replace.
2001 Honda Civic LX - Had about 120k on it before it was totaled by a fender bender in October last year. Was replaced by the '13 Civic.
2003 Honda Odyssey EX-L - Replaced the Chrysler. We didn't really like it, so we traded in for the '11 Pilot at about 85k.

agentsteel53

'73 VW Karmann Ghia - 99100 or so on the odometer (ask my wife!)
'86 Honda CRX SI - 227756
'95 Toyota Truck - 248780
'97 Ford Taurus - 172657

all operational and in regular use.
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Dr Frankenstein

1992 Honda Civic, bought in May 2008, sold in October 2009, mileage unknown (tampered odometer), estimated 250,000 km / 155,000 mi.
2004 Pontiac Sunfire, July 2009 (80,000 km / 50,000 mi) - May 2014 (230,000 km / 142,000 mi)
2011 Nissan Altima, April 2014 (69,000 km / 43,000 mi), currently at 83,000 km (51,500 mi).

corco

Currently:
2001 Honda Accord with 96k for out of town travel, got in 2013 with 72k
2002 Jeep Liberty with 109k for local driving and winter, got in 2007 with 18k

I've also owned  a 97 Ford Escort I took from 52 to 76k and a 90 Dodge Colt I took from 250k to 276k

agentsteel53

Quote from: corco on August 12, 2014, 02:51:59 PM
I've also owned  a 97 Ford Escort I took from 52 to 76k

what happened to the Escort? 
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1995hoo

Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 12, 2014, 02:24:12 PM
'73 VW Karmann Ghia - 99100 or so on the odometer (ask my wife!)
....

Car and Driver once ran a photo of a classified ad in a newspaper somewhere in New England in which someone was trying to sell a car called a "Common Gear." (Sound it out with a New England accent.)

I don't like to jinx myself taking about odometer readings. But I think it would be pretty cool to pass Irv Gordon's record for mileage. I'm pretty sure I never will, though. None of our cars is even a tenth of the way there yet.
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corco

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Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 12, 2014, 03:22:10 PM
Quote from: corco on August 12, 2014, 02:51:59 PM
I've also owned  a 97 Ford Escort I took from 52 to 76k

what happened to the Escort? 

It was sort of on loan to me, with the idea that nobody cared about it. The liberty was stolen shortly after I moved to Tucson and the jerks did enough damage I couldn't get it fixed right away. The Escort had been my grandma's car that my parents bought for her, and then she stopped driving and it was just sitting in Boise, so I assumed it.

When I left AZ I signed it to my parents as that was the understanding when my Grandma gave it to me, who kept it for a couple months before trading it in for a new Focus. I was pussed when they did that- I didn't have the Honda yet and would gladly have given them more than the thousand bucks they got for it at trade in.

Billy F 1988

Past vehicle:
1978 Mercury Bobcat 2-door wagon - ran for about 30k + miles until problems with bodywork, fuel filter and carburetor surfaced.

Current vehicle:
2002 Ford Escort SE 4-door sedan. Ran for about 60k +. Current mileage is at 122k. My dad and I bought it when it was at around 98,000. It had a fuel line issue, now it's having bodywork issues with trim panels falling off the driver side doors that I'll need to glue together with silicone. Other than that, it's been my work horse for the last five years.
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2008 Saturn Vue, bought used in 2010 with around 24K miles on it. Now has 150K miles.

2000 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, bought new in 2000, now has 250K miles and running well.

My dad had a 1990 Chevy pickup that I have now. It has about 120K miles on it and is running well.

My wife has a 2003 Saturn Vue that was bought used in 2005. It has about 140K miles on it.
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Roadgeek Adam

We at the moment have a 1979 Chevrolet El Camino (on primer paint) and a 2003 Ford Explorer XLT. My mother wrecked our 1999 Ford Escort in late May.

We formerly have owned a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe (traded in for the Escort), a 2004 Ford Expedition (traded for the Explorer), a 1994 Chevrolet Safari XLT (Replaced by the Expedition), a 1999 Dodge Neon (replaced by the Santa Fe, replacing the Tercel) and a 1991 Toyota Tercel (wrecked in 2002 in an accident on US 22).

We have been looking into a 1988 Buick LeSabre, but we will see.
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andrewkbrown

My first car at age 16 was a 1984 Oldsmobile Omega. Second car was a 1989 Honda Civic.

I finally got out of the '80s in 2007 with my 1999 Toyota Camry. Bought with ~151,000 miles on the odometer, it currently is at ~278,000.
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agentsteel53

Quote from: corco on August 12, 2014, 03:41:22 PM

It was sort of on loan to me, with the idea that nobody cared about it. The liberty was stolen shortly after I moved to Tucson and the jerks did enough damage I couldn't get it fixed right away. The Escort had been my grandma's car that my parents bought for her, and then she stopped driving and it was just sitting in Boise, so I assumed it.

When I left AZ I signed it to my parents as that was the understanding when my Grandma gave it to me, who kept it for a couple months before trading it in for a new Focus. I was pussed when they did that- I didn't have the Honda yet and would gladly have given them more than the thousand bucks they got for it at trade in.

that makes sense.  yeah, I'd have bought it too if the option were offered to me.  with 76K on the odometer, that seems like a perfectly serviceable car.

my wife and I have a policy of never selling a perfectly serviceable car.  we sold our '84 Benz 300D because it couldn't make it up our driveway (steepest portion is ~35%).  I would have happily taken it as my daily driver when my wife wanted a Ghia, if it weren't for that one tiny problem.  the Benz had 285K on the odometer and we got our advertised price on Craigslist ($4500 - it paid almost exactly for the Ghia purchase and registration, which was $4570.) but I wish we could have found a way to keep it around.  it's probably gonna give its new owner another 285K miles.

(so what kind of cars have we sold without regret?  let's just say that the amount we get ranges from $5 to $280.)
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agentsteel53

Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on August 12, 2014, 04:03:26 PM
We have been looking into a 1988 Buick LeSabre, but we will see.

that sounds like an under 1000 dollar purchase.  I'm guessing this would be your daily driver if it came through?
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signalman

2014 Honda Civic Si - My current and first new car that I purchased last Monday, it currently has 560 miles on it.  (Still breaking it in.)
Previous vehicles...
2006 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V - Bought in 2010 with 20,000 miles. I ran it up to 166,000 miles when I traded it in last week
2000 Nissan Maxima - Bought it in 2005 with 103,000 miles and ran it up 228,000 when I traded it in in 2010 for the Sentra.  The car was becoming a money pit and was burning oil like crazy.
1990 Toyota Camry - My first car.  Bought it in 1997 when I got my license from a guy that I worked with.  It had 72,000 miles on it.  I ran it up to 312,000.  I traded it in for the Maxima in 2005 because maintenance was getting way too costly

adventurernumber1

Being 14, I personally own zero vehicles. But my mom has a 2011 Subaru Outback, my dad has a 2013 Acura MDX. Now my grandfather (not as Roadgeek-like as me, but he is sort of one, and we enjoy driving around together a lot) has a heck-load of vehicles in his yard & garage. He has two 1935 buicks, a 1949 mercury, his old 80s' carpet truck, and his regular vehicle is a 2011 Ford Platinum F-150, and my grandma drives a 2002 or 2003 Infiniti. My uncle now owns my grandfathers old 90s' Chevy pickup, and regularly drives a 2004 Chrysler. And my other uncle drive a GMC pickup from I THINK 2011 or 2012. I could go on and on but I think that's enough for now, lol.

US81

Let's see, oldest at the time I owned it was a 1961 Ford Falcon I was driving in 1981 or so - odometer had rolled over at least once.

Currently, have a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid manual transmission that I love, 127K, and will keep driving as long as I possibly can. Would buy another if I found one.

Jardine

1995 Astro van, it's holding up pretty well

2012 Chevy 1500 pickup, very plain

2012 Polaris Ranger, almost too much fun

oscar

2008 Toyota Prius, over 178,000 miles.
2006 Nissan Titan, over 130,000 miles.

I like to keep cars until they die (1982 Honda Accord at 282,000 miles), or are killed (1996 BMW 328i, totaled by a drunk driver at 194,000 miles).

I also tend to buy Japanese, which is how I started (1972 Datsun 1200 as a teenager), though I've made several exceptions since then.
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2003 Dodge Caravan. Before that was a 1993? Dodge Caravan that was like a box on wheels.

I now have a 2014 Dodge Tradesman Van

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