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When do you decide to get a new vehicle?
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:32 am
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:32 am
Do you have a mileage benchmark? Is it of desire to upgrade or attractiveness to a new model? Desire to ensure safety and dependability and what does that look like?
I’m struggling mostly because I just see a vehicle as something to get from point a to point b. Never desired anything nice to overspend on. Never really looking to upgrade. I typically have had a 200,000 benchmark to move on.
My current truck has 193,000 and runs great. Paid $16k for it used with 70,000 miles 7 years ago. Should I drive it until it dies and donate it to a junkyard or start looking for a similar deal? I’m thinking the former.
What is the OTs method for deciding on a new vehicle?
I’m struggling mostly because I just see a vehicle as something to get from point a to point b. Never desired anything nice to overspend on. Never really looking to upgrade. I typically have had a 200,000 benchmark to move on.
My current truck has 193,000 and runs great. Paid $16k for it used with 70,000 miles 7 years ago. Should I drive it until it dies and donate it to a junkyard or start looking for a similar deal? I’m thinking the former.
What is the OTs method for deciding on a new vehicle?
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Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:33 am to BabyTac
OT please give me attention
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:34 am to BabyTac
I wait til my neighbor upgrades then do him one better
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:34 am to sidewalkside
smells like a subtle brag thread. keep driving your damn truck if you only care about point a to b.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:34 am to BabyTac
When there is an almost continual cost for keeping it running (especially if that cost is anywhere near what I would be paying on a monthly note).
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:35 am to BabyTac
The wheels fall off or the engine goes kaput, although these days it might be better to replace the engine
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:35 am to BabyTac
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What is the OTs method for deciding on a new vehicle?
For you I thought it would be when there are too many cum stains on the seats
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:36 am to BabyTac
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When do you decide to get a new vehicle?
Another side effect of the mid-life crisis?
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:36 am to BabyTac
When I get sick of driving it, 3-10 years.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:36 am to Chad504boy
I find time is more of a factor than mileage. My experience has been 10-12 years is when things start becoming a PITA with repairs.
I get a new vehicle when I start to lose faith in my vehicle getting my family through a road trip.
I get a new vehicle when I start to lose faith in my vehicle getting my family through a road trip.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:37 am to Dandaman
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I find time is more of a factor than mileage. My experience has been 10-12 years is when things start becoming a PITA with repairs.
i just had to drop about 8k on my 11.5 yr old truck.
keeping this bitch for a while longer, hopefully i don't have any real mechanical issues. Been pretty good. 185k.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:37 am to BabyTac
My vehicle: when repairs cause too much inconvenience
Wife's vehicle: when I hear loud, continuous noise from inside the house. Typically every model style change.
Wife's vehicle: when I hear loud, continuous noise from inside the house. Typically every model style change.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:37 am to BabyTac
As soon as I get to 10,000 miles. It just feels dirty to me then.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:38 am to BabyTac
Only when it becomes very difficult to find replacement parts.
The car I had in high school and college I broke the handle that would raise and lower the window. At that time I could not find a replacement ( this was before internet, B.I.) . So I just used a pair of vice grips.
The car I had in high school and college I broke the handle that would raise and lower the window. At that time I could not find a replacement ( this was before internet, B.I.) . So I just used a pair of vice grips.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:39 am to BabyTac
I had a 10 year old truck that was paid off and the transmission started slipping so I traded it in for a newer model. I didn't really want to trade it in but I didn't want to sink a bunch of money into it either.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:40 am to BabyTac
With today’s prices and interest rates? Not until I absolutely have to
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:40 am to BabyTac
I’m at 160k on my Acura. I buy and drive for 10 years+. I look at cost over 10+ years and try to keep it at a certain percentage of income over that span. I have my eyes on a beautiful new car now . After I pay off my son’s car and my last daughter ( sorry no pics ) is out of her sorority and college, I’ll treat myself to it and drive it into the ground.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:40 am to BabyTac
300,000 miles is my benchmark
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:40 am to BabyTac
The truth is we have been trading out when it needs tires, so for us that's bout every 5 years.
Posted on 10/13/23 at 9:42 am to sidewalkside
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sidewalkside
OT please give me attention
After all the depressing threads started this week you complain about this one?
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