How long do you intend to keep your present car?

Last car for us is our 2024 Kia Soul. My wife doesn't like to drive so my advice to her is to sell it for whatever she can get for it, stop paying car insurance & use that money to have UBER or LYFT take her wherever she wants to go.
 

I was driving a 2008 Toyota Corolla with only 73K miles on it. It was a great car and it never needed anything other than oil changes, brakes and tires. My original intent was to keep it until it started to have expensive problems.

I changed my mind when it became evident that prices were going to go up a lot for cars. At that point, I decided to replace it in January and it was a difficult decision between the Subaru Impreza , Honda Civic or another Toyota Corolla. I decided on the Subaru because it was rated higher for 2024. I got a good deal on my car because they had 30 on the lot that they wanted to get rid of.

Now I’m really happy that I didn’t wait any longer as it has safety features that my old car didn’t have and it drives wonderfully. Plus, I’ve had to take some friends that don’t drive to Dr appointments in the snow and I really appreciate the all wheel drive which I’ve never had before. I will never need another car because I only drive about 4K miles per year.
 
Nathan said:
I put about 4500 miles a year on my 2019 Toyota Tacoma.
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My second Toyota pickup, a pre Tacoma vintage, had more than 300,000 miles on it when I finally sold it. I put very little mechanical work into it. I may have replaced the brake shoes, and I think a timing chain. I hauled heavy loads on mountain roads, and that was the most durable transportation I ever owned. I think some of today's rides might do as well, but back then, it seemed too good to be real. I never traded it in because it never stopped being reliable. I sold it to a friend when I left Montana to live on a boat.
 
Ronni said:
We bought a new Hyundai Tucson hybrid a couple of years ago, which is mine. Ron has a 15 year old F150 which doesn’t get driven as much as my car.

We hope to drive both vehicles till we’re no longer able to drive, but given that I’m still working and want to co time for as long as I can, we may possibly have to replace the Hyundai at some point in the future because I put a lot of miles in it driving to and fro. It already has 65,000 miles on it.
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Just curious. How do you like your Tucson hybrid and which year and trim is it?
 
bobcat said:
Just curious. How do you like your Tucson hybrid and which year and trim is it?
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I love my Hyundai!! My son in law calls it my “spaceship car” because on the several occasions he’s driven it, he’s been unnerved by the interior lights and lack of sound! 🤣

@bobcat It’s a 2022 Tucson SEL Convenience AWD. When I drive it, it gets about 40 MPG. When Ron drives it, it gets about 35….he loves that Turbo Boost. 🤣 it goes about 500 miles on a full tank.
 
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Our Toyota 4 Runner will be with us until the "wheels fall off of it"! 200,000, 300,000...?? They just keep on going...take care of them and you will likely have no major problems. Change the oil on time, Change the radiator antifreeze, Gear Oil, Transmision Fluid, etc. etc. and you will be rewarded. Oh, I forgot...pack the wheel bearings when due or the wheels may actually fall off! The Toyota dealers will advise you when you should do each of these things that need to be done...
 
My old dirty 2007 Forester just passed 280,000 miles. My DMV Registration with a passing SMOG test certification is due in 6 weeks while my engine has been regularly spitting out catalytic converter error codes though is otherwise running fine. Last year spent $1.6k on brakes and tires. First need to have the cracked windshield replaced that will be about $500. Then will spend $150 to have the top of my engine pressure steam cleaned.

Will then set up thorough Subaru dealer periodic maintenance for a day that will probably run over $1k and will include them passing the SMOG test. Hopefully that will not include a new CC. Thus will try to squeeze a bit more life out of this vehicle, avoiding spending say $20k+ on a later model AWD SUV used vehicle.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
It's a 2018 Toyota but only 30,000 miles. I plan to keep driving it as long as it's doing this well. No repairs, just tires and oil changes so far.
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I've also got a 2018 Toyota Sienna, with 75,000 miles. As others have said, I'll drive this car until it costs more to maintain than it's worth -- but with the expense of new cars, I don't see that happening for quite some time ahead.
 
I owned my '17 Audi A4 for 9 years and only put 36k miles on it. I was ready to keep it forever but I'd always loved the A5 Sportback so I found a certified '25 Audi A5 with less than 3k miles on it. I never knew I wanted a new car until I got this. If it's my last car I'll be happy.

Hubby turns 60 this year and loves his '23 Mazda CX-30. We are planning on buying out the lease next May if tariffs become a real thing and the market value on new cars increase. If we trade cars, it will be for him. He has many driving years left.

As for me, I have a friend that is 93 y/o and is still a feisty driver who honks her horn if someone doesn't move at a green light. I'll have what she's having. They will have to pry my steering wheel out of my cold, dead hands!
 

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