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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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We just replaced my wife's 2007 with a new 2018. That one might make it to be replaced by driverless. Mine is a 2011, almost no chance it will not be replaced before driverless take over.
My wife's is a 2012 with only 45,000 miles. It will make it years yet.
Mine is a 2010 with 191,000 miles. I am hoping to get another full year out of it. Anything more than that will be bonus time IMO.
Neither vehicle will make it to our driverless future.
I drive a lot, but you're crushing me. 2011, 140K on it right now. 3 trips to Chicago in the next 6 months, and at least one trip to Denver next year. The plan is to keep it for 2-3 more years while we pay off the wife's new SUV.
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@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
We bought two new cars in 2015. Although we got a good deal and a bit less than MSRP, I won't make that mistake ever again.
Why would the above lead to the below?
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I will never buy newer than 5 or so years.
This is just stupid. Like everything else, vehicles are improved (mostly) every year. Better parts, better design, etc. The cars I grew up with in the 80's were never designed to last 200,000 miles or more. Of course a few did, but those were outliers.
Today's cars are absolutely capable of 200,000 miles or more when properly maintained with the recommended maintenance and inspections from the manufacturer.
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My 2001 has a bit less than 108,000 miles. Drive it every day.
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@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
My 2001 has a bit less than 108,000 miles. Drive it every day.
For what? a mile?
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Currently drive a 2010 Chevy Impala with about 232k miles. It'll make it probably to next summer.
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@dashrender 3.5 each way to work, occasional road trips.
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@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender 3.5 each way to work, occasional road trips.
My daily commute is 10 miles each way. Plus I go out for lunch at least 3 days a week, likely 15 miles round trip. But I've driven my car as far north as Bismark, ND (Duluth MN same'ish latitude), as far east as Orlando, FL, as far south as Kansas City, MO, and west to Denver. Many of the listed places a dozen plus times since 2011.
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I have a 2014 Ford Flex that has made multiple trips to Florida. I think we're just hitting 80k miles.
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@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
We bought two new cars in 2015. Although we got a good deal and a bit less than MSRP, I won't make that mistake ever again.
Why would the above lead to the below?
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I will never buy newer than 5 or so years.
This is just stupid. Like everything else, vehicles are improved (mostly) every year. Better parts, better design, etc. The cars I grew up with in the 80's were never designed to last 200,000 miles or more. Of course a few did, but those were outliers.
Today's cars are absolutely capable of 200,000 miles or more when properly maintained with the recommended maintenance and inspections from the manufacturer.
Because in 2015, if we had bought a 2010-2011 or something instead, we'd have been able to get what we really wanted for the same price. A 4-5 year old SUV for the same price as a brand new car.
It's only been 3 years now and the value of the cars we bought are WAY less. One car has 30k miles on it, the other is less than 20k. And still, if we bought the same cars today, we'd be paying almost half for the same thing, still like-new condition.
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Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.
I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.
I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.
What year? Those were seriously classic in the 80s.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got rid of my 2004 Galant with 138,000 miles. Now I'm driving a 2013 VW Sportswagon with 72,800 miles.
I really miss my VW Cabrio (Golf convertible). Generally great vehicles in my experience.
What year? Those were seriously classic in the 80s.
It was a 1998 model. So not one of the classics. Just a good all around vehicle.
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I drive an 08 with 174k on it. It'll last me for a while yet.
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@nerdydad Nice!
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September release of MS VSCode is out.
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I'm Driving an 04 Toyota Pickup with 114k On it, lol. I'll get a few more miles out of it, I'm sure.
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I just bought a "new" car. It's an 08 with 160k miles. I tend to buy cars when they are around 10 years old and then just pay cash.
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@donahue said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I just bought a "new" car. It's an 08 with 160k miles. I tend to buy cars when they are around 10 years old and then just pay cash.
Yeah I bought new originally, and while it's nice to have new. It's way nicer not having a car payment. . .
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@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
We bought two new cars in 2015. Although we got a good deal and a bit less than MSRP, I won't make that mistake ever again.
Why would the above lead to the below?
@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I will never buy newer than 5 or so years.
This is just stupid. Like everything else, vehicles are improved (mostly) every year. Better parts, better design, etc. The cars I grew up with in the 80's were never designed to last 200,000 miles or more. Of course a few did, but those were outliers.
Today's cars are absolutely capable of 200,000 miles or more when properly maintained with the recommended maintenance and inspections from the manufacturer.
Because in 2015, if we had bought a 2010-2011 or something instead, we'd have been able to get what we really wanted for the same price. A 4-5 year old SUV for the same price as a brand new car.
It's only been 3 years now and the value of the cars we bought are WAY less. One car has 30k miles on it, the other is less than 20k. And still, if we bought the same cars today, we'd be paying almost half for the same thing, still like-new condition.
This can easily swing though. Car values are so low right now due to cheap financing and low(er) gas prices. If gas prices climb again or financing becomes harder to come by, it will help car values (or used vehicles in general). Mostly banking on higher gas prices though as that's typically the key factor for what vehicles people are buying.
As long as you're planning on driving those vehicles into the ground, present values are meaningless. Only valuable obviously if you're planning on selling soon.
