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How old is your car?

May 16th, 2023 at 05:23 pm

After this week, I can start breathing. Last week I finished up a week long class and this week has lots of things happening including big furniture moving which we hired the labor for, we can't be moving all these heavy things up and down stairs. Last week was a week long extensive training with just a few assignments to submit. 

I also stopped in to the campus at another college where I will have one year contract starting in the fall. This does mean that once I've completed the classes mid-June, I'm free until mid August. Who knows what employment will look like after next year but we'll see how it goes.

Yesterday while driving in the car, I was listening to the radio and they mentioned that the average age of cars on the road is 12.5 years which is apparently the highest it's been in years. I thought this was very interesting. It makes me wonder about the switch from gas powered cars. We actually have three vehicles which feels a bit excessive but they are all older than the average age. One commuter car, one truck that belonged to my Dad (sentimental) and a minivan that we've turned into a little RV for travel. The minivan could die any moment because it's got 210k miles on it but if we can keep it going for the summers we use it, then we will buy something of greater value in retirement. 

Posted in Education, Personal Finance, Retirement | 9 Comments »

9 Responses to “How old is your car?”

  1. CB in the City Says:
    May 17th, 2023 at 05:41 am 1684298472
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    Mine is a 2021. I've had some bad luck with cars in the past few years -- one totaled, and one traded in because thugs were breaking into it (a Kia). But the two before that lasted more than 15 years each.

  2. starfishy Says:
    May 17th, 2023 at 12:29 pm 1684322960
    1684322960

    Interesting article! I drive a 2010 Subaru Impreza with maybe 114K miles. I usually keep cars for 10 years and then buy a new one. I had planned to replace my car in early 2020, then covid hit and the car scarcity began and now I've just forgotten to get back on it. Unfortunately I had to do some major repairs, which I had hoped to avoid by replacing the car, so now I'm going to drive it for a bit more because I have some other expenses to deal with.

  3. Wink Says:
    May 17th, 2023 at 01:05 pm 1684325131
    1684325131

    My car is a 2017 Toyota Camry. I think it has about 30k miles on it (I don't drive a lot). I plan to keep it for many more years. Back when I drove a lot I would typically replace my car every 10 years or so.

  4. MonkeyMama Says:
    May 17th, 2023 at 02:59 pm 1684331989
    1684331989

    That's interesting and unexpected. I wonder what the average age of cars was before recent times. But my perception may be skewed living in a car centric region where most seem to change out their cars every few years.

    We both have 2017s at current but they both feel "brand new" to me and I would be happy to keep another 10 years. We kept our last cars for 13-14 years. (I expect that we will be happy with our current cars for longer than that. But it's literally the first time we didn't just buy the cheapest cars we could find. Went more with what we wanted, for this round). We do also have the 20yo car that my kids are driving. I expect we will keep this car longer because of the pandemic. Used car prices have come back down to earth, but we originally expected our kids would be able to work a lot more 2020-2022, to save up to buy their own cars. & used car prices are still on the high side of course.

  5. terri77 Says:
    May 17th, 2023 at 09:55 pm 1684356954
    1684356954

    I have a 2015 Honda CR-V.

  6. Petunia 100 Says:
    May 18th, 2023 at 11:19 pm 1684448382
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    Mine is a 2018. I bought it 7 months ago; it replaced a 2008. I hope to drive it for at least 10 years.

  7. Dido Says:
    May 21st, 2023 at 04:56 pm 1684684560
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    Mine's a 2012 Subaru Impreza, purchased new, with only about 62.5k miles on it, since I have lived a mile from work for the last 8.5 years. I am expecting to replace it in about 2 more years--I would like (a) more of the modern safety features; (b) a car that is a bit higher off the ground; (c) a hybrid; and (d) to purchase a car that I can have paid off in full before I retire.

  8. rob62521 Says:
    May 21st, 2023 at 09:13 pm 1684700034
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    My car is a 2017 Buick Enclave. It has a little over 44K miles on it which is pretty low. It's paid for. I enjoy driving it. I know it isn't as economical as many others, but since I don't drive that much, I figure I can enjoy it.

  9. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    June 1st, 2023 at 06:14 am 1685596449
    1685596449

    2015 toyota sienna and 2016 subaru. They both feel relatively new to me. But then again it's probably because they are way nicer than what we used to drive. We kept our old cars 10 years-12 years and then the used car to 10 years, so I guess we are coming up on changing our cars ever 10 years? Huh that makes sense that the average age is 12.5 years.

    Wow

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