Long term car ownership

[HapaHapa]

Our Acuras are 15 years old and I've been thinking about picking up a used Acura or maybe Honda Civic if forced to replace one of the Acuras (not looking to do that at all though). I read this list of cars held longest by owners and was intrigued. Toyota trucks!

Rank/% of 15-yr old cars kept by owners
10. Toyota Sequoia 9.1%
9. Toyota 4Runner 9.4%
8. Subaru Forester 9.8%
7. Honda Pilot 10.4%
6. Honda CR-V 10.7%
5. Toyota Tundra 11.3%
4. Toyota Sienna 11.5%
3. Toyota Tacoma 11.6%
2. Toyota Highlander 12.4%
1. Toyota Prius 13.7%

Article I'm looking at says average for all 15-yr old vehicles is 6.1% of those vehicles are held by an original owner.

[gwells]

we hit that on both of our cars. nissan frontier and volvo s60 (16 years on each). just sold the s60 to buy the rav4 prime. hope to keep it for 10-15 years again.

[gonzomantis]

My Acura TL is now 17 years old, with 190k miles. I’m dreading the day I have to replace it.

[Baffo]

The first car I owned was a Honda civic, it lasted 14 years and 150k miles in Italy* between me and one of my best friends I sold it to.
He only sent it in for destruction as in Italy we often have incentives where they hand you money to upgrade older cars for new (less polluting) ones.
So the older the car is, the more it makes sense to send it in - the government puts a floor on your car value.

Comprehensive list of things that needed repairing throughout the life of the vehicle:
- 1 front right head light
- 1 driver seat side window motor (the one that pulls the windows up and down)

I think in 15 years you may see some Korean cars creep up that list. Kia, Hyundai and Genesis (same company) share many of the qualities that Japanese cars had in spades 15-25 years ago: great value for money, great warranties, very reliable.

*miles in Europe put more wear and tear VS the average US mile: it's mostly city drive, much less highway, the roads are not great etc.

[59yukon01]

I bought my GMC Yukon SLT brand new in 2001. Kept it for 18 years and put 246,000 miles on it. It was still in excellent condition and going strong so my stepson bought it and only put another 5,000 miles on it over 3 years. He eventually sold it to a mechanic friend of his, who has already made 2 round trips to Florida and back.

He plans on getting 500K out of it.

[Captdave]

My Acura TL is now 17 years old, with 190k miles. I’m dreading the day I have to replace it.

How do you have a vehicle 17 years and only 190K miles? I’d be like 350K


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[gwells]

16 years, 160k here. I have a 7 mile commute. And have almost exclusively worked from home the last 3.5 yrs.

[gonzomantis]

My Acura TL is now 17 years old, with 190k miles. I’m dreading the day I have to replace it.

How do you have a vehicle 17 years and only 190K miles? I’d be like 350K


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All the family trips are in the Toyota Sienna, also an ‘06. That one has 290k. My Acura is pretty much just a commuter.

[Captdave]

My Acura TL is now 17 years old, with 190k miles. I’m dreading the day I have to replace it.

How do you have a vehicle 17 years and only 190K miles? I’d be like 350K


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All the family trips are in the Toyota Sienna, also an ‘06. That one has 290k. My Acura is pretty much just a commuter.

Your commute must be nice. I average over 30k a year for work.


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[Captdave]

16 years, 160k here. I have a 7 mile commute. And have almost exclusively worked from home the last 3.5 yrs.

That’s sweet!


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[CesarG]

1996 4Runner with 150k miles bought new and has been in the family since.

[amckiwi]

I have done around 60,000 km or 37,200 miles in my 09 Holden not quite to the 15 years yet

[amckiwi]

I have done around 60,000 km or 37,200 miles in my 09 Holden not quite to the 15 years yet

[Ryeguy]

I get the double whammy of living in NH and on the seacoast, so I get both salted roads and salted air. I got 12 years out of my old Tacoma, but I was diligent in getting the chassis oil undercoated every fall, so I had minimal rust.

My wife's Pilot made it 13 years before the rust and maintenance costs become too much of a percentage of the overall vehicle worth.

I figure a modern vehicle with good maintenance ought to be able to go 10 years if you can avoid accidents. If you live outside the rust belt, then you should be able to go considerably longer.

[Wario406]

Longest I’ve every had a vehicle was my Jeep Wrangler. Had it 5 years. Everything else seems to move on after 2-3 years.

[justsellbrgs]

some models are better depending on the year..... I have a 2013 Accord Sport (company car) 180K and I would say it is a piece of crap..... Drive is okay, but the 13 Accords have waaaayyy too many problems, mine included. (I argue Honda felt the heat from Kia/Hundai and pinched quality)

[andy tims]

I had my 996.1 GT3 for 15 years. It was 21 years old when I sold it with only 69,000 miles on it, but it was hardly a daily.

[AZpops]

I hope I get the type of years, and millage like you guys. Bought Calvin's Jeep JK back in 2014 (so close to 10 years). Odometer is a hundred or so miles shy of 28,900. I still have an extended warranty till 2026. Now that my friend sold his business. I'll be putting more miles on the Jeep.

[hoppyjr]

I hope I get the type of years, and millage like you guys. Bought Calvin's Jeep JK back in 2014 (so close to 10 years). Odometer is a hundred or so miles shy of 28,900. I still have an extended warranty till 2026. Now that my friend sold his business. I'll be putting more miles on the Jeep.

That’s barely broken in!

When your warrant ends you can get one that pretty much goes indefinitely from CarShield, for about a hundred bucks a month.

That Jeep will last you forever at this rate.

[AZpops]

I hope I get the type of years, and millage like you guys. Bought Calvin's Jeep JK back in 2014 (so close to 10 years). Odometer is a hundred or so miles shy of 28,900. I still have an extended warranty till 2026. Now that my friend sold his business. I'll be putting more miles on the Jeep.

That’s barely broken in!

When your warrant ends you can get one that pretty much goes indefinitely from CarShield, for about a hundred bucks a month.

That Jeep will last you forever at this rate.

Yeah, I'm hoping the Jeep will last a good while. Thanks for the tip on CarShield. The dealer I take the Jeep for oil changes and stuff, sends me emails from time to time wanting to buy the Jeep. But that ain't gonna happen. Can't sell Calvin's Jeep! I sure miss the kid, as well as all my dogs.

[Djf1978]

A wise man told me once too buy your cars and lease your women.

[Sidheguitarist]

I’m right at 15 with an ‘08 Highlander, about 136K miles. Honestly, there isn’t anything I want more for typical 4-season NW driving that wouldn’t be solid 5 figures to buy. Sort of the same as with my ‘07 Suzuki motorcyle. I keep thinking I want something newer/cooler, but not at 4-5x the money. I think I’ll continue to drive that stuff into the ground and eat and drink tres merry instead.