For me, it's still new - or close enough.

[vakkotaur]

Every time jmaynard's father and I meet, he jokingly asks when I'm getting a new car. I've been replying that my car has less than 100,000 miles on it and claiming I'm still breaking it in. Now that it has passed the 100,000 mile mark I can't use that exact line anymore.

I can relate that my folks just bought a used vehicle. What they just bought only has about 94,000 miles on it. While it's not the same make and model as my car, like mine it is a 1998. I find it amusing that my folks traded in their old, high mileage vehicle for something newer and that the something newer is the same age and almost the same mileage as what I drive. Now, what was that about me needing to get a new vehicle?

Comments

[yakko.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'll ever buy a new car. The thought of lighting thousands of dollars on fire as I drive off the lot disgusts me.

I think next time I buy a car, I'm going to get one I can keep for more than 5 years.

[foolscap001.livejournal.com]

Well...now that it's broken in, it's comfortable, right? You wouldn't stop wearing shoes when they're just broken in—why switch cars in analogous circumstances?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I might buy a new car again, as that way I know how it is treated for the life of the vehicle. The initial depreciation is annoying, but since I take the "buy and hold" approach to it I figure I'm getting all the value I can from the machine. As for the keeping for more than five years, well, I've already done that. I expect to get at least ten out of the Corolla, barring accident.

Exactly.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

It's broken in, not broken. I'll have to remember that line. Thanks.

[jmaynard.livejournal.com]

So will I. That's why my next car will be a new Toyota (or, if I can afford it, another Lexus). that way, I can't blame any mistreatment on anyone but myself.