Cars we keep forever

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Cars we keep forever

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Am I the only one who saw this?

Check out this cool article!

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transport ... ep-forever

And yep, I've still got the ramen vibe. 270k and still go in strong
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Great read! We plan on having ours for a long time to come!
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Autodom's best kept secret, Carrie! Gotta love the vibe! 8-)
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Nice article! However, there's something wrong with the editing. I believe they meant to say that the Vibe was highest ranked domestic car, because there are other cars in the top 15 list and I own one of them (Corolla). Oh yeah, and we bought it new in 2005.

I'm planning to keep both the Vibe and Corolla until the wheels fall off. I want to watch both of the odometers stop at 299,999!
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In a few years time the market will be flooded with Vibes that have "just under 300K miles". :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Cool. Thanks for the link. We own two of the cars on that list. :)
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vibrologist wrote:In a few years time the market will be flooded with Vibes that have "just under 300K miles". :lol: :lol: :lol:
hahahahahahahaha!!!
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vibrologist wrote:In a few years time the market will be flooded with Vibes that have "just under 300K miles". :lol: :lol: :lol:
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My 2003/manual, just passed PA inspection & emissions! 223,347 original miles.
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ramenboy... wrote:Autodom's best kept secret, Carrie! Gotta love the vibe! 8-)




Thanks in large part to Toyota.
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vibrologist wrote:In a few years time the market will be flooded with Vibes that have "just under 300K miles". :lol: :lol: :lol:





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ImUrOBGYN wrote:Cool. Thanks for the link. We own two of the cars on that list. :)
Us too ... the other one is a RAV4. Great article!
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Does this link no longer work ? I can’t get anything out of it that pertains to Vibes :?: Jedman
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Jedman wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:39 pm Does this link no longer work ?
Doesn't seem to

can see the basics of what it said at the internet archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20151014210 ... ep-forever

from 2015, the list is
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Iseecars.com just crunched the numbers (it's a Big Data company) and came up with a list that maps the fate of 15 2005-model-year vehicles.

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So, in descending order, here are the 15 cars that people keep the most:

Honda CR-V (28.6 percent keep it 10 years or more, 2 times the average);
Toyota Prius (28.5 percent keep it at least 10 years, 2 times the average);
Toyota RAV4 (28.2 percent keep it 10 years, 2 times the average);
Toyota Highlander (26.5 percent keep it 10 years, 2 times the average);
Honda Odyssey (25.6 percent keep it 10 years, 1.9 times the average);
Toyota Sienna (25.4 percent keep it 10 years, 1.9 times the average);
Toyota Camry (24.4 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.8 times the average);
Toyota Avalon (23.8 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.8 times the average);
Honda Pilot (23.3 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.7 times the average);
Honda Element (23.1 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.7 times the average);
Subaru Forester (22.9 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.7 times the average);
Toyota Matrix (22.6 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.7 times the average);
Honda Accord (22.1 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.6 times the average);
Toyota Corolla (21.5 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.6 times the average);
Toyota 4Runner (21.1 percent keep it at least 10 years, 1.6 times the average).
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This might be a newer version of Cars owners Keep The Longest. This goes to 15 years:
https://www.iseecars.com/cars-people-ke ... udy#v=2021
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Interesting comparisons of all the cars out there. If memory serves me right, I believe the American car manufacturers (which are pretty much extinct from any of those lists :x ) have been promoting "leasing" big time, over buying, over the past couple of decades. If that's true it clearly would explain why every few years they got a different vehicle instead of holding onto them longer. It would be interesting to see if there's a comparison of which vehicles got leased the most compared to straight out purchased.
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I do know that one of my customers kept pushing leasing to me as well, even with all the miles I put on it. There are apparently a number of accepted ways to trade in your leased vehicle and have the additional miles forgiven, if you immediately lease another vehicle.

Personally, as I keep telling him, I prefer to have the ability to modify my car without risking penalties. (new radio, add mountings, etc)
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10vibe wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:49 pm This might be a newer version of Cars owners Keep The Longest. This goes to 15 years:
https://www.iseecars.com/cars-people-ke ... udy#v=2021
I wonder why that list includes an entry for "Washington DC (Hagerstown MD)". DC and Hagerstown are different kinds of cities, with different demographics, an hour apart (2 or 3 at rush hour) They list Baltimore MD separately, which is closer to DC than Hagerstown
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Good question. Not quite sure how they calculate a couple things, like popular category. Only a couple years away from having my Vibe for 15. I'm hoping it will hold up until the Jetsons car is released.
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10vibe wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 1:02 am Good question. Not quite sure how they calculate a couple things, like popular category. Only a couple years away from having my Vibe for 15. I'm hoping it will hold up until the Jetsons car is released.
With our luck, it'll be made by Telsa, and a hacked OTA update will make it fold up with people inside.
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