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Originally Posted by JesseG
It’s interesting to see how long a car CAN last if you keep it and maintain it properly. [emoji106][emoji106]
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First, a correction, the Mustang is a 2005, not a 1995, not sure what I was smoking when I typed that.
We tend to drive cars until the only value left in them is to crush them into coffee table cubes.
We've also owned 2 Chevy Astro vans, 1989 (210,000 miles) and a 2000 that had 280,000 miles on it. Our other current vehicle is a 2004 Suburban we bought in 2013 with 85,000 miles on it that is now over 165,000 miles.
The first Astro blew it's engine with about 5,000 miles left on the warranty (oil pump failure) and was replaced as well as repainted under warranty (the roof started to peel).
The second one made it to 280,000 miles with no major issues but died a horrible death when a motor bearing seized. I considered doing an LS swap on it, but got a decent offer from the mechanic that had it as he wanted to convert it to pull his weekend racer. I still see it on the road occasionally.
The Suburban has an off again/on again electrical gremlin that has drained the battery I've been chasing for a year (but think I have finally eliminated). Other than than that, I'd still drive it, or either of our other two cars, cross country and back with no hesitation.
We will be looking at replacing one of them soon, just not sure which. What we don't want to happen is all three high mileage cars to go out on us at the same time.