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...is now up to 12.5 years. This according to the linked Jalopnik article, which in turn quotes an item from the WSJ.
Forty percent of cars currently in daily operation are more than 10 years old.
Repair costs are the reason, needless complexity is driving repair costs.
If my car can make it through another two years unmolested by some nitwit sending a text while driving, it'll be 20 years old.
I've always wanted to daily drive an antique or classic car.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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Topic - Average age of a car in use daily in the US... - ghost of olddude55 06:49:01 05/02/24 (41)
- RE: Average age of a car in use daily in the US... - greyscale 12:20:10 05/04/24 (0)
- RE: Average age of a car in use daily in the US... - greyscale 12:19:22 05/04/24 (0)
- RE: Average age of a car in use daily in the US... - dgaapc7 05:27:05 05/03/24 (2)
- I'd say you're ahead of the curve. - ghost of olddude55 07:19:18 05/03/24 (1)
- RE: I'd say you're ahead of the curve. - dgaapc7 10:55:50 05/04/24 (0)
- Pontiac Vibe 2004 Awd - Wojciech 17:46:13 05/02/24 (1)
- Made by GM and Toyota via joint venture. - ghost of olddude55 10:41:35 05/03/24 (0)
- Apparently, I'm An Outlier - Inmate51 16:42:11 05/02/24 (0)
- Ok Ghosty - AA vehicle age survey - G Squared 07:30:02 05/02/24 (24)
- Too many.... - Rod M 18:03:29 05/02/24 (2)
- I heart MR2s. nt - G Squared 18:29:32 05/02/24 (1)
- RE: I heart MR2s. nt - Rod M 20:42:42 05/02/24 (0)
- RE: Ok Ghosty - AA vehicle age survey - tlea 16:13:18 05/02/24 (0)
- I'll play - E-Stat 15:23:58 05/02/24 (0)
- RE: Ok Ghosty - AA vehicle age survey - AbeCollins 11:05:30 05/02/24 (1)
- Ok, y'all wanna play that game... - ghost of olddude55 11:15:06 05/02/24 (0)
- RE: Ok Ghosty - AA vehicle age survey - samstone 08:16:21 05/02/24 (2)
- RE: Ok Ghosty - AA vehicle age survey - G Squared 08:40:17 05/02/24 (1)
- LOL! - E-Stat 15:31:24 05/02/24 (0)
- They all paid for, too, I reckon. - ghost of olddude55 07:33:06 05/02/24 (13)
- RE: They all paid for, too, I reckon. - www.records 08:39:41 05/02/24 (12)
- One bell that is nice, if you drive a lot - G Squared 09:08:40 05/02/24 (11)
- Which, according to most surveys, is all the tech car buyers want. - ghost of olddude55 10:54:50 05/02/24 (9)
- RE: Which, according to most surveys, is all the tech car buyers want. - AbeCollins 11:12:43 05/02/24 (8)
- RE: Which, according to most surveys, is all the tech car buyers want. - dgaapc7 05:52:50 05/03/24 (1)
- The only place I've looked for car stereos is Crutchfield. - ghost of olddude55 07:10:15 05/03/24 (0)
- Wife's car has it. - ghost of olddude55 11:19:47 05/02/24 (5)
- RE: Wife's car has it. - AbeCollins 16:26:30 05/02/24 (1)
- Looking for something like this: - ghost of olddude55 12:01:14 05/03/24 (0)
- "Can't live without my DIC" - E-Stat 15:40:25 05/02/24 (2)
- Maybe a left nut but the entire DIC !? - AbeCollins 16:27:05 05/02/24 (1)
- :) -nt - E-Stat 05:53:02 05/03/24 (0)
- RE: One bell that is nice, if you drive a lot - www.records 09:49:37 05/02/24 (0)
- makes no sense... - Jim Pearce 06:54:56 05/02/24 (7)
- Repair costs on an old car are far cheaper than payments on a new car. - ghost of olddude55 07:01:32 05/02/24 (6)
- right... - Jim Pearce 08:04:21 05/02/24 (1)
- Depreciation was never a factor for me. - ghost of olddude55 10:47:58 05/02/24 (0)
- RE: Repair costs on an old car are far cheaper than payments on a new car. - Sondek 07:04:02 05/02/24 (3)
- Good YouTube channel - ghost of olddude55 07:14:59 05/02/24 (2)
- RE: Good YouTube channel - Sondek 11:39:34 05/02/24 (1)
- "I Do Cars?" - ghost of olddude55 11:47:32 05/02/24 (0)