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Old 03-20-2011, 04:45 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
much economical to buy a 3-year-old car and sell it after 5 years to minimize cost and repairs.
Agreed. But I chose to keep mine past five years and past ten years because I love the idea of driving one car for forever, slowly rebuilding the thing, part-by-part, over time. Seems more ecological than discarding a ton of steel and plastics (even if portions of it will be reused). But it has started to cost more in maintenance these last few years. Struts, exhaust, radiator...
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