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Old 03-21-2011, 10:54 AM   #22 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
more economical to buy a 3-year-old car and sell it after 5 years to minimize cost and repairs.
That was my initial plan. But I found I really like this car and it's been great on lack of repairs, so...

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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...
I won't be keeping it forever, but I'm at 11 years and counting.
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