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My Parents both drive Cadiallc Eldorados. At 93 and 89 they are in this position. "The cars will probably outlast us". They do manage to get about 30 MPG on the highway.
With Pop's car doing less than 4 k a year, they don't seem to be interested in anything, even though they could write a check for a new car (Pop's retirement is over 100k a year).
Even though it has been years since they were involved in an accident the last one was being rear ended by a Matco tool truck. They guy lost his front brakes and skidded for over 250 (I went there and measured it) feet before he hit them and knocked them through an intersection. Even in a 4dr Lincoln they got knocked around seriously and had they been in another smaller car, they could have been badly hurt.
Bottom line is the Civic hybrid was the most your Pop was willing to sacrifice for better mileage, more than mine, but for probably different reasons.
It's a catch 22, something happens to them in a small car and you have to live with it for the rest of your life. If they make their own decisions it lets you off that hook a little but there is always that Moron with no brakes. I even found them another Eldo with 25k miles but they decided against that, trying to get them in a Leaf for years, ain't gonna happen.
regards
Mech
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