My car is a 2004

Post #428,805 by drook 5/6/19 12:35:56 PM 5/6/19 12:35:56 PM Reply	My car is a 2004 Still does everything I want except pair with the phone, so why would I replace it? -- Drew
Post #428,819 by CRConrad 5/7/19 2:51:46 AM 5/7/19 2:51:46 AM Reply	Yup, sure, valid reason. There are some different strategies for getting the most value out of a car. Buying new is of course right out the window; that depreciation in the first couple years is killer. The main contenders seem to be a) "buy at x years old, sell at y" and b) "buy at z years old, drive it into the ground". Where z is almost always equal to or larger than x, but usually not (at least, not much) larger than y. And if you're happy with your purchase according to strategy a, you can switch to b. That's what I was considering doing with my previous car, the 2009 Exeo I bought in '11. But then the insurance company said it would be too expensive to repair the humongous scratch made by a bus that decided to change into my lane, never mind that I was there already, so they bought me out of it. Bought the Tiguan in summer 2016, again at two years old. Driving the tiny distances I do -- ~7-8,000 km in almost three years? -- depreciation by sheer model-year age will hit me much more than by wear-and-tear, so keeping it until it rusts away (which I don't know if it ever will) would seem to be the financially prudent alternative. -- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi (Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.)
Post #428,821 by drook 5/7/19 7:19:25 AM 5/7/19 7:19:25 AM Reply	My last three I bought an '02 Chevy Cavalier new in early '03. Changed brakes and tires, but no other major work until April '16. By then the rust on the rear fenders was getting pretty bad, and it needed brakes again. Picked up an '05 Ford Taurus with a salvage title. It had been in an accident and repaired. I went really cheap because I knew that ... November '16 I needed a car for the oldest daughter. Got her an '04 Dodge Neon that had been really well maintained. Daughter went to college end of August last year and I sold the Ford, which still ran fine but the floorboards had rusted out. I've been driving the Dodge, which is starting to show rust on the fenders. tl;dr I went from strategy a straight to a hard c. This spring when we sell the house I'll be going strategy b for either a Honda Fit or a Ford Transit Connect. -- Drew
Post #428,828 by boxley 5/7/19 1:25:42 PM 5/7/19 1:25:42 PM Reply	well you "could" replace the radio, cheaper than replacing the car "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #428,832 by drook 5/7/19 3:03:49 PM 5/7/19 3:03:49 PM Reply	I'm gonna need my own ride again when the kid comes home -- Drew

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