#4438733 - 09/13/18 04:18 PM
What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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Longest is a 2001 Jaguar XK8 convertible that I have had since 2003. 15 years.
Shortest was a 1984 Ford Thunderbird TurboCoupe. My ex-wife just couldn’t drive it. Couldn’t get inertia and throttle modulation right. Constantly in and out of turbo boost. Made for a choppy ride. We had several fights about it. Had it for 17 months. Car was good, but it just wasn’t working out.
I tend to keep cars for a long time.
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#4438745 - 09/13/18 04:38 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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Oh, we had a Jeep for about nine months - I guess this was about ten years ago.
Bought it new, and the darned thing was a wreck magnet. Three times she was rammed into - never my fault - and repaired. Third time was a charm for me, so we traded it in for a Mustang.
Dealer didn't ask if it had ever been in a wreck, didn't check history, and two weeks later actually called to say they over-estimated the trade-in value once it was discovered. I politely asked him if they entertain customers who call them two weeks after purchase to say they paid too much for a vehicle they bought, or refund the difference between what they actually paid and what they now think is fair.
That pretty much ended the conversation.
A few weeks later I went by the dealership for work on my F-150,* and the sales manager and I had a cup of coffee and laughed about it. He made the salesman call me as a teaching point that one should always, always ask if a trade-in has been damaged, and knew I wouldn't cuss him out (or hand over any cash).
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I guess my current F-150 is the longest in time, having bought it new in 2008.
* Our local Ford dealership is the exception to the rule when it comes to maintenance. More than once they've fixed something for no charge, and have come up less expensive on work than other places. The only hook is that they have to use factory parts - and when I had to have the windshield replaced, actually had a window company come out and do it instead, leaving their invoice for me at the dealership. A factory windshield was 600 bucks just by itself, where an off brand was 250, installed. For that money I can live without a F-150 logo in the top center.
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#4438755 - 09/13/18 05:27 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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Shortest : 2010 Jaguar XF (4 months)
Longest : Ford Sierra 2.0 GLX (2+ years)
Yeah,I don't keep cars for very long.
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#4438770 - 09/13/18 06:04 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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Mine may be hard for people to believe. I have photos, but they are locked up in Photobucket. I own a 1979 F-150 I bought from a friend in 1992. It was my daily work rig, loaded with tools, until last year. I parked it for a couple of weeks when I didn't need it and rats ate the wiring harness. I'm planning on getting it going again this winter. Right now my daily driver is my 1976 F-250 Crew Cab. I bought it from another friend in 1994 or '95 and rebuilt it from the frame up about six years ago. My wife bought a Nissan Xterra new in 2004. When she wanted a new car last year the dealer wouldn't give a decent trade-in value, so we kept it. It runs like a top at 177k.
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#4438821 - 09/13/18 09:33 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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Longest, current vehicle purchased in 2011. 2006 Honda Odyssey EX-L with RES. Had 91,000 on and today its 138,769. Used basically as our vacation vehicle. Still a top of the line car and drives fantastic.
Shortest. High School days always have a short life span. Worst was the 1972 AMC Gremlin I bought. It lasted all of year before being junked out.
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#4438826 - 09/13/18 09:44 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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VW Passat 1.9TDi estate 2006, after initial problems (never buy a new car, especially a new model I found out) 190,000 miles without major problems. Will run it into the ground as having diesel is like lhaving leprosy here now, and don't have to worry about the dogs making a mess of it. Shortest was a Fiat 500 I had for a week, on discovering the floor was held in by underseal and yes, as vendor said it did 50 miles to the gallon, but that was in oil. Caused much embarrassment for my mother as I bought it off one of her church friends....so much for Christian values.
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#4438852 - 09/13/18 11:51 PM
Re: What is the longest and shortest time you kept a car
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1995 Ford F-150. Bought it 2000 for $6K when it had 69K miles on it. Still have it but it now has 87K on it. Its a trash, lumber, furniture, mulch hauler and take the kids to karate truck. Shortest 2009 Mazda 5 micro-van new for $17K when the kids were little. We traded it in for a 2014 new Honda Odyssey. Got $9K on the trade in which pretty much sealed the deal.
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