The Automotive Thread

[snickerd3]

wednesday is going to be an expensive car day...oil change, spark plugs, transmission and transfer fluid changes, timing belt replacement, and differential fluid change.  

 

[knight1fox3]

wednesday is going to be an expensive car day...oil change, spark plugs, transmission and transfer fluid changes, timing belt replacement, and differential fluid change.  

Isn't your car newer? :huh:

 

[csb]

This reminds me- I need to grease my bike chain. 

 

[FLBuff PE]

Make sure you use the right lube.

 

[snickerd3]

Isn't your car newer? :huh:

it's a 2012 but I have almost 110,000 miles on it.  all the preventative maintenance, so i don't end up on the side of the road in the middle of corn fields.  

 

[matt267 PE]

all the preventative maintenance, so i don't end up on the side of the road in the middle of corn fields.  

smart move.

 

[csb]

Make sure you use the right lube.

I use the King. 

 

[FLBuff PE]

It's good to be the King.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Question for everyone: So, how long do you typically keep your vehicle?

I'm wondering if it's time to start looking for vehicles. My car is 11 years old...spouse's vehicle is 10 years old. Lately there have been little issues popping up, needing them to be in the shop, averaging $200-250 each time. I always said that we would keep our vehicles until something major breaks, and it costs more to fix than the vehicle is worth. Now, with all the recent issues from aging vehicles, I'm not sure if we should just start looking to get new rides.

My inner kid says, new vehicles will be fun! My adult mind says, I don't want car notes.

 

[MA_PE]

I keep mine too long,  It's '99 but it's only got 136k miles.  It runs well and I keep justifying repairs as "one more year without any payments".  I should retire it but heck, it's still running well.

 

[Supe]

My problem is that I replace vehicles... but never get rid of the old ones.  My Saturn is driving me nuts since everything in it shakes/rattles, but it's been mechanically sound for the most part.  8 years old, coming up on 90K or so.  Fuel filler neck (replaced under warranty, had a recall for it and was modified), brakes (bad e-brake cable design, gets fouled up and freezes), throttle pedal (twice, drive by wire craps out.  REALLY dangerous, goes from "limp" mode where second half of pedal is all that works up to half throttle, then all of a sudden decides to start working and now you're at WOT.  Really fun with a manual trans in stop and go traffic...), and spark plugs have been the only mechanical issues to date.  Also has a dead TPMS in one of the wheels, but IDGAF about those.

 

[Supe]

I should note that I plan to retire it from DD duty when it hits 100k or so, and either convert to race car or keep as a beater.  It's due up for a timing belt change at 105k, which if I have done, will cost 1/4-1/2 of what the damned car is worth.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

Get a new one. You can't take it with you??[emoji594][emoji594][emoji594]

 

[Road Guy]

Everyone should watch this commercial, and then go buy one and well all meet up in Moab in the fall

& not the silly looking renegade thing....

 

[MetsFan]

Question for everyone: So, how long do you typically keep your vehicle?

I'm wondering if it's time to start looking for vehicles. My car is 11 years old...spouse's vehicle is 10 years old. Lately there have been little issues popping up, needing them to be in the shop, averaging $200-250 each time. I always said that we would keep our vehicles until something major breaks, and it costs more to fix than the vehicle is worth. Now, with all the recent issues from aging vehicles, I'm not sure if we should just start looking to get new rides.

My inner kid says, new vehicles will be fun! My adult mind says, I don't want car notes.

10 years has been our limit so far.  We had a 2002 Jetta that my wife bought new and only got rid of it because we needed a bigger car after we had a kid.  It also had 110K miles and started developing some small issues so we figured it was time.  She upgraded to a 2011 Touareg, which we bought new in 2012.  We plan to keep it at least 10 years.

I bought my first car in 2007, a used '97 Civic.  I might have kept it longer, but it had no AC, which made it not so fun during the summers.  It also needed a few repairs that made it not worth keeping.  I sold it in 2009 for a 2007 BMW 328, which I'm sure you've read my complaints about it here.  I had it for 7 years before upgrading to my '13 G37.  I'm also hoping to keep this one at least 10 years.

 

[csb]

Question for everyone: So, how long do you typically keep your vehicle?

I'm wondering if it's time to start looking for vehicles. My car is 11 years old...spouse's vehicle is 10 years old. Lately there have been little issues popping up, needing them to be in the shop, averaging $200-250 each time. I always said that we would keep our vehicles until something major breaks, and it costs more to fix than the vehicle is worth. Now, with all the recent issues from aging vehicles, I'm not sure if we should just start looking to get new rides.

My inner kid says, new vehicles will be fun! My adult mind says, I don't want car notes.

This reminds me...

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I just paid off the Camaro yesterday.  Bought it new in 2010 and now has 74k miles on it. I have no intention of getting rid of it anytime soon.

Wife drives a 2008 Jeep Commander with 175k miles on it. We plan on getting rid of it when we move to NZ at the end of the month. It will probably just go to the in-laws since they need a winter vehicle.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Kind of looking at a jeep, from afar. I hate those suv things that carry the jeep name. If it's called a jeep, it needs to be a jeep, dang it!

 

[Road Guy]

bless your heart

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

I am assuming that since your not from, nor live in Texas, you do not know that the statement you made is an insult to someone?