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When you buy a brand new car how long do you expect to have it?
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Alan Smithee
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How long should a new car last you?
femme fatale- …is a Power Member.
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RedBedroom- …is a Chamber DEITY.
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I would think six years or seven is fair
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I expect to have it at least six or seven, but I think any new car should last its owner ten years.
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About 5 years. As soon as your finished paying it off its time for a new one 
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my mother used to trade hers in as soon as she paid hers off. but with her 95 mitsubishi she loved so much she kept it til 09. My 96 mustang lasted til 08 and was totaled when some jackass on sleeping pills banged into it, or i would still have it---thats how good it ran. This new one i have, i will have atleast 10 years, maybe 15 or 20 if i take good care of it and no morons smash into it. Its built ford tough with an awesome engine that can handle high mileage.
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wants2laugh wrote:my mother used to trade hers in as soon as she paid hers off. but with her 95 mitsubishi she loved so much she kept it til 09. My 96 mustang lasted til 08 and was totaled when some jackass on sleeping pills banged into it, or i would still have it---thats how good it ran. This new one i have, i will have atleast 10 years, maybe 15 or 20 if i take good care of it and no morons smash into it. Its built ford tough with an awesome engine that can handle high mileage.
Just stay away from Flash Flood areas
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Do the routine maintenance and a new car should last for many years but sometimes alternators, water pumps, etc., wear out. The question becomes at what point is it too expensive to keep fixing.
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Tony Marino wrote:
Just stay away from Flash Flood areas
That's not funny! 
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Every new car that I buy I plan to have for at least 5 years....but all new cars should be built to last their initial owner a decade.
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Volvo was giving away free cars to owners that kept theirs for 20 years
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Yep. A decent car should last at least 10 yrs with proper and regular maintenance.
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I've always kept my cars about 10 years or so, and I'm only on my 4th vehicle.
My first was a 1982 AMC Spirit
Second was a 1991 Chevy Corsica
Third was a 2000 Chrysler Concorde
and now I'm driving a 2009 Toyota Rav4
My first was a 1982 AMC Spirit
Second was a 1991 Chevy Corsica
Third was a 2000 Chrysler Concorde
and now I'm driving a 2009 Toyota Rav4
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