longest you ever kept a car?

[bill.french]

3 years.

NADA says the average american keeps a car for 3 years. I like to lease or buy a car that is 2 yrs old with low miles

 

[Arabian]

3 years

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

3 years

When it needs a 5000 mile engine out service. Or it gets rained on.

 

[Dial_tone]

I come from a family of car keepers. I sold an '89 Mazda MX-6 after 10 years. I bought a '99 Mazda 626 in 2002 and I will likely keep that til 2011-2012. I only drive 11K a year. My dad is the original owner of a '63 Impala; still runs. I'm going to restore it and give it to my un-conceived son.

 

[chris302001]

I come from a family of car keepers. I sold an '89 Mazda MX-6 after 10 years. I bought a '99 Mazda 626 in 2002 and I will likely keep that til 2011-2012. I only drive 11K a year. My dad is the original owner of a '63 Impala; still runs. I'm going to restore it and give it to my un-conceived son.

Imagine how dope that thing will be by then........nice!

 

[heavy_duty]

I come from a family of car keepers. I sold an '89 Mazda MX-6 after 10 years. I bought a '99 Mazda 626 in 2002 and I will likely keep that til 2011-2012. I only drive 11K a year. My dad is the original owner of a '63 Impala; still runs. I'm going to restore it and give it to my un-conceived son.

my friend had an MX-6 GT Turbo what a wild ride that was. pure fun.

 

[Dial_tone]

my friend had an MX-6 GT Turbo what a wild ride that was. pure fun.

I liked it. Even the automatics had a toggle that changed the shift points between economy and power. The engine even sounded different. The tranny crapped out at the end though.

 

[eddymerckx]

3 years--and only b/c it was a 3 year lease. rather do 2--sort of add about cars

 

[GoldenDelicious]

10 years

 

[hardrock]

4 years was the longest. Other than that it's 2 years. i get sick of a car pretty damn quick. I've had 17 cars and I'm 31