How long do you keep your cars?

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Anyone can keep a car longer, since it can become a second car and eventually given to one of the kids.

Looking at past ownership, we kept the following:

  1. Our 1965 Dodge Dart 13 years, and 154,000 miles
  2. A 1976 Ford Granada 12 years and 110,000 miles; not a great car!
  3. A 1984 Chev Impala 12 years and 200,000 miles; then given to son for college.
  4. A 1988 Chev Caprice 19 years and 146,000 miles; sold for $1400 in very good shape.

P.S. The next car to be retired is a 1994 Nissan and it will have about 140,000 miles on it by the end of the year.