Did you guys catch Dan’s call this weekend? Dan has a theory about marriage and cars that we’re pretty sure is going to earn him an honorary doctorate from some highly reputable institution of higher learning-- or at least get him in big trouble with his family. (Miss it? You can catch it right …

Married 43 years. We have had many cars starting with a 63/64 Ford Falcon that my brother and dad picked for us at an out of town auction. My brother had to weld in a trunk lid as a new floor. Most recent car a Buick Century inherited from my mother. Traded it for a brand new Honda Fit in 2009. …

So, if this is true, my wife and I should stay married for quite a long time past our now two years. We have a 2004 Pontiac Vibe that we bought in March 2008 with 53K; it now has 223K. We are getting ready to get rid of the 2004 Ford Ranger with only 110K (only 10k of which we put on it). So, it sho…

OK, Dan, on the milage part, we’ve kept our used cars until they are, in my opinion, no longer cost-effectively repairable. The MRS forms her opinions on them sooner.

When I first met Triedaq, he was driving a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon with the 4-4-2 trim package. He got the car at a good price because it didn’t have a big engine. Therefore, the hot rod set didn’t want it and the adults didn’t want it because it had the big 4-4-2 numbers on the door. It wa…

Good theory. Related in general to the person’s attention span ,satisfaction span and one’s ability to cope with life’s variables. Me ? Married in 1975 right after high school…still married today. Still have our 1979 Chevy short stepside pickup. Had 91 & 92 explorers up till we got her 06 Hybri…

I just recently married and am still driving a '99 Chrysler Cirrus I’ve had for almost a decade (which was passed to me by my late grandmother). The car is seeing an inordinate amount of the road with my commute/travel for work, and has subsequently incurred some pretty serious (and costly) repairs…

Bogus…I had a good friend who would keep his cars till they absolutely rotted. He was working on his third divorce along with the expensive property loss that went with it. I sat him down and explained to him, that cars compared to marriages are cheap. He just needed change in his life. He then dec…

I think there’s quite a lot of plausibility to this idea. Most of our decisions are informed, if not by circumstances, then ideology. I bought my 92 cherokee after more than a year of constant research - I put a LOT of effort into learning every system on board and doing my own repairs etc… car talk…

I don’t see much of a connection in my life application. I tend to acquire vehicles as cheaply as possible (usually mechanical repairables, sometimes collision repairables) and keep them until they rot apart. My marriage ended at the two and a half year mark due to adultery on her part. I current…

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keith May 26, 2012, 9:37pm 6

I think Dan is onto something, but not for the reason you think. It’s not that we are able to put up with more, but its about being satisfied with what you have and not always wanting something new. I think it goes further than vehicles and spouses too. Latest TV, computer, stereo, cell phone, etc.

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