# Is it time to start searching for another vehicle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Created:** [June 3, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-time-to-start-searching-for-another-vehicle/205798 "2026-06-03T05:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-time-to-start-searching-for-another-vehicle/205798/27 "2026-06-04T05:28:03Z")
> [@It\_s-Me](#): > > I doubt a reputable dealer even wants a 24 year old vehicle in trade. When we were thinking about getting rid of the wife’s 40-year old Toyota Corolla, the dealer who sold it to us really wanted the car. But the catch was the offer was $5,000 as a trade-in on a new Toyota. The only reason we were getting rid of the car was that we had three others cars already and the Toyota as our forth car only saw the sunlight about once a month… So, we donated her (the '85… not the wife… 🤣 ) to Eggleston and she sold for $4,500 and went to new home… > [@Eleanor has gone to a new home…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/eleanor-has-gone-to-a-new-home/198494): > > Eleanor has gone to a new home… We donated our 1985 Toyota Corolla LE (my wife named her “Eleanor”) with 230,000 miles on the odometer. We bought her new back in the summer of '84 for about $7,100 and she had all the bells and whistles offered. She has been a good and faithful car and always got us home… But after 40-years, she was really feeling her age… We only took her out once a month to keep the seals wet and never too far from home… But with four other vehicles an… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-time-to-start-searching-for-another-vehicle/205798)._