I'm in Minnesota, I've had cars well over twenty years old. They weren't nice but they were reliable that's why they're twenty years old instead of breaking down at five or ten
Shit I had a Hyundai Tucson 09 that I sold to my mechanic when I finally got a newer vehicle. That thing has 340k in on it. It's still going now as a loaner vehicle.
Oh. I'm American. I always forget everyone else does it different lol well... here's to hoping! Lol I need it to make it the rest of the way through college haha
I was quoted $8000 for a new engine. The car was worth $4000, and I only had to spend $1000 to buy it and get it road worthy. Plus the car had several other issues besides the engine.
Gambling on replacing an engine that may or may not have significantly extended the life of the car before something else broke was not something I was interested in.
It's like having a cat that's like 20 years old. No matter what age you got it, you love it and frankly love it even more because it's lived in and has character and the fact it's even still going is impressive by itself
Wanna know the worst thing you can do for a car in the rust belt?
Garage it.
The constant freeze thaw cycles are what kill cars. Frozen dirty salty crap being stuck to it all winter does fuck-all. Rinse really good with fresh water once it warms up. Don't park under trees and make sure stuff like sunroof and cowl drains don't get clogged.
Hi, pardon my ignorance, M. Butt farts, but when you say garage it, do you mean keep it in the garage without driving for long periods of time, or just keeping it in the garage overnight? Why does keeping it in the garage overnight make it more susceptible to freeze/thaw cycles than keeping it outside? I'm assuming that the freeze /thaw cycles hurt the car's body structure, in the way people in the comments are referring to the salt doing.
I mean don't move the car from frigid temps into non-frigid temps. An attached garage, even if not climate controlled, will be significantly warmer than the outside temp. As that salty slush warms, it slowly penetrates everything and just hangs there.
That's when corrosion is happening. Like, when chemical processes are rapidly occuring.
If you're not wealthy enough to own a car that you don't drive in the winter, then you're not wealthy enough to garage it. IMO. Leave it outside, wash thoroughly after winter weather is done.
I'm in ohio and the cars in my household are 24, 18, and 15 years old. No rust issues.
Attached garages that will warm closer to the ambient temp of the house, or get above freezing anyway. If you have a garage that isn't heated you definitely should put it there just so you don't have to clear it off.
They're just talking about repeatedly getting it down to below freezing and then back up again. Every bit of slush, snow, or ice on your car is going to have road salt in it, but if you never let that thaw the salt will stay mostly trapped there and won't rust your shizz as much
Oh see it's super cold there during the winter, salt doesn't work in certain temperatures. In the rust belt you get this mix of cold at night that it snows, but it gets warmer during the day with not much snow so they salt the roads and then it melts into this nice mix of salt and slush during the day that soaks the underside of your car with salt and sludge.
If you are further north it's usually too cold for salt where warmer states where it doesn't snow a lot use salt a lot during the winter.
Yeah...every car ive owned except two are from Ohio. Went from driving mid 90s Blazers/Jimmys to mid 00s Buick old lady boats.
The old lady boats are nice because generally they are like my current daily. Bought in 04 brand new and the woman who bought it was the only one who drove it. Only put on like 73k miles in 21 years
Respectfully, it’s all great to hear you have had those vehicles, but I’d prefer if you named the vehicles, and the maintenance that was required ($ or hours worked wise)
As someone who has only bought used,it is absolutely luck of the draw.
I have never been able to acquire a vehicle that didn’t need serious support to last twenty years (even if this used vehicle was driving every single year during that time until i bought it)
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u/Vanstrucker2222 9h ago
Still driving my 03 Toyota with roll down windows. I’ve had her 21 years ✨✨