Oppo, what’s the longest you’ve owned a daily driver?

"Dru" (therealkennyd)
11/06/2017 at 13:52 • Filed to: daily driver

Next April marks 7 years with the WJ.

What’s the longest you’ve owned a daily driven vehicle?

DISCUSSION (78)

WilliamsSW > Dru
11/06/2017 at 13:56

Hmm, I have a BMW that I’ve owned for 17 years (but only DD’d for 6), and a Pathfinder that I’ve owned for 11 years, and DD’d for 9 years.

Still own both but don’t DD either of them anymore, so I’d say 9 years - and that was a 30+ mile each way slog through Chicago rush hour traffic.

Nothing > Dru
11/06/2017 at 13:56

4.5 years, my Yukon from ‘98-02. The Tacoma is now in 2nd place at 2.5 years. FoST was probably the shortest (unless I had one that suffered a mechanical death), at 11 months.

MonkeePuzzle > Dru
11/06/2017 at 13:56

the civic endured 14 years at my hands. but for some of those years it was a weekend warrior not daily. but the majority of the time it was my daily. so... 14* years.

Wacko > Dru
11/06/2017 at 13:57

my 2003 protege5, bought new and sold it 2 months before having it 7 years. Replaced that with a 2010 awd 6 speed SX4, that I had 4 years and 11 months.

Goggles Pizzano > Dru
11/06/2017 at 13:59

11 years and counting. “For Life”

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:00

When I daily drove...

2009 Vibe, bought August of 2008. So 9 years this year. Of course with a train commute and walking to the station, it’s not driven much anymore, but it’s been a daily driver it’s whole life for either my wife or me.

Nerd-Vol > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:00

I had my Mazdaspeed 3 for about 5 years. I hope to have something faster than my 2016 Mazda 3 2.0 in maybe 3 years time. Keeping me on my 5 year plan.

Takuro Spirit > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:01

I was stuck in the lease of my 2000 Neon for 5 years. So that.

Stapleface > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:01

My current Civic at 2 years, 9 months. And, I have to say, keeping a car this long is just brutal. I just can’t stand having a car for a long period of time. Especially one I drive every day.

Urambo Tauro > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:01

I’ve had my Mustang for just over 8 years now. I have no intention to get rid of it anytime soon.

Mercedes Streeter > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:01

5.7 years and counting!

Kinja'd!!!

Tripper > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:03

I will have owned my E46 M3 for 11 years in January. I dd it for 6.5 of those years.

Tristan > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:06

Kinja'd!!!

I’ve had this hot, steaming pile of garbage for roughly 15 years now. Every time I try to daily it, it fails catastrophically.

awmaster10 > WilliamsSW
11/06/2017 at 14:06

What year pathfinder?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:06

I had my ‘96 Civic DX for four years. That remains the longest I’ve owned any vehicle, soon to be surpassed by the longbed (which is no longer a DD).

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:06

I daily drove my 2001 Outback from when I got my learner’s permit until I got my Mini last spring. 3.5 years (feels like way less than that) of loyal service as my daily until it was passed onto my sister last spring. My parents had owned that car since 2010 until it was finally replaced with a 2012 Impreza in August. It was starting to act like a 16 year old New England Subaru so it was time to move on.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:09

About 2.5 years with the Twingo.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:18

I got the LS400 when i turned 16. I’m now 23, married, about to close on a house, and the LS now has about 100,000 more miles(315,000 total). So it’s been 7 years and guess what is sitting outside in the office parking lot... The LS400.

S62B50daily > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:24

I’ve been daily driving and even autocrossing my Golf TDI for 12 years now. More than 200k miles later, I don’t plan on ever selling it! It’s probably worth $300 anyway

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:32

I’m at roughly 5.5 years with my ‘10 SHO, been mostly trouble free aside from a turbo impeller that blew through the downpipe into my catalytic converter, haha. I’m at 80k miles, bought it at 45k.

theloudmouth > Dru
11/06/2017 at 14:33

March 2005 - July 2015, my trusty Saabaru 9-2x... I really miss that car. I’d buy a modern version in a heartbeat.

WilliamsSW > awmaster10
11/06/2017 at 14:40

2005. I bought it new in March of 2006, got a great deal on last year’s leftovers. 168k on it now.

awmaster10 > WilliamsSW
11/06/2017 at 14:46

Yeah they’re good trucks as long besides the trans problems which are fixed by just getting an external cooler. I had an 03 and I loved it but it rusted badly

WilliamsSW > awmaster10
11/06/2017 at 14:49

Yup, that’s really the only weak link in my experience. It’s been a really good truck, despite my best efforts to abuse it.

WilliamsSW > S62B50daily
11/06/2017 at 14:52

See that’s the beauty of DD’ing a car for a long time - you wring every last $ of value out of it, and at some point, you keep going just because you’ll get nothing in return for selling it!

WilliamsSW > Mercedes Streeter
11/06/2017 at 14:53

The hitch is the best part of this photo!

Dru > Takuro Spirit
11/06/2017 at 15:05

5 years in a Neon?

Press F to pay respects

Dru > Stapleface
11/06/2017 at 15:06

Same. But keeping a car this long has allowed me to almost get my financial house in order.

Dru > Mercedes Streeter
11/06/2017 at 15:07

Is that one off of daily duty now?

Dru > Tristan
11/06/2017 at 15:09

It’s a Jeep thing, others wouldn’t understand.

Dru > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/06/2017 at 15:10

How long you had the long bed? I’ve had my 85 4Runner for 4 years and put maybe 1,000 Miles on it in that time.

Dru > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/06/2017 at 15:11

Cool! My pops bought a Mini S when they first debuted in 2002. Still has it, it has maybe 110,00 miles on it. Never gets driven anymore.

Takuro Spirit > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:14

FFFFFFFFFFF

Kinja'd!!!

Dru > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
11/06/2017 at 15:16

You’re rocking that old man swag. I like it.

Dru > WilliamsSW
11/06/2017 at 15:16

This. So much this.

average user > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:19

A BMW E90. From July 2006 to September 2017. So just over 11 years. It was my only car so it was my daily be default.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:19

I think I bought it in February of 2013.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:29

My wife took it to get smogged and the tester said it was very sweet of her to bring her grandpas car in... I’m penning for a WRX because opposite.

David Tracy > Tristan
11/06/2017 at 15:30

I’ll take it.

WilliamsSW > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:32

My MO has been to retire them from DD duty, but not sell them, because reasons. (shrugs shoulders)

Cé hé sin > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
11/06/2017 at 15:34

You could insure a car that size at that age?

Cé hé sin > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:35

19 years and counting!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Cé hé sin
11/06/2017 at 15:43

LOL yup. This is ‘merica. I could insure a dang tank at 16 if I have the papers(I don’t know if this is true but it wouldn’t surprise me). A lot of the kids at school had trucks. IN fact my insurance is now $15 a month on that car.

boxrocket > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:49

Just under 8 years for my 1990 Volvo. Each car before that only lasted about a year, but were close to end-of-life when I bought them anyway.

loki03xlh > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:49

I’ve been DDing my ‘97 S10 since ‘02. I’ve put almost 250,000 miles on her in that time period. Best. Vehicle. Ever.

Mercedes Streeter > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:51

It was supposed to be, but I repaired it and it became a daily once again. I only put 2,000 miles on the new one since I got it last year and only a few hundred on the one I got this year (#3 lol). :3

Mercedes Streeter > WilliamsSW
11/06/2017 at 15:52

One of my many U-Haul antics! :)

Kinja'd!!!

jminer > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:52

Bought a 03 Explorer in 05 my wife drove it as a daily until 2013, then I drove it through 2015 then the timing chain slipped. So 10 years. My wife has had her Flex for 4 years now and is tired of it- looking for something new for her now...

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Dru
11/06/2017 at 15:57

Family has had an ‘05 Mini Cooper S for more than 12 years now. But my dad’s old Celica easily beats that - he had it for 23 years.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Dru
11/06/2017 at 16:30

I’ve had the Fit since July 2016, or about 16 months. Current plan is to keep it indefinitely, perhaps drive it “into the ground”.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Dru
11/06/2017 at 16:40

The TA has been around for 8 years:

Kinja'd!!!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dru
11/06/2017 at 16:54

I drove the same truck for 18 years. I still have it.

MoFinWiley > Dru
11/06/2017 at 17:03

20 years...96 Ford Ranger, bought new. Just recently got rid of it. It wasn’t DD all the time, but there were weeks/months/years in which I did DD it.

Tristan > David Tracy
11/06/2017 at 17:09

It has entirely too much sentimental value and blood/sweat/tears invested to ever part with it. Besides, I don’t think it’s rusty enough for you...

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Dru
11/06/2017 at 17:31

Picked up my current DD (VW Transporter dual cab chassis) in January 2002 so I’m well into the 16th year despite having driven only 275,000 kilometres. The Boss has had her car (Subaru Forester) even longer...nearly 18 years.

E92M3 > Dru
11/06/2017 at 17:37

I’m at 5.5 years with the MDX. Now that it has an accident history, but just 94k miles it seems like a waste to sell or trade it in for so cheap. Still a decent vehicle that could go another 200k miles probably. Though the thought of how many years that would take is kind of depressing. I don’t want to still be driving it in my late 50's.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Dru
11/06/2017 at 17:50

1999 Dakota RT, I’ve had it for at least 15 years. It was a daily driver for the first 5 or so years, then it got parked for winters from then on out. At over 170k miles, I don’t plan to get rid of it. But when the trans or engine finally goes, it’ll be time for a Hemi or LS swap.

Quadradeuce > WilliamsSW
11/06/2017 at 17:58

That’s my dad’s MO and now he has a bunch of shitty cars sitting around. Drives my mom nuts. “Why sell them, we won’t get any money for them!”

WilliamsSW > Quadradeuce
11/06/2017 at 18:02

The two cars in question are an ‘00 323 convertible with a manual, which is my summer weekend toy now, plus a 2005 Pathfinder which *my wife* insists on keeping, because it’s soooooo handy to have a truck around to haul things.

And by ‘handy’ I mean about 3x/year AT MOST. I’ve been trying to get her to agree to get rid of it for 2 years now. Despite me pointing out that we’re insuring it, it hasn’t worked.

Dru > Cé hé sin
11/06/2017 at 19:25

Holy shit.

Dru > loki03xlh
11/06/2017 at 19:27

Those trucks never seem to die.

Dru > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
11/06/2017 at 19:29

Sweet! My dad has an 02 Mini S that he bought new.

Stapleface > Dru
11/06/2017 at 19:32

Yeah, I kind of told myself I have to keep my Civic until either catastrophic failure or my student loan is paid off. Too bad that’s like another 8 years. Ugh. I figured by the time I’m done paying off my loan it’ll have probably close to 200k on it.

Dru > MoFinWiley
11/06/2017 at 19:35

You kind of win so far

Dru > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
11/06/2017 at 19:37

Doka’s are my favorite VW’s.

Dru > E92M3
11/06/2017 at 19:39

That’s the hard part. The vehicle may keep rolling long afternoon you’re ready to go newer. Then you have to deal with the fact that you don’t need a newer vehicle, you want it.

Dru > Stapleface
11/06/2017 at 19:41

Same-ish! I’m hoping to buy an e46 ZHP as a fun car. But I’m keeping my Jeep indefinitely. I might would buy my moms 2016 4Runner Trail Premium if she decides to sell though.

shop-teacher > David Tracy
11/06/2017 at 22:21

Oh, you!!

How’s the Wagoneer treating you?

shop-teacher > loki03xlh
11/06/2017 at 22:23

I miss my ‘98 S-10.

shop-teacher > Dru
11/06/2017 at 22:29

I’ve had my ‘06 Sierra for 11-1/2 years. All but the first 26 of the 126k miles on it were put on by me. It’s been reliable as the day is long, and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

MoFinWiley > Dru
11/06/2017 at 22:50

Kinja'd!!!

Here it is...being taken as a donation. Someday I will look back and think that I should have kept it for my kids or something...but really that is sentimental horseshit LOL. It was old, had electrical problems, a leak when it rained and now it was a bit moldy...It served me well until it didn’t.

Fun facts

175k miles on the original clutch!!

In 2012, I drove it across the country. CA to MD.

David Tracy > shop-teacher
11/06/2017 at 23:25

I had an engine fire today, so...bad.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dru
11/07/2017 at 05:40

my current ride, 14 years and 661k km

shop-teacher > David Tracy
11/07/2017 at 06:43

Ruh-roh!!!

E92M3 > Dru
11/07/2017 at 09:40

Yep, and being paid off makes it harder to justify. Is it really worth $500-700 a month to get a newer car. Just for bluetooth streaming, and ventilated seats? Other than those 2 options, a new car doesn’t offer that big of a difference in driving experience (to me). I don’t feel like I need lane departure warning and the other advanced safety features.

It’s much easier for me to justify buy an older/classic car that’s at the bottom of it’s depreciation curve to use as a second vehicle.

Justino6969 > Dru
11/08/2017 at 14:29

I bought my MKIV Jetta 1.8T at 99k miles and sold it 6 years later at 220k miles.

WilliamsSW > Dru
11/09/2017 at 13:06

On the other hand, if you DD the right car and FOR 45 YEARS and take care of it well - like this woman has, it’ll still be worth a couple of bucks:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/1961-corvette-one-owner-1820292647

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Dru
11/15/2017 at 12:26

The Kia Soul at just a hair under three years. I’m automotively promiscuous.