[kokoda]

I bought my last car in 2003. I try to get 10 years use out them ... so odds are that my next car will be a horse.

[Bytesmiths]

I think many people are answering this question in the context of their present use. I doubt those who currently commute long distances will be doing that for too much longer! Some say they go through a vehicle in ten years -- that must be 15,000 miles a year or more! I rarely hit 5,000!

So perhaps it would be useful to qualify our answers. Do you expect your future consumption of internal combustion vehicles to be influenced by life-style changes? If you expect your consumption of IC vehicles to go down, will it be due to voluntary or involuntary life-style changes? What are you doing to reduce your consumption of IC vehicles?

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but those questions seem more interesting than one that can be answered in mere numbers. (And "thanks" to those who have already offered such explanations.)

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cs1992', 'W')ell, if you can hold on for about two years, maybe you can buy this:
Chinese Electric Car XS200
GM,FORD...are you watching?

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('strider3700', 'I') have one of those manual mowers. It works fine if you cut regularly, if you let the grass get a foot tall and/or cut while it's wet you'll be dying pushing it. I love mine

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'I') agree. I easily maintained a modest suburban lawn with a manual push mower ("American" brand) for five years.

[Vexed]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')e: How many more internal combustion vehicles will you buy?

[ClubOfRomeII]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Vexed', '
')
I usually drive my 17mpg rotary RX-8. The only rotary powered car on the road today. Damn, it is the smoothest most powerful car I have ever driven. I think I will be sticking with rotaries at least until the electric Tesla arrives in my town.

[Vexed]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')eah baby!! I went to trade the wife's Mustang for one of those last December when they were running some deals...

[dooberheim]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WisJim', 'C')omfortable enough for me (6 feet tall, 230 pounds) to drive 150 miles, which is about as far as I am willing to get from home, gets good mileage (worst so far is 44mpg, mostly in town), and should last us quite a few years.

[Chaparral]

Hopefully zero, nada, zilch, zip. I've a 41 year old truck that I'd like to convert to electric one of these days. I second Heineken on the chainsaw though.

As far as a farm tractor though, I'd like to retrofit a small old used one to electric just for pulling small attachments through a small (5 acre max for now??) field at planting and harvest etc and It'd be nice to have a small skiploader like a Bobcat with a backhoe attachment. I am afraid the earthmoving toys will be diesel country, but at any rate, I've always tried to buy everything used instead of new.

The goal also includes getting the electric stuff charged off grid, and not having to rely on PG&E's coal fired electricity.

[smallpoxgirl]

I've only had 3 cars total. Two of them I currently own. So far I haven't had to replace a vehicle because it wore out, but because I wanted some new functionality.

My first car was a '72 Camaro. I owned it for 10 years. I them moved from Tennessee to Michigan. I found I needed something that dealt better with snow, so I got a '76 F150 4wd. I've had it for 5 years now. This summer I found myself driving about 3000 miles in the ford in August. Gas prices were like $3.40 and that was the nail in the coffin that I needed something more efficient. I just picked up a '93 Saturn from a friend.

About the only way that I would be in the market for a new car would be if something catastrophic happens to one of mine or if something more efficient becomes reasonably priced. The Camaro and the F150 both got about 15 mpg. The Saturn gets about 33 on the highway. It would take something in the range of 60+ mpg for under $3000 to get me interested at this point.

[Heineken]

I drive an F-150 pickup with 40,000 miles on it. I bought it new in 1993. It's a straight-6, so I'm hoping to get 300,000 miles on it, but I might die first.

I certainly never intend to buy another vehicle, as long as I can keep this one running and can afford to fuel it.

[nocar]

I never have bought one and I can not foresee I will.

I drove my husbands car back in 1968-71, in Maryland uSA, but since we move to Sweden (my native country) in 1971, we never have owned a car.

We have saved lots of money. None of us like shopping. We have a small cottage in addition to our house in a Stockholm suburb. We have raised 3 children that seem to have turned out quite normal, despite having weird parents.

nocar