Yes, it was great (besides the transmission, we had a 2003 and still have a 2007).
Our car is 21 years old, but we bought it when it was 8 years old, 2 previous owners. It’s paid for, and it moves.
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1999 was first year of redesigned Odyssey. Model prior to that had 4 car doors.
Both our current cars are about 9 years old with 115-130k miles on them. Bought them new and will run them until they are no longer reliable. Each should get to 200k without much in the way of problems (knock on wood).
I am fine with running them into the ground. But if they do not start/break down, they need to go. Don’t have time for that. And no looking to have my wife (or one of my kids back when they drove them – tho son as one of our 9 year old cars with only about 70k miles on it that he intends to drive til it stops) stranded on the side of the road.
If you saw what my wife’s cars look like after a few years you would understand why I turn hers over every three years.
I just replaced my car but only because my daughter chose my 9 year old Honda w/ ~ 120,000 miles as her daily driver over her mother’s “disgusting” BMW
Do you mean to say that you would want her to have a car with a hose-out interior? Unfortunately, hose-out interiors are not too common.
I thought this topic was going to be more in line of the longest road trip people have taken. My family loves road trips (or at least used to!) so I was looking forward to reading those posts!!!
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My wife has a habit of getting hit by things. Garage doors. Posts in parking lots. They all seem to jump out at her cars. So I joke with people that if you have a dent on your vehicle and you are not sure how it happened, walk around my wife’s car and see which one best matches. She can then tell you what caused it. 
Our longest road trip was to Yellowstone. Many stops along the way. About 1800 miles had we driven straight through. But we stopped several places along the way. Trip home was more straight shot. Drove to Minneapolis, stayed two nights, then drove rest of the way home. We have done a number of 750-1200 mile (each way) trips.
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DH is still driving a 2005 Volvo wagon that we bought new. Odometer reads just about 304,000! I drive the “new” car - a 2010 Volvo sedan with a youthful 116,000 miles. Both still look and run great, even if DH had to take his to an upholsterer for a new headliner a few years ago.
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We have a 2005 Honda Odyssey we bought used from our mechanic about 6 years ago. Also have a 2017 Chevy Bolt that we bought new. That’s my daily driver but the old van will still go.
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Some good friends of mine still have a VW Vanagon. They stopped making them in 1991… so it’s at least 30 years old.
ETA - I had a 2001 Honda Odyssey, and I didn’t like it much at all (I like vehicles with AWD - was SSOOO happy to get out of minivan phase, and the Toyota minivan we had with AWD was our worst vehicle ever).
I sold my Olyssey to friends, and last I heard they still have it and it has over 200K miles on it. Helps that he’s in the car servicing business.
I tend to buy new cars and keep them for about 100K miles, or until they start to have problems. I hate dealing with car issues!
If self-driving cars become reality, seems like she would be the ideal customer for such a thing.
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2006 Sienna here, with nearly 225K on it, still going strong. I don’t think there’s a panel on it that’s not banged up. Work van for husband - he calls it protective coloration for the not too great town in which he works. About 5 yrs ago, he got sideswiped, and their insurance paid us out the max they could without totaling it. All cosmetic. Husband banged out the dents and buffed out the scrapes (sort of). Sure, we’ve done some maintenance work on it, but most of it’s original. I think if we had to replace it, we’d plotz at the price.
We talk about that a lot. She is and will be totally onboard for not having to drive. If I am in the car, I am always driving. A future in which she not need to drive is one she will totally welcome.
4 years and less than 60k miles because I couldn’t deal with car malfunction. I leased all of my cars and turned them in before mechanical issues and out of warranty.
To me, a car was a utility. It had to be working all the time and I was willing to pay for the availability. I also disliked having to take a car in for service. I was extremely annoyed when a car I had showed the tires had low pressure (due to low temperature) and I had to take it in to get checked.
I now live in a city where I do not need a car.
Why not just get a pump and add air to the tire?
The car indicating that the tires are underinflated is better than not having such an indication while you are driving around on underinflated tires (less safe, wears out the tires faster, consumes more fuel).
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Do you mean to say that you would want her to have a car with a hose-out interior? Unfortunately, hose-out interiors are not too common.
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Want- Yes
Can I sell this to her or find it in a car she would drive- No
Let’s just say my tips at the full services car wash are > the price of the service. I am embarrassed to leave anything less
The kind of tires I had I couldn’t just pump air into it. I tried at a gas station. I am not a car person. I just knew how to drive it.
The longest distance I’ve driven a car was Chicago to San Jose, followed by Chicago to Seattle, then Chicago to San Diego.
The longest time I’ve driven a car was my 2000 CRV. I finally gave it up in 2017 (at 127,000 miles) because the brake warning lights kept staying on and the undercarriage was so rusted from all the Chicago winter driving that the repair shop couldn’t promise they could (1) get the necessary parts off to repair and (2) get them back on. And the estimate was starting at $2000. So I took it across the street to the dealership and left with a new car. I had been thinking about it so had already done quite a lot of research and test driving of a few options.
We basically drive our cars until they become too dangerous or expensive to keep driving.
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My Honda. 12 years. 189,000+ miles. RIP. It’s still running–sold it to a mechanic. Got a major issue that cost more to repair than it was worth, sadly.
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1989 BMW 325i summer car. Bought as a non-running project in 2007 for $200. It was a daddy daughter project that winter that cost approximately $1500 to fix up. Still owned with 185,000 miles.
2004 Volvo XC70 wagon. Bought in 2015 for $2500 with 200,000 miles. Currently driven by grad school daughter and in good shape with 226,000 miles. It has cost $2500 in maintenance.
2007 Volvo XC70 wagon. Bought in 2017 for $2000 with 146,000 miles. Currently my daily driver and in good shape with 185,000 miles. It has cost $2000 in maintenance.
I do most of my own car repairs which helps tremendously with the cost.
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