Posted by jose bagge on December 23, 2011 at 12:28:37 from (69.174.87.20):
Reflecting on the "high Mileage Vehicles" thread and on mileage we put on relatively new vehicles now compared to what my folks' generation ran. I'm 53, and commute 62 miles one way...my shortest commute in my working career was still probably 20 miles each way. Every car we own has more than 150,000 miles on it...even the "new" one. $$ per mile, maybe we get more value than our folks did on a new car. My dad never commuted more than 20 miles round trip- it would have been unheard of in my neighborhood growing up. My folks never had a car with over 80,000 miles on them- heck, even the clunkers I bought in high school and college had low miles on 'em compared to what we drive today. It's amazing how reliable vehicles became once we had to travel farther and farther to make a decent living. Thoughts?
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