[Entropy89]

My first car was a 2001 Ford Escape that I put 100k miles over about 7 years. Bought new and fully loaded, no problems until about 90,000 miles and then slowly everything started to fall apart. I actually hit 100,000 miles on the drive to the dealership to trade…dealership gave me $1,000 for it. I wasn’t thrilled but also was tired of having to fix something on it every month.

Traded that for a used 2005 E46 3 series that I had wanted since the day the E46 generation was announced. That car…I loved that car, with about 48,000 miles (not certified preowned). I drove that another 35,000 miles over about 3 years and it basically fell apart too. Water pump issues, fuel pump issues, battery replaced twice, rotors/brakes, fuel line needed replacing, wheels needed new bearings. But I still loved that car…and still do. I had to get rid of it because I was going to put about half of what the car was worth into repairs.

From then on I leased a few cars until my current car, the G20, which I think I’ll hang on to for at least 100,000 more miles.

[shawnhayes]

1995 volvo wagon bought for stepson. Bought at 165,000. Ran until 250,000. As far as I know, it's still running now.

Shawn

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by shawnhayes

1995 volvo wagon bought for stepson. Bought at 165,000. Ran until 250,000. As far as I know, it's still running now.

Shawn

My parents gave me the 1975 green 245DL Volvo wagon, aka 'the pickle wagon" at 76,012 miles in 1985. I drove it for several years until it left me at work one too many times. I always carried my tools in the back, along with some key spare parts like EGR valve.
One Friday after work, it wouldn't start. I punched out the side window, and got a ride home. Went to Mercury dealer and bought a brand new wagon from them.

When we gave the pickle to an uncle, it still had 76,012 miles

[DocOfTheDead]

I bought a new 2004 Hyundai Elantra, base model with the manual. I drove it for 8 years and 130,000 miles. Nothing but standard maintenance.