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That makes sense, though the Acura MDX is on the list.
It’s just an upgraded Honda CRV.
You must be thinking about RDX not MDX. Also latest RDX is not built on the same platform as CRV
Cars People Keep for 15 Years or More
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#22Interesting, but not sure how useful. Inevitable that this kind of information becomes out of date as far as what car is worth keeping that you now own.
Implicit in this is company culture, how their engineering teams work. Toyota and Honda have been well known to make reliable cars for years. I think part of the reason for their reliability is their relatively under powered engines. Although, I'm surprised there isn't a GM vehicle on there. GM tends to make pretty reliable engines and trannys, although everything else on them tends to fall apart all at the same time…
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#23Of course such a list will be near-exclusively Japanese, but I'm a bit surprised that it's near-exclusively Toyota and Honda. Nissan and Mazda vehicles/customers aren't comparable?
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#24As a Japanese car owner I'm a fan, but a list of 'cars people keep forever' has a huge amount of selection bias, no? The sort of person who buys a new Merc probably doesn't _want_ to keep the car for 15 years. The interior is going to be shabby regardless of what you do, and the car will be out of date / an old style. Japanese cars (at least in standard trim) are the stereotypical low TCO keep it until it stops worki…
Some of the older mercs are super sweet.
German cars, Mercs especially, seem to have a desirability curve that bottoms out and then skyrockets later. Few people are going to hold a car that looks dated long enough for it to start looking awesome
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#25I'm surprised the Acura Integra/RSX/ILX isn't on the list. I certainly see a lot of older Acuras driving around in the northeast. Maybe a badging issue due to all the name changes? Or maybe the kind of person that will drive a 15 year old car doesn't like compact cars?
The ILX hasn't been on the market for 15+ years.
Integra (2001 was last US production year) and RSX are both inline-4 with relatively agressive compression ratios. Anecdotally, an owner who purchased new as a daily driver with no intent on abusing the vehicle is liable to start encountering appreciable maintenance costs at 120,000+ miles. More often than not, these vehicles find a 2nd (or 3rd+) life on the used market. 10% ethanol gas didn't make reliability any better either.
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#26I am surprised there are no lexus cars. Those things last forever.
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#27"... in the US"
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#28I'm surprised the Acura Integra/RSX/ILX isn't on the list. I certainly see a lot of older Acuras driving around in the northeast. Maybe a badging issue due to all the name changes? Or maybe the kind of person that will drive a 15 year old car doesn't like compact cars?
Not simply driving a 15 year old car, but keeping a car for 15 years or more. Quite different!
I see a lot of 15 year old cars driving around in the UK (age of car is easy to gauge here, as it's encoded in the number plate) - I expect most will have changed hands at least once.
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#29As a Japanese car owner I'm a fan, but a list of 'cars people keep forever' has a huge amount of selection bias, no? The sort of person who buys a new Merc probably doesn't _want_ to keep the car for 15 years. The interior is going to be shabby regardless of what you do, and the car will be out of date / an old style. Japanese cars (at least in standard trim) are the stereotypical low TCO keep it until it stops worki…
Not necessarily. I know people who kept older German cars forever. It’s not very possible anymore. They fall apart and parts aren’t available.
My 2003 Pilot was not a utilitarian transport. It was a well equipped car with 80% of the doodads of an equivalent Benz at half the cost. I got rid of it last year, because it had hit 300k miles and key suspension parts were worn out.