On average how long do you keep your car for?

[wemorgan]

On average how long do you keep your car for?

Please vote

edit: oops made an error with the poll options. There's a gap of 4-5 years. Oh well.
Admins: if you're feeling generous please edit option 4 to read 2-5 years. Thanks.

 

[renault12ts]

In 35 years of car ownership/keepership I've had 17 cars...so a very little over 2 years .

 

[st4]

2-4 years

 

[MOCAŠ]

In 29 years of car ownership/keepership I've had 14 cars... so 7.25 years on average.

Longest kept is 27 years (and counting), shortest was six months.

 

[renault12ts]

In 29 years of car ownership/keepership I've had 14 cars... so 7.25 years on average.

Longest kept is 27 years (and counting), shortest was six months.

?? just over 2 surely?

 

[MOCAŠ]

?? just over 2 surely?

Nope:

Car 1: 2 years
Car 2: 0.5 years
Car 3: 27 years
Car 4: 2 years
Car 5: 21 years
Car 6: 1 year
Car 7: 17 years
Car 8: 3 years
Car 9: 4 years
Car 10: 10 years
Car 11: 2 years
Car 12: 7 years
Car 13: 1 year
Car 14: 4 years

Averge: 7.25 years

 

[renault12ts]

Nope:

Car 1: 2 years
Car 2: 0.5 years
Car 3: 27 years
Car 4: 2 years
Car 5: 21 years
Car 6: 1 year
Car 7: 17 years
Car 8: 3 years
Car 9: 4 years
Car 10: 10 years
Car 11: 2 years
Car 12: 7 years
Car 13: 1 year
Car 14: 4 years

Averge: 7.25 years

OK.

So what have you had for 27 years?

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

I am on my 63rd 64th car. Passed my driving test for cars aged 20, thats 40 years of driving. Worthy of note is that at times I have had more than one car. Also had several motor bikes and a trike.

 

[MOCAŠ]

OK.

So what have you had for 27 years?

Fiat Uno, currently hibernating.

 

[A150]

When i buy a car I hope that I have made the right choice first time. Because I know if I haven't. Then I'm stuck with it for a number of years before I can afford to replace it with another.

So I tend to think carefully before putting my signature on to the dotted line.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

As Morrissey once sang;

"Six months is a long time"

 

[Palfrem]

Nope:

Car 1: 2 years
Car 2: 0.5 years
Car 3: 27 years
Car 4: 2 years
Car 5: 21 years
Car 6: 1 year
Car 7: 17 years
Car 8: 3 years
Car 9: 4 years
Car 10: 10 years
Car 11: 2 years
Car 12: 7 years
Car 13: 1 year
Car 14: 4 years

Averge: 7.25 years

The power of statistics

 

[Colin_b]

50+ cars in 40 years of driving, including owing 2 or 3 at a time. Ones I like a year or so, otherwise a couple of months.

Longest I've owned a car is 4 years 8 months, my current SLK. My C320 I've had 9 months, and I suspect I'll change that in the next 3 to 6 months. Probably

 

[ringway]

I tend to buy what I know I'll be content with, often spending more to get the right model and specification. This works well for me.

The last three to leave are:

S210 320CDI - 4years.

Sprinter 313CDI - 7.5 years.

Vauxhall Omega 3.0 Elite - 11 Years.



I'm more than happy with my Vito 120 sport (shame about the rust though) and can't envisage selling it within the next 10 years.

 

[neilz]

Until 1989 (that cheerful stock-market incident...) a year, two at most. Then

Rolls Royce Silver Spirit 2 for 6 years
Mercedes 560SEC for 3 years (bought at 6 years old, somehow piston rings went after just 9 years so sold it on after threats people would report me to environmental health due to the almighty smoke clouds)
Jeep Wrangler 4.0 Limited for 8 years (bought at 1 year old for £16000, sold for £800 with failed ECU and resultant knackered engine)
Mercedes C200 for 4 years (bought at 8 years old for £2000, common W202 ECU failure, sold for £350)
Mercedes E220 for 5 years (bought at 11 years old for £1500, got too rusty, sold for £1000)
Mercedes S320L current (bought at 14 years old for £1100)

 

[GP801]

Tend to keep mine a long time. Currently CLK 9 years, SLK 7 years, 124 only 3 years. Longest so far was a BMW E28 which I had for 13 years. Shortest was an early 203 which was so unreliable it had to go.

 

[mika]

In 35 years of car ownership/keepership I've had 17 cars...so a very little over 2 years .

In 35 years of motoring i have had 24 cars so similar to above
ive had some nice ones ...and some not so nice

given that one or two were short lived and one or two were additional cars
i'd say "just under two years"

 

[moonloops]

In 20+ years of motoring I have had 30+ cars and a Mercedes

 

[merc-c]

in 29 years I have had 9 cars.
The longest time was a Citron zx td. 9 years
Mercedes since 2003

 

[@MARK]

I used to drive a lot more on business than I do now so was having to change my car every 18 months or less.

When I bought my last car (the 335D) I thought I would keep it for 2 years and then change. I liked it so much I ended up keeping it for 4 years and 80,000 miles.

Somehow I can't see me keeping the current car for that long. Indeed I shudder to think the state it will be in after 4 years and 80,000 miles.