I am guessing I have 20-25 years on you, I'm in my early 60s. It used to be the thing to trade in your 100k+ mile 4-5 year old vehicle for a new one. I didn't grow out of that until after 2007. I ran up most of those miles commuting back and forth to work. I should have driven a shitbox and left the new truck home! Hindsight is 20/20.
I should have driven a shitbox and left the new truck home! Hindsight is 20/20.
You don't want to do this, vehicles are designed to be used and not left sitting in a garage. You'll end up with old oil, dead batteries, stuff not working on the vehicle etc. And you'll be paying for both to be on the road, and you'll have to remember all of the maintenance for both vehicles and it will be taking up space. Just have a single vehicle that does the job best for you.
Just run them up to operating temp once every month or two keeps everything fresh. I have an old plow truck that I added a battery disconnect to because of parasitic drain over time. That's going to get sold one of these days.
I'm a stickler for maintenance. The vehicles that don't get driven a lot never seem to need new parts for years at a time. I get something new to me and I go through it, fix everything that needs it, full tune up with fresh iridiums if the plugs are worn or due per maintenance schedule, oil change w/filter, cabin and air filters, grease the zerks, new fluid in the front and rear diff, transfer, transmission fluid and filter if applicable, power steering fluid, brake fluid if it's dark, coolant if it tests out badly. After all that Inhave established a baseline ... everything is fresh and inspected. It's usually good for a long time until brakes, oil change, air filter need changing ... all easy stuff. If an occasional high dollar repair is needed, it's not a shocker because I don't have any car payments.
You have a few years on me, but not as much as you'd think.
Out of my 67 cars:
2018: Subaru, Still have 2007: Ford, Still have 1989: Buick, T-boned by a nigger 1986: Omodribble, More hole than metal, mechanic brother said "this is completely unsafe, and I'm not working on it anymore." 1973: Chrysler, the back seat literally fell through the rot 1979: Chrysler, massive mechanical failure because TF904 transmissions were shit and 318s weren't much better. 1981: Ford, Wrecked.
I guess it was 7. I forgot about the '73, but that brings the total up $500.
1986: Omodribble, More hole than metal, mechanic brother said "this is completely unsafe, and I'm not working on it anymore."
lmao...
It rotted out pretty bad. That was one of the 'better" rated cars for 1986...
I like the early 70's cars, some of the '80s were okay but smog shit and underpowered engines (compared to the 1960s-early 1970s) made them less exhilarating to drive. The '80s cars were too boxy looking for my taste. I never got too excited about cars unless they had a lot of HP or at least a good power to weight ratio. Generally speaking, I've been a truck guy since 1983.
I couldn't begin to list all the cars/trucks I've had in my life. At least 25 including the 5 I bought new. Currently have the 2007 GMC 2500HD Duramax Diesel 4wd crew cab fully loaded with about 130k miles, Edge Attitude tuner good for about 450HP down pipe, dual 4" MBRP exhaust (up to 24MPG in the summer - highway), 2009 Toyota Tacoma extended cab 4x4 TRD Off Road 6cyl 6speed bone stock for the moment (19MPG) 2006 Saturn Vue Red Line AWD hatch crossover (looks way more sporty than a plain Vue) with 6cyl 250HP Honda engine and auto trans. 0-60 in 6.7 sec, 21MPG. Not bad for a like-new looking shitbox (plastic fenders, door panels = no visible rust). For antiques I have a beautiful red/black 1972 Chevelle SS restomod with a new ZZ502 crate engine that is rated at 505HP on pump gas (~10MPG), cowl induction hood. I might have 500 miles on it since installing the engine 11 years ago. I also have a 1926 Model T open car Pick-Up about 90% restored that I haven't touched in a few years, lost interest.
I do most of my own work on them.
I liked the 73 Duster I had, but it was just a rotten piece of steel. The 225 Slant 6 is probably still going, but that recycled steel body was terrible. Torsion bars ripped out of the subframes because of rot, and literally, the back seat fell out because of rust in the body pan. It had 70,000 on it when I got rid of it. When I got it, it had 50,000 on it, still had the original spare.
The other 70s car, the 79 Aspen, it had a 318 with a TF904 transmission. That transmission was garbage and I tried a couple under it before it just got old and I had to get something that ran. The 318 in it wasn't terrible, even though it had that early computer system on it. Just smoked like a train when you started it, but it ran well enough.
The 86 I had was a piece of shit, but I have to admit, that garbage 90° V6 it had ran well, even if it had the power of no.
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