Originally posted by c.a.m Thanks for updating my misunderstanding!
Seems you got pretty good value from the car -- purchase price and repairs amortized at about $1K per year if I read correctly. A new Toyota RAV4 would need to run for at least 25 years to match that value.
- Craig
$5300 in 1988 is about the same as $12,000 today. That's cheaper than any new car available in the US. But you can get a Chevy Spark for $14k, and I'll assume it's dramatically better built and optioned than the '88 Yugo. The base Spark has Bluetooth connectivity and Apple Car Play/Android Auto! I wonder if the Yugo even had a radio?
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Originally posted by stevebrot Me too...my mom's 1978 Buick Regal has over 300,000 miles and is still running fine.
Steve
In the 1600s some people lived to 90 or 100, but a lot more died of the consumption at 38. 100k miles in the 1970s was a milestone, today you expect a car to get to 150k+ with little more than routine maintenance. We had a '09 Toyota Sienna and the maintenance schedule was literally just inspect stuff/change oil/change brake fluid until over 100k miles.