I’ve owned two vehicles since 2000: a 1990 Toyota 4runner and a 2000 4runner.

The first was totaled when a yahoo made an illegal left hand turn into me. It had 250,000 miles on it. The 2000 4runner now has 224,000 miles on it and I have no intention of replacing it.

The only non maintenance mechanical expense I had with the 1990 4 runner was for a water pump and alternator. The only issue I’ve had with the current 4runner is also replacing the water pump and alternator.

To summarize:I’ve driven Toyota 4 Runners for the last 490,000 miles or 33 years spending less than $1,500 in repair costs.

I can’t imagined thinking that a suv with 100,000 miles is time to replace that with vehicle (of course, you’re talking about domestic vehicles).

The time I imagined that a new car would get me the girls is long gone! I’d rather spend the money on guns, hunting and fountain pens.