Question Of The Day: Is 300k the New 200k?

One engine. One man. 300,000 miles… and it was only the beginning.   Yesterday I visited an auction where 8% of the vehicles had over 300,000 miles. I did a double-take when I did the math. 300k = 10 years at 30,000 miles. If your average speed is 40mph, we're talking 7500 hours on the road. Take off 10 hours a day for sleeping, eating, hanging out, and 'refreshing yourself',  and the total amount of time just on the road stretches to nearly 18 months. That's an amazing amount of time to spend staring through a windshield. A lot of folks take longer to get to that goal. 15 years. 20 years. Even 25 years if the weather and the preventive care are strong enough. We're at an age where even the worst cars of twenty years ago are still on the road. They're not even considered 'old' in most locales. Just part of a scenery that consists of ever older vehicles. If you keep the older cars of today kept up, they may indeed keep on for the duration. Which brings on the question… "Is 300k the new 200k?" The 200,000 mark is still impressive to many people. But I am only giving out a true, "Wow!" when I see a vehicle go past the 350k mark. In my world, old metal is part of the landscape. Your world may be a bit different. What do you think? Extra credit will be given if you know a kindred frugal soul in your life who has kept their car running past the 300k mark.   from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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