100,000 Miles!
My car turned 100,000 on Saturday morning as I drove to PA. I was at mile marker 68.5 in Maryland on I-95 northbound, just past White Marsh.
My car is a mess. I really have to get a lot work done to it. As I think about it there is quite a litany of fixes. I must call dealership and get this scheduled so I can pass inspection and all that good stuff for DMV registration renewal. (Now where did the damned renewal card go?!?!)
Don’t get me wrong, my Altima has served me well since I got it in 2000. But it’s 1.5 months shy of its 6th birthday. There’s major work to be done and I’ll do it all and keep it for another 2-3 years at least. I keep talking myself into getting another car. And then I convince myself not to do it because there’s still a lot of life in the one I have and I hate having a car payment.
Single Ma wrote:
If it’s still riding smooth, the minor repairs and regular maintenance are worth it. I can’t WAIT to get this Honda paid off. It’ll be 3 yrs old in Nov and only $5k more to go.
Posted on 19-Sep-06 at 11:11 pm | Permalink
Donna Jean wrote:
I just posted this morning about the final decsion on my car. I am slowing coming to terms with the fact that I am going to sell my favorite car in the world, but at 7 years and 140,000 miles, I think now is a good parting point. Every other car I’ve owned I’ve driven until it died and been hurried to replace it. Then I felt annoyed I was buying on the car’s schedule and not mine.
Posted on 21-Sep-06 at 10:59 am | Permalink