Driving your car to the end can save you money

Let’s face it, most of us would upgrade the vehicle if we could. Very few people drive their dream car, only the lucky ones really.

It makes sense that as we make our way down the path of life we will continue to upgrade the vehicle that carries us much of the time.

Consumer Reports uncovered some interesting facts that every car owner should be aware of.

You could save some serious cash

Keeping your car for 15 years or for 225,000 miles can save you over 30 grand. It turns out that most people trade in about every five years so these findings are based on upgrading to a new, identical model every five years.

Consumer Reports does an annual national auto survey of it’s readers to find out just how far some models can go. Some of it’s findings are interesting, like a 1990 Lexus LS400 logged in at 332,000 miles and a Ford Ranger that rolled over 488,000 miles.

These cars can go the distance people, keeping them a little longer doesn’t just save you money, it reduces your footprint on the earth.

Tips to help keep your car in tip top shape

In an attempt to save it’s readers money, Consumer Reports offered some helpful advice for keeping your vehicle in good running order so it can go the distance:

Which models should you buy then?

The magazine also goes on to give some information on some models that seem to have no problem with a little wear and tear and conversley the models who have a hard time making it off the showroom floor.

Not such a surprise is the fact that Honda and Toyota’s top the list of long lasting vehicles, after all they are often the best vehicles to buy used and generally eat up the ‘best of lists’ of top automotive names.

Long-term love

Won’t make it far

Ok, ok, we think you should keep your car for as long as you can stand it, and when you are ready to sell it, let us buy it from you.