> I own 6 cars. I didn't pay more for all of them combined than the cost of one new car.
Seven but we have 3 drivers. Cars are 1961-2011 and 63, 96 & 2011 are current daily drivers. Every so often something under 40k mi shows up on FB marketplace under $2k and we grab it.
Our car insurance includes a $200/mo FU charge for living in FL. We're at no risk of flooding and carry liability-only. The forever-skyrocketing costs of repairing other drivers' new cars - this is a force multiplier on our premium costs.
Awesome stuff about older cars: Tactile controls. No screens. Not blinding drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists (bfciia). Not ruining others' visibility with pointless oversizeness (bfciia). No telemetry. Crank windows (excpt 2011). No forced flood of accessories/features. Whatever happens, we can repair it - well.
Not awesome stuff about older vehicles: No cruise control on most of them(sigh). Higher gas consumption on the 61 and 69. The 69 does 130mph at low rpm and needs to go away. The 61 has fewer driving days because droptop. Can't see around pointlessly oversized vehicles.
It's a Wash: 30mpg from 63, 92, 96 and 2011 (89 not on road yet). Repair/Service time varies wildly on new models and is hard to compare to ours (we are 2hrs/mo)(more when tinkering for fun).
bfciia: References behavior formerly clustered in intentional aholes (but now mandated for millions of [mostly] unwilling drivers).
Seven but we have 3 drivers. Cars are 1961-2011 and 63, 96 & 2011 are current daily drivers. Every so often something under 40k mi shows up on FB marketplace under $2k and we grab it.
Our car insurance includes a $200/mo FU charge for living in FL. We're at no risk of flooding and carry liability-only. The forever-skyrocketing costs of repairing other drivers' new cars - this is a force multiplier on our premium costs.