15 Cars Owners Hold Onto For 10 or More Years

[hhfarang]

And number 1 is:



I bought one like the one in this photo in 2004 when I moved to Hua Hin and sold it 10 years and 3 months later when I moved away in 2014. I'm certain that if I had stayed there I would/could have driven it for the rest of my life. I now drive a later model CRV here in the U.S.

Interestingly (and predictably) all 15 vehicles in the article are Japanese and all but one are Toyotas or Hondas. I have to wonder why anyone buys anything else...

http://www3.forbes.com/business/15-cars ... -years/16/

[STEVE G]

When I bought my Toyota pick-up I was planning on keeping it for ten years but I reached that in December and it's holding up so well I think I'll give it another ten and see what it looks like after that.

[malcolminthemiddle]

I have a low mileage 4wd, Double Cab, 2005 Toyota Vigo in excellent condition with top up, leather interior and new tires. Red book valuation is 460K . Anyone interested?

[Bluesky]

REPORT Dec 27th 2012 at 9:13AM 128
Man drives Rolls-Royce for 78 years then makes museum donation to ensure its preservation

Michael Harley
Mr. Allen Swift died in 2005 at the impressive age of 102, but his automotive story is even more remarkable. Not only is the gentleman credited with owning a Rolls-Royce automobile longer than anyone else in the world, but he had the forethought and funds to ensure its future preservation after his death.

In 1928, while living in Springfield, Massachusetts, Swift's father gave him a 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly P1 Roadster as a graduation present (Springfield and Rolls-Royce have a history – from 1920 to 1931, the British automaker built 2,944 vehicles in the city as part of its attempt to establish a US plant). The young man was passionate about his green-over-green softtop convertible, not only driving it on a regular basis, but maintaining it meticulously over the decades (the two door-received a complete body-off restoration and engine rebuild in 1988).

Rolls-Royce acknowledged Mr. Swift in 1994, awarding him a crystal Spirit of Ecstasy award for his length of ownership. By 2005, Swift had logged more than 170,000 miles on its analog odometer and he was recognized as the oldest living person to have owned a car from new. He passed away that year.

But the story doesn't end there. Swift left the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History a $1 million gift to create a new exhibition to care for his roadster and tell the story of Rolls-Royce manufacturing in the Massachusetts town. Today, Mr. Swift's beautiful Piccadilly P1 Roadster is prominently displayed in the museum's Transportation Collection.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/27/man- ... onation-t/