Average age of cars in U.S. hits record 12.2 years

[rcjordan]

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/average-age-of-cars-in-us-hits-record-122-years-052322.html

[ergophobe]

I suspect you would find the same thing for laptops for similar reasons

- better product = better longevity
- supply chain/inflation issues

Cars add in the issue that keeps me holding onto my old cars
- they keep promising much better cars in a couple of years. Every manufacturer is basically trying to get us to hold on and wait instead of buying a Tesla

[DrCool]

We are currently at 9 years (2013 Toyota Sienna) and 20 years (2002 Toyota Sequoia).

I was thinking earlier this week what a 20 year old car used to look like. When I graduated in 1991 that would have been a car from '71 which would have seemed ancient. Now a 20 year old car doesn't seem all that different from a new car minus the touch screens and the like.

[Drastic]

I just bought a 2017 GMC full size pickup with most of the amenities to replace my fully loaded 2000 model. I'm almost a week in and still learning how to operate everything. The old truck, I never opened the manual. Our Benz is now 18 years old and still a great car, some of the new niceties on the truck were already on that car.