Need advice about my car

[barbara]

Thank you all for the good advice. I really appreciate the help.

[Oerets]

Barbara my wife drives a 2012 with twice the miles as yours pretty much daily. A Ford Escape bought new and been paid off for many many years. We have found a Dealership trustworthy and affordable that does most of the general service now. Our go to mechanic's both retired in the last year so will be needing to find new soon.

Like stated before I drive the wheels off them. Get my last dollar from all the vehicles we own. Hence the keeping one day to long...

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

Even if her M3 has 150K miles, I'd vote to over-haul it as needed.

She'd have to spend over $100K on a new car that would match the M3 in quality.

BMWs are know to run a long time and aren't as prone to rust as, say, my Lexus SC300. Rust is what 'kills you'.

And the new car designs, especially the interiors, are awful (IMHO). Don't like the front end styling, the angularity, none of it for me.

Toyota and Rust! Over the years Toyota has made good progress in dealing the its rust problem.
Anyhow down here in Florida Toyota has a huge following. Reliability is the key factor.
I have a Toyota Camry year 2000 in good condition, and with 306k miles.
I mainly use it to transport my great grand daughter to and from pre kindergarten.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Toyota and Rust! Over the years Toyota has made good progress in dealing the its rust problem.
Anyhow down here in Florida Toyota has a huge following. Reliability is the key factor.
I have a Toyota Camry year 2000 in good condition, and with 306k miles.
I mainly use it to transport my great grand daughter to and from pre kindergarten.

Indeed. The Toyota rust problem has long since been addressed. My wife had a 2003 Sienna minivan that she drove until last year. She put ~250K on the clock over nearly 20 years and we had no rust issues whatsoever. My second-generation (1991) 4Runner did develop significant rust in the wheel wells late in its life.

[BigElCat]

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1995 with 195K on the odometer. Starting a huge renovation because the car is awesome. Probably a dumb thing to do.