What is the longest time you've kept a car?

I will keep a car untill it wont run anymore. Right now I drive a 91 dodge shadow and I loke it. Its loud but hey no car payment and it gets me where I need to go. Plus its a convertable.

I bought my 1994 Buick Century in 1996 and I sold it this year 2008. I still miss it and I sure don't get the same gas milage in my new van.

The car I have now will bethe longest I got it in 2003 and have only $30,000 miles on it so I figure it will last as long as I do lol

I've had my van new since 1999. I had my Mazda GLC that I got used from 1986 to like 1994 when I got my mom's Accord. So, I guess my van is the longest I've had a car.

The longest i have ever kept a car is the one I now own. i bought it nwe in 2003. I will be payed off next month. So I have had it a little over 5 years. I plan to keep it until the wheels fall off. I do not like making payments on a car.I can use that money for other things. As long as there is nothing wrong with a car I see no reason to get another one.

The longest I have had a car was about 4 years and I think people could keep there cars longer if they didn't think they had to stay in a brand new vehicle every few years.I hope to keep the car I have now for much longer than it will take me to pay it off,and long as it looks nice and runs good a car is worth keeping.

i have my car model 2001 Pathfinder, till now, i dont like to change my car it is memorable to me , for my car everything is fine, it work work good & also its my first car .:)

Right now, my car will be 10 years old in June, I am pushing for one or two or maybe 3 years on it. They are just too expensive.

I never had a car... but i can drive and automatic car... in my country the most famous form of transportation is the Jeepney... and they are everywhere... they are cheaper than buying gas car... and there is no worry about maintenance or the regular thing that we need to do for cars... But then... i still would like to have one of my own... but right now... i can't afford it...

Hello whittby. So far I have not had a car of my own though I want to have one of my own. I want to get a car for my wife as she knows how to drive. She learned how to drive years back, but I have not been able to get one for her due to the money spent on some other investments. I am sure that I will get one for her some day when I am financially moderate.

the longest time i have owned a car is 12 years.that was a brand new car which i got rid of about 2 years now.i just bought a second hand car now which will do me for about 3-4 years ,then i may consider another new car depending on my finances.cheer sue

I have never bought a brand new car so all of the cars I have owned have been older and I have been at least the second owner of it. I bought a 1995 K car for $1.00 off of a church and I owned that car for 5 years and it didn't cost me anything in repairs. Till one day something really serious went on it, I don't know much about cars so I can't tell you what it was that broke, but I can say it would cost way too much to fix, so I just sold the car for $100 to a scrap yard. That is probably the longest I have ever owned the same car. Most of the cars I have bought were at least 15 years old and have only lasted me a few years, like 2 or 3 years. But in saying that I have never paid more than $500 for a car so if they last me a couple years I am okay with that, since they come cheap and I can find another one for cheap.

The car I have now is the longest I've owned a car. I bought it brand new in 1991. It's still going with 208,000+ miles on it. It's a Nissan Sentra.

The longest I've had one is 5 yrs. And that care I truly do miss, but we expanded our family and did not have enough room for all the carseats + booster seats. My hubby on the other hand I tease him as we've been togeather a total of 10yr and he has been thru as many vehicles as we've been togeather & I'm only on my 3rd *LOL* But I do think as we get older we learn that we don't have as many folks to impress anymore by how fancy our car is & if we an make the speakers bump ( = going deaf). But we do look for a vehicle that fits our family needs. Now if hubby would buy one within our budget that would be much easier on our wallets *sigh*

I generally keep a car between 6-8 years. I try to trade it before repairs begin to be costly. I trade in my cars because it's just easier. I know it's not as cost effective in most cases but it works well for me. I traded in a Camaro, hotrod, last year for a Mazda suv and love it. Am sure I took a big loss but I just couldn't bring myself to sell outright.

I bought a 1998 Chevy Cavalier in February of 1998. I still own the car now even though my sister is the only one who drives it. It is the longest I have ever owned a car. It has over 250,000 miles on it. The body got a little messed up, but it runs just fine.

About 8 years.