Do YOU Care If A New Or Used Vehicle Your Purchase Lasts PAST 200K Miles? IF Yes, These Are Your Top 15 To BUY...

Something I've been discussing with Agent 001 is whether or not today's consumers actually care about owning their vehicles long term. It seems that society, at large, is comfortable with disposable items.

More specifically, disposable technology.

In the computing and mobile ages we've become accustomed to buying and swapping out our devices in shorter cycles. When automobiles were simpler it made sense to hold onto it for 10 plus years. But now as infotainment systems become outdated, Apple Car Play and Android Auto take over and more fuel economy advancements are made year-over-year, it seems that today's vehicles are the latest disposable form of technology.

Most folks I know aren't buying their cars and trucks. They're leasing. Hell, even the few folks I know that are purchasing their autos are swapping them on a pretty consistent basis.

That said, the folks from iSeeCars just put out a new list. For those of you seeking to hold onto a vehicle past the 200,000 mile mark, you'll want to see the Top 15 vehicles reaching that milestone. Oddly, the top 10 is dominated by full-size sport-utility vehicles and trucks. They take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.

So, I've got to ask: Are you keeping any vehicle to the 200,000 mark? If so, is it one of the Top 15, below?

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USNA1999 - 2/27/2020 7:19:43 AM

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200K Miles? Who wants to keep a car with that many miles and for that long? For the price of a Land Cruiser, I could buy 3 of all almost anything else on the list and have new updated/technologically advance car every 100k miles.

TomM - 2/27/2020 11:24:32 AM

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WHen I was younger - had lots of Kids to put through College - and did not have he money I have now - a car was transportation - and each one of my kids went to the Junk Yard with me to pick out the carcass for their car. We build it - built an Engine and a Transmission - Made an interior- and the mileage meant nothing - rust was what we tried to avoid.

Not everyone has or had the money to get cars that had no miles - or even less than 100,000. So Mileage was not something that entered the equation and we survived - and the kids all got through College without $1 of College Loan Money. You do what you have to do. I cannot imagine ME keeping a car that long today - but then I did get a huge unexpected inheritance - along with a car collection. I even traded my Mini-Van FOr a new one recently - but that is likely my last purchase for me.

USNA1999 - 2/27/2020 11:43:46 AM

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Good point TomM.

qwertyfla1 - 2/27/2020 7:38:24 AM

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I love it how Toyota dominate the list. "Boring but damn reliable and last forever" should be the new corporate slogan. No Hyundai or KIA products here as they probably already fell apart at 60K rusting out in bone yards where they belong.

In Toronto all the Taxi companies seem to be switching to Toyotas as the Crown Vics (King of Longevity) are retired and they know best fleet reliability and operational costs better than anyone...

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 2/27/2020 9:37:37 AM

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@QEW - Correct. It was always a Town Car for a trip along the 407 to the airport for a flight to the USA or in Canada on business. Now it is Lexus ES350's, Hybrids or RX350's. They are still all black though.

carloslassiter - 2/27/2020 7:57:54 AM

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I used to think driving them into the ground was smart, but with updated tech and safety features that equation has changed.

MDarringer - 2/27/2020 8:09:51 AM

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I am NOT looking for a vehicle to last 200K miles.

People wax poetic about the Land Cruiser, but they haven't driven one. The old ones that are so trendy are absolutely terrible on the road. The current Land Cruiser and the Prado nee Lexus GX are ancient under the skin. Both are on platform designs from the 90s that have been tweaked in perfunctory ways with new styling to create the illusion of new.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 2/27/2020 9:40:53 AM

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As far as longevity of Toyota products it is very true. My Mom ran her Camry for 20 years. My 4Runner has 255,000km. There are trucks and vans at the dealership in town that have over 400,000km's. I even saw a 1995 4Runner that looked like it belonged on the sales floor. Unbelievable how mint it was. Regular washing and waxing.

YoCarFanto - 2/28/2020 10:54:59 AM

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As a former owner of three Land Cruisers (FJ60, FJ62 & FZJ70) I must say that they are great vehicles with exceptional reliability when maintained properly but also over engineered for the world toughest environments i.e. it has a cyclonic dust collecting canister under the air filter box which can be removed and emptied.
All of them were harsh to ride but they're 4x4's, be conscious of your expectations!
People who call the current models ancient need to be more specific so I made my own list of potential "Ancient" details:
Engine: LC, GX or LX still use multiport fuel injection in lieu of direct injection. Valid point
LC, GX and LX don't use variable displacement oil pump. Valid point
LC, GX and LX don't have electric power steering. Valid point.
LC, GX, and LX don't have turbos: not in gas engines, yes in Turbo diesel engines world wide.
Horrible MPG: I agree 100%.
Driveline:
Automatic transmissions are still the norm as far as I know.
LC, GX and LX don't have rear independent suspension. Valid point for some people, I prefer solid axle (no alignments necessary, easy to replace shock absorbers).

LC, GX and LX have outdated infotainment: valid point when compared to fancy new ones from Mercedes or BMW. This might be important for some people but not for others who keep their vehicles for years. I would like to know how long do these fancy screens last and their replacement cost.
Safety:
Great numbers from all models.