> Last spring, at a scooter meet, I was talking to someone -I forgot who - and
> they said, "Do you still have that old truck?" I guess I went blank,
> while I tried to figure out what he was talking about. Actually, my
> truck is not new. It's a '95 model and at that time had about
> 105,000 miles on it. But it's a Toyota and still takes me to scooter
> meets without any problems. The only parts I have bought for it in
> almost 8 years, have been wiper blades, tires and filters. So it had
> never entered my mind that it was an old truck. I usually drive any
> vehicle about ten years before I even think about a new one. That's
> 200,000 miles or more. I replaced my first truck at 130,000 miles
> because it was becoming unreliable. The Toyota is only the second
> truck I have ever had. Cars I've owned, like Subarus and Toyotas, seem
> to run on forever without reliability problems.
>
> I was really caught off guard when he asked about my "old truck." But the numbers don't lie. 1995 from 2002 is still seven and going on eight, and the odometer said 111,113 miles when I looked at it yestereday.
> Howard

I don't think seven or eight years is old at all for a vehicle...or at least for a car. We just recently sold our '93 Toyota Corolla, and it had 120,000 miles. It was still going strong; the only reason we sold it was because we had bought another vehicle, an '02 Ford Explorer, and we only needed two vehicles (we also had a '97 Mitsubishi Mirage).