It’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, and today I am playing along with an ode to my car. My wheels. My vehicle. My transportation. I DO love it so!
My car is a 1994 Lexus LS 400. (I like to call him Mr. Miyagi as he is old and Japanese.) That’s right, I drive the finest luxury money could buy in 1994. JEALOUS? Well, you should be! It’s a sweet ride. We bought it in 2003 when I was pregnant with Joshua and at that time it had 242,000 miles on it. Why would we buy a car that old and with that many miles on it? Because my hubby is an auto technician at our local Lexus dealership and he knew it would run forever if we took care of it. Six years later it now has 296,000 miles on it and it still runs great! We have had very minimal repairs on it over the years. Hubby just replaced the springs in the back and my car is only the SECOND car in the nineteen-year history of his dealership to have those replaced. Because, they are made so well that they just don’t break!
Now I have to give credit where credit is due. Lexus is made by TOYOTA, so if you buy a nice old or new Toyota and take great care of it, it will also last you forever. My high school & college car was a 1987 Toyota Camry station wagon which made it to 304,000 miles. My hubby these days drives a 1992 Toyota Camry station wagon(I *heart* station wagons!) that has over 200,000 miles on it to date. These vehicles rock!!
Emily & hubby also own two Toyotas. Though hers were both actually made in this PRESENT decade, they should also last her family FOREVER.
So: to sum up, my car rocks, will run FOREVER, and is completely paid for. Big party this summer when it hits 300K, and you are ALL invited!
And also, if Lexus or Toyota wants to give me a new one to see how many miles I can put on IT, that would be totally cool!
I love my old car! To see what makes other people’s hearts go pitter-patter, go visit the Diaper Diaries.
2003 Toyota Matrix checking in. 🙂 100K miles and counting.
(mine is paid for as well – isn’t going debt free exciting?)
I thought I was doing well with my 132,000 mile SUV! Now I have something to shot for!
My getting around town vehicle is a 1997 Camry with 146,000 miles. Your odometer reading gives me a number to aspire to for the future! I’m with you: an older, dependable car, without a loan, that can rack up the miles is the way to go.
KarenM in NC
I’m in a 2002 Camry and love it for the same reason (will run forever, paid for, nice car, etc). Although I HAVE to ask…how in the WORLD did you only put 50,000 miles on it in 6 years?!
I love my car because it is almost paid off, I will drive it until the wheels fall off.
I remember Desmond! What a wonderful car. He was so much cooler than Miles, your first car with the painted ceiling.
Yes… Jenny names her cars!
Crazier yet than Jenny naming her cars is the fact that I can remember the names of her cars as well.
And I named mine too.
I agree! I have a Toyota 4Runner and I absolutely love it. I’ve never enjoyed a car so much! No repairs…just maintenance. I plan to have it for a LONG time!
I love that you named your car Mr. Miyagi!
My brother works for Lexus, I love their cars, I drive a 2005 Toyota Highlander and love it! I will pass you post on to my brother, maybe he can get into the hands of someone there to get you a car to test drive or blog about. will cross my fingers for you!
I love Toyota too. And I typically love my 1995 Subaru Station Wagon (that’s right, you can drool over my hot car) but it is currently in the shop as it died by the side of the road this weekend. And it took 1 1/2 days for them to figure out what was wrong cause some obscure part broke. so right now I am not feelin’ the car love 🙂