How long do you keep your cars? Options

[Robert]

I just sold my Accord and it hit me as I was signing over the title, I had the car for 14 years.
What's the longest anyone else has kept a car?
I didn't give it much thought before hand, now I kind of miss it.
I almost backed out of selling it at the last minute because I felt a weird compulsion to drive it another 4000 miles to make it to an even 250,000
Damn reliable car, in all that time the only work I had done besides regular maintenance was
1) Replaced a burned out relay
2) Distributor
3) Charge the AC

[tim]

I never owned a "new car". I had a car a few years old. had that till it was totaled 2 yrs later. have had the titanic... (stfu shred) for 3 years now. I just need to buy a few new anchors and a new ruttier.

I am thinking of buying a new car when the gas prices settle or alternative fuel is decided on. The air car is coming to S.CA in 08/09. Prius to be upgraded in 09, 100+ by 2011. I dont want to buy a new car until something happens with he fuel. knowing my luck I will buy a great car and everyone will switch to cow farts. that will piss me off.

My 81 Chevy Malibu that i spent forever working on (Chevy 350 -4 bolt main, fireball 2 290 high cam, edlebrock 700 cfm carb, ceramic headers, 373 rear gear ratio, roller rocker, grear timing components, and a .99 cent paint job from big lots... don't laugh thing fucking flew! (also gas was cheaper) I threw a rod racing a mustang... took the cam and the last 2 cyl with it. i fucking cried, it was like losing a parent.

still mis that car, I spent so much time on it....