I know the blog and forum has a little fascination with spending on personal vehicles so I thought this was relevant:
http://blog.iseecars.com/longest-lasting-cars-over-200000-miles/
Pretty interesting! As the title says, SUVs dominate, almost all of them large full-size SUVs. If you include full-size pickups it's more than half the list.
I recall from Millionaire Next Door that the author said millionaires tend to buy their cars by the pound, mostly stuff like big Lincolns and Mercuries. I think if he re-wrote that today it'd be large SUVs like the Suburban, Expedition, Sequoia and pickups. If I see a high net worth client's vehicle it tends to be along those lines. Some drive luxury brands but it's mostly large SUVs regardless of make and model.
http://blog.iseecars.com/longest-lasting-cars-over-200000-miles/
Top 14 Longest-Lasting Vehicles*
Rank
Model
% of Cars Over 200k Miles
1
Ford Expedition
5.7%
2
Toyota Sequoia
5.6%
3
Chevrolet Suburban
4.8%
4
Toyota 4Runner
4.7%
5
GMC Yukon XL
4.2%
6
Chevrolet Tahoe
3.5%
7
GMC Yukon
3.0%
8
Toyota Avalon
2.6%
9
Toyota Tacoma
2.5%
10
Honda Accord
2.3%
10
Honda Odyssey
2.3%
11
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2.2%
12
Ford F-150
2.1%
13
GMC Sierra 1500
2.0%
Average for All Models
1.3%
* With at least 2.0% of cars sold over 200,000 miles
Pretty interesting! As the title says, SUVs dominate, almost all of them large full-size SUVs. If you include full-size pickups it's more than half the list.
I recall from Millionaire Next Door that the author said millionaires tend to buy their cars by the pound, mostly stuff like big Lincolns and Mercuries. I think if he re-wrote that today it'd be large SUVs like the Suburban, Expedition, Sequoia and pickups. If I see a high net worth client's vehicle it tends to be along those lines. Some drive luxury brands but it's mostly large SUVs regardless of make and model.
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