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> you have to be pretty lucky if driving a 20+ year old car is a net gain.

I can't imagine a 20+yr old car which is a gain, and I'm a fan of classics and owner of an '84 BMW. In terms of money eating vintage cars are worse than gold-diggers unless you let them rot. One must be overentusiastic by their hobby not to see that's a sinkhole, been there done that ;)

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I drive a 22 year old nothing special, original owner. That's four cars that I didn't buy, at 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and 20 years. Four expenses avoided, four consumptions of steel and other resources avoided. I get 36 MPG, plus or minus a few.

I don't know if that's lucky, but I think it's worked out very well.

I am, however, not rich.

Yeah, it depends on the car and place where you live (weather, etc.), +1 for riding a 20+.

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