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canyonwalkerToday I took our Nissan Xterra for an oil change. That prompted me to check the odometer. It's just under 129,000 miles. For a car we've owned nearly 14 years that's actually kind of low. The normal range in the US is 12-15k per year. The low end of that at 14 years would be 168k. We averaged around 12k/yr for the first few years we owned the car, then we dropped to 8k/yr, then 5k. Now we're even lower. I think this car's only logged 2,000 miles since 9 months ago.
How did the car celebrate this milestone?
Ah, my old friend, the CHECK ENGINE light. 🙄 It came on today after the car had ignition problems at the oil change shop. Recently the car had started stalling out occasionally when sitting at idle.
We've dropped the car off with a local mechanic who'll look at it tomorrow. We'll see if he can root out what the problem might be. Hopefully it won't be one of those car mechanic equivalents of the doctor saying, "Get your affairs in order." I mean, I get it that even small repair could cost $2,000 today, which is probably a significant fraction of what this car is worth. But newer cars have gotten so expensive without really being compelling that we'd rather keep driving our 2011 model for a few more years.
How did the car celebrate this milestone?
Ah, my old friend, the CHECK ENGINE light. 🙄 It came on today after the car had ignition problems at the oil change shop. Recently the car had started stalling out occasionally when sitting at idle.
We've dropped the car off with a local mechanic who'll look at it tomorrow. We'll see if he can root out what the problem might be. Hopefully it won't be one of those car mechanic equivalents of the doctor saying, "Get your affairs in order." I mean, I get it that even small repair could cost $2,000 today, which is probably a significant fraction of what this car is worth. But newer cars have gotten so expensive without really being compelling that we'd rather keep driving our 2011 model for a few more years.
