I know I've posted this photo a couple of years ago. I am going through photos to clear a bunch of them out and I saw my truck. We are not people who buy new things when the old is working just fine. My 1997 Chevy one ton diesel dually works as well as it did in 1997. It was primarily used to pull a horse trailer and to pick up grain so the milage is relatively low, especially considering it is a diesel. 148,000 miles. With the price of diesel I am very happy it is now used to pick up grain and little else. Young men nearly swoon over this truck. It really is sort of humorous.
My bedroom furniture, minus the bed, is from the mid 1960s. My living/dining room furniture is from 1981-82. I have many furniture pieces which have passed down a few generations. I'm the last stop for those items. My son has no interest. I don't replace if I don't need to. I've even hung onto Mark!
Here's a real surprise. When my mother died I inherited her car, a 2005 Buick LeSabre (my parents would only own Buicks). I had a 1997 Jeep that is still in very good condition and now belongs to neighbor Bill. The Buick has 48,000miles on it. Yep, you read that right. It looks new.
Now you know another of my proclivities. Or is peculiarities?
3 comments:
This person who keeps cars for twenty years as her sole vehicle and refers to them as new for at least ten years, sees no problem here. Likewise furniture, none inherited but nothing new.
We usually keep cars 15-20 years. When we retired we both bought new cars. We still refer to them as our NEW cars even though they are 5 & 6 years old. My guess is that they are also our LAST vehicles.
I agree with you about not replacing things unless you have to. Our microwave is decades old and we've only just replaced the cathode ray TV we acquired in 2000. We would never buy something new just to be fashionable.
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