I'm a lifer.. like Rain, had to wait for delivery, had faith it would come, and plan on keeping her for as long as I can find parts.

 

I'll keep mine as long as I don't have to sink boatloads of money into it, and so far so good. Besides, I've had the SS paid off for a year now. I'll likely put at least 100K miles on it (2.5 more years) before thinking about getting a different car.

 

It took me quite a while to find my Panel, loaded as it is..

I'm in for the long haul, or till the wheels fall off..

 

I wonder what many will think when the car in 10 years is worth $1,500 and needs $5,000 in repairs.

 

I have every intention of keeping it as long as possible. I'm hoping that's several years.

 

Let's be honest. The turbo is expensive and can fail. After the power train warranty ends, all costs are on the owner. A while after that, parts will become hard to find. I have never seen a car before where people seem to buy it for the MEDIUM term. The value of the SS seems to drop dramatically at 100K (witness sale at $10K for one with 99K). So, the right question to ask is, are you planning to keep your SS beyond the parameters of the power train warranty and take the potential parts availability / repair cost hit?

EDIT - Please note that this is the SS forum. My son is still driving a banged-up 1995 Subaru Legacy wagon we bought new, now with 220K miles. I keep it running with $500 a year of "Subarubucks" I get in 3% credit card rebates. I normally keep cars for 10+ years, and plan to do that with my 2LT because its parts are more common and repair costs should be lower - I'd be afraid to keep an SS as long as I would want to.

 

Yes / No. I plan to keep it at least until I pay it off, so 4-5 years left on that. But for me that will mean the car will have 150k+ miles on it at that time. The longest I kept a car before was 3 years. I do not plan to trade in a car with negative from the loan on anothe car.

 

When parts dry up in 10 years, thats when the real modding begins! When drivetrain and suspension parts become an issue, make it an issue to put a real drivtrain in it....Too bad its not pre-tunneled like the Probe's were. In order to keep these cars on the road, 10-20-30 years down the road, there is one of two options. Either take it off the road, or buy a doner or two for parts. I'm keeping mine, ans plan on acquiring a few more in the years to come, especially when they are dirt cheap! who knows what the future holds, I've been screaming V8 since day one. Plans are numerous for this car... but a piece at a time. when its all said and done its just a MONEY PIT, but it keeps me sane, and smiling. Plus there are a whole lot of worse things I could be spending cash on....older and wiser, but not by much. I'm a lifer.

 

Working on 5 years and just passed 59K miles. As long as it keeps treating me good, I'll keep on trucking. Been paid for, for a while now. Why go into payments again.

 

Now after 3 HHR's,and got my SS,lol, I am planning on having mine for a long time. If it gets to the point where it starts having serious issues and is paid off, it maybe time to find a different ride and put this one away in the garage and let the cutting and fabrication begin!! I'm saying tube chasis and a V8,lol.