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Originally Posted by Coffinhunter
I'm in Florida, so take the weather into account,
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ABSOLUTELY 1000% correct. I would also add the flatness of your terrain/road quality.
If you live where there is cold weather, this is not a daily driver.
If you live where the roads are crap, this is not a daily driver.
My car has been almost entirely garage kept and driven only on weekends.
I avoid using it for short trips and instead make it a point to burn out all the nasty stuff that builds up in the engine with 50-100 mile round trip drives. So I average about 10K miles a year. I change the oil twice a year at least.
And despite that winter and the rough roads have still left me with well over $10K in maintenance/unexpected repairs over the first 80K miles. And I've got probably another $2K in needed repairs before you get to the cosmetics repairs (new top, respraying bumpers, etc.). Meanwhile there are folks in Southern California who probably haven't had to address 1/4 of things I have had to up here in he the land of 4 robust seasons.
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