Cars become excessively expensive after about the sixth year. Most people hate the idea of breaking down or being stranded. Keeping a car for an extended period of time is costly, typically more so than trading it in when it's wort h something or a headache. Maintenance is a killer on the older vehicles. The next question is along the same line.
Most passenger cars are pretty good buys because so many consumers are interested in trucks.
If fact we perform nearly 10,000 follow-up phone calls monthly. The Wish List has correctly forecast purchasing patterns for the past decade. On an industry wide basis we use a 150 point scale. The quality of one to eight year old vehicles in 1990 was 64 or so. In 1993, it rose to 75.