How long does it take you to get bored of your car?

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

How long does it take you to get bored of your car?

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

If a daily driver is super reliable I plan to keep them as long as possible. Collector cars? Sometimes 1 season and I have the urge to buy something else!

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

If I like my daily driver and/or collector car I like to have it as long as possible. It's like an old pair of shoes, way more comfortable than the pain of breaking in something new.

dcneric · Poncho Master!

My track record is that I've owned and licensed over 200 cars, trucks and motor bikes over the last 40 years of legal driving. I love them all and as soon as I have one I want another.

Bill shuba · Guru

yep has taking me over 45 years of fixing up cars ect to relize I enjoy redoing them more than the cruising thing,so many that I said I was wanting to keep but always let them go..maybe when I retire I'll have a keeper ? I am working on my next project but it isn't a poncho so I already know its not going to stay when done..will it ever end ? maybe next one will be my last ?? hahaha

unruhjonny · Guru

70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
The Wifes 2008 HHR SS is over 360,000 km. I still enjoy driving it.with very few major repairs to this point, planed to keep driving it. A local dealer just got a 2010 identical to hers with only 123,000 kms for $8900. A lot for a 10 year old car but they not making new ones like this

Congrats on having a fun & rare ride!!

I have only one important question;

Auto or stick?

I went with my brother and his wife when he back to back test drove an HHR SS (auto) and Caliber SRT;
We were disappointed with the performance of the HHR - and we both knew it was detuned over 50hp from the five speed;
I came to understand that shortly after his test drive GM changed the tune on automatic equipped HHR SS's, yielding something like an additional 20hp.
(my brother bought the Caliber - the nearly 80hp difference between the two, and increased rear seat room in the SRT were a one-two knockout as far as he was concerned.

About a year later, I ended up buying a Cobalt SS.

My Cobalt SS is the same platform, and same drivetrain as an HHR SS (assuming your HHR has the five speed);
I have never thought about getting rid of it, I have had ALOT of fun with it too, arguably too much fun.

GM definitely stopped making cars like ours;
The current vehicles that get our engine are much heavier - post-restructuring GM shifted engines up a class, so that compacts now get tiny-er engines, and our turbo 2.0L goes in midsized cars.
Even the Camaro (which weighs #500 more than my car) doesn't come with as much power as my car had with the GM stage 1 performance kit installed.

-- Edited by unruhjonny on Thursday 26th of September 2019 05:28:57 PM

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

just sold my work beater 98 grand prix after 5 yrs last weekend changed it up to a 04 gp im bad for keeping stuff for a long time

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

unruhjonny wrote:
70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
The Wifes 2008 HHR SS is over 360,000 km. I still enjoy driving it.with very few major repairs to this point, planed to keep driving it. A local dealer just got a 2010 identical to hers with only 123,000 kms for $8900. A lot for a 10 year old car but they not making new ones like this
Congrats on having a fun & rare ride!!

I have only one important question;

Auto or stick?

I went with my brother and his wife when he back to back test drove an HHR SS (auto) and Caliber SRT;
We were disappointed with the performance of the HHR - and we both knew it was detuned over 50hp from the five speed;
I came to understand that shortly after his test drive GM changed the tune on automatic equipped HHR SS's, yielding something like an additional 20hp.
(my brother bought the Caliber - the nearly 80hp difference between the two, and increased rear seat room in the SRT were a one-two knockout as far as he was concerned.

About a year later, I ended up buying a Cobalt SS.

My Cobalt SS is the same platform, and same drivetrain as an HHR SS (assuming your HHR has the five speed);
I have never thought about getting rid of it, I have had ALOT of fun with it too, arguably too much fun.

GM definitely stopped making cars like ours;
The current vehicles that get our engine are much heavier - post-restructuring GM shifted engines up a class, so that compacts now get tiny-er engines, and our turbo 2.0L goes in midsized cars.
Even the Camaro (which weighs #500 more than my car) doesn't come with as much power as my car had with the GM stage 1 performance kit installed.

-- Edited by unruhjonny on Thursday 26th of September 2019 05:28:57 PM

mine is the Auto and yes the hp is dropped a lot but that is only for 1st and 2nd gear. A lot of people went to the 5 spd for all the ponys. The GM stage one kit in the Auto gives you the full hp in all gears. Yes, these cars are fun to drive

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

I still love my 2006 GMC reg. cab, big box. I've owned it since new and never get sick of it.

poncho62 · Poncho Master!

My hot rods I kept for a while....

55 Chevy....17 years
62 Pontiac....21 years
51 Ford F1.....20 years

My daily drivers, I usually bought as cheap as possible, so only lasted a few years. Never had a new vehicle....The Last minivan we had, was 3 years old and we kept it 10 years. The 2015 we bought last year, I hope lasts 10

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Love my 2015 Yukon & hope to keep it a long time. As for classics usually about 12 to 13 yrs [ other than 2 I lost in garage fire] they were short lived!!!

hawkeye5766 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Guess I never get bored! 57chev-1984 1,000.000 km (guess)
66 Canso-2002
96 f350 crew cab-2006 (550,000 km)
99 silverado-2004(285,000 km)
Purchased a NEW to me 2002 Cavalier last year as a commuter,,sold the old 88 Cavalier. Sunroof and leaking glass...was getting a bath on the way to work!

-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Saturday 28th of September 2019 10:06:21 AM