Well I do have to elaborate! I hope to always have my Mini, and have one or two other cars. You see, every person I talk to says they regret selling their first car, and Coop is my first car. So, as long as I maintain it (which I am definetly doing!), that goal will eventually be reached. I hope to own the current day Mini in around 20 years, along with my then-classic R56!

 

Until my wife crashes the car or until I got enough money to buy her another car (I gotta buy my next car first before she can have hers).

 

Until the wheels fall off or it gets jacked.

 

The plan is to keep Romi for 10 years. I kept the last two cars (300ZX TT and an Infinity I30) for 10 years each.

 

For a long time for sure. Its paid for. I'm looking to retire in 6 years. I may take a piece of my retirement pay out and buy something new then. Maybe a city car if they have it. Maybe a fiat 500, if they bring it here and it proves to be reliable, maybe another mini. Maybe just keep the one I've got longer.

 

2-3 years

 

I am planning to keep my '08 MINI for 2 years. I change my car within 18-24 months. MINI is my 8th car since having my license in 1999 at the age of 16.

After my lease is over in mid of 2010, I might go for MINI SUV or BMW M3.

 

Anywhere from 7.66 - 7.98 years.

 

I'll keep mine probably for 10 yrs. But I have to see how it holds up. I do most of my own maintenance and repair so if the problem is too difficult for me to fix, then that's when I'll consider selling it.

 

its so hard to say... they are always comming out with sweet cars, but this is my first brand new car and i take incredible care of them, so unless something happens to it, i think one of my future children may drive it someday... who knows..

 

This is the first car that I purchased in many, many years so I'm hoping to pay if off quickly and have a car w/o a payment. That's my hope! I've only had the car 2-1/2 months and already have 4k miles on it. I just LOVE driving it.

 

I haven't decided yet but probably 8-10 years... at which point if I am able to have enough garage space then I'll keep it for longer, if not enough space I may end up selling it at that time.

 

+1

Since the early 90's, I've yet to sell any one vehicle I've purchased new or used; even that one from the ealy 90's, I gave it away.

 

The car is actually my wife's car, and as such it will only be driven 3,000 - 4,000 miles a year, tops.

If the car holds up mechanically and does not start to nickel and dime us to death I'd like to keep it for 25 years or so, at that point it would only have around 100k on it.

We usually keep cars a long, long time, her last car was 17 years old (we owned it for 12 years, bought it from my mom who bought it new), my Integra is coming up on 13 years old; I owned a Dodge Ram pickup (Mitsubishi built captive import) for 16 years.

The only cars I sell or trade before 10 years old or so are those that have turned out to be a POS....that would be two 80's GM products and a DSM (DSM = Mitsubishi/Chrysler coupes made from 1989 - 2002 or so).

The DSM I owned (it was a 1992 Eagle Talon) was by far the worst car I have ever owned, in the shop 8 times in 38,000 miles for MAJOR ISSUES like the timing belt breaking at 16,000, requiring a top end rebuild.

MINIs don't have the greatest rep for reliability but we're hoping to have a long happy relationship with ours.

Analogeezer

 

How long do you plan on keeping your MINI?

I plan on keeping mine almost 12 feet long.
142.8" to be exact.

 

depends on the car. If, like my R53, it develops significant and repeated problems within the first 30K it's gone; if not, it's a keeper. that's the general guideline for all new cars.

 

I'd like to keep mine forever, but realistically I'm hoping to get to the 10-15 year/150k range. Really it's dependent on the cost to maintain it, and how much of a hassle it becomes to maintain it.

 

I kept my last car (E36 BMW 328i) for 10 years, but I'm getting older and want to own a few more cars before I die.

 

 

I'm hoping for 10-12 years on this one.

The commute has really run up the miles a bit.
(22k miles in 13 months)

 

Until she's dead or the cost of repairs becomes too much. Hopefully at least ten years. Which is why it always takes months and months for me to decide which car I want to buy.

 

I'll go for till she dies or I do!!!

 

I was about to say that well that's what I said about my 04 mini but when the r56 came out I was in love..... the only way spunky and I will part is if they come out with awd...

 

untill M.O.T.time

 

3-4 years for me