200,000 miles

[Madman Of The People]

Back in late 2019, I gave my daughter my 2010 Mazda 5 Sport.  I bought it in 2015 to replace a 2003 Volkswagen Passat estate, a car that made meth addicts with a gambling addition seem reliable and trustworthy in comparison.  The Mazda had just over 71,000 miles when I bought it.  By the time I handed it over to my daughter, it had already clocked around 157,000 miles.

Today, the faithful old Mazda achieved a milestone.  200,000 miles.  My daughter was so exited, she texted me this photo...

 

Good on her for following in my footsteps and rejecting planned obsolescence and the never-ending spiral of consumerism that drives so many people to saddle themselves with crushing debt.

As I've said for years, new cars are for chumps!

 

 

 

[HillmanImp]

I'm excluded from this post. In Yorkshire, on Yorkshire day!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

State of play in the UK right now, you do need a VPN to browse normal sites.  Here's the photo

[BorniteIdentity]

Mazda build a fine motorcar. They still seem to have a rust / undercarriage issue compared with other manufacturers but they seem very reliable in my second-hand experience. 

The recent Mazda 6 is a beautiful car that nobody buys because it’s not an SUV, and the CX5 is stunning and nobody buys that either because it’s not a fucking JaecooLOL. 

[bunglebus]

11 hours ago, Madman Of The People said:

2003 Volkswagen Passat estate, a car that made meth addicts with a gambling addition seem reliable and trustworthy in comparison. 

Mine's 5 years older and not an estate, but it seems to be doing OK on all it's original running gear