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10+ years != “decades”, and the actual data is that cars last an average of about 12 years. Your relatives with 25-30 year old vehicles are the outliers here.


The first owner may not drive them for literal decades, but they should absolutely stay on the road that long.


That’s not a measurement of how long the first owner has them on average, it’s a measurement of the actual lifespan of actual cars.




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