We came close to that with a Camry my mother-in-law owns. She drove it, my sister-in-law drove it for a while, and then they tried to pawn it off on my oldest. At the end of the day, I didn’t want my kid driving a car missing out on 25 years of safety enhancements.

You made the right decision. Watching YouTube crash test videos of a 2022 vs 2000 vs 1980 car is extremely illuminating.

Both of my Range Rovers are 25 years old. One's heading for a light refurb and overhaul at nearly 300,000 miles, the other has just had its first "big" service at 100,000 miles.

Fuel availability considerations notwithstanding, there's very little that would stop them going another 25 years.

Way more. Land Cruisers can last 40+ easily. Do a craigslist search and you’ll find them in fully working condition.

I don’t think the so-called “safety features” developed in the next 20 years are as valuable as the others predict. We’re already very safe in cars, especially massive modern ones like the cruiser. If you’re driving fast/reckless enough to get killed in one today more safety features aren’t what you need.

It's valuable for pedestrian.

I don’t think many people are scrapping their cars for the safety of pedestrians. Also, personal accountability. If you’re going too fast/distracted to react in an area with the potential for pedestrian interference, that’s a you problem, not your car’s.

People need to be more mindful of the fact they’re operating multi-ton death machines, not sit back behind increasing layers of technology and text their buddy while driving because they know their “safety features” will protect them.

This is partially why I disabled my airbags - pedestrians don’t have them, why should I? Gives me more skin in the game.

Vintage Land Cruiser is even bigger status symbol.

That sounds like a response from a Large Language Model.

Nah, it's from someone who hasn't owned a car in over ten years.

I can totally see how a car could get passed down from father to son, but a single car and "many generations" doesn't really add up in this part of the world (could be totally different in other parts of the world, of course).