And another one (bites the dust)...2015 cvt 260,000km

[Dirk Diggler]

Counting is hard. I look after 62 delivery vehicles from a Mirage to a ford 8000, half a dozen forklifts. I'm too lazy to count how many Mirages there are. The number is going down when one gets written off, unless I fix them.

I think at one time you said around 30? Half being 2015s the rest 2017s.

[Clessy]

I just wonder what percentage is. Does the majority of North American's go and buy a brand new car every 5 years or less? I guess it's totally possible, many people live check to check beyond their means.

I know someone who has gone through 3 brand new trucks in the past 6 years. Buy a new one, got offered a "great deal" from a dealer so they traded it in, then got another great offer so traded that one in lol. So now they're driving a $40,000 truck that's gonna cost them probably $60,000 after all the negative equity on those trades is added up.

The statistics on a new car is the average new car buyer gets one every 3 years and the average new car buyer keeps a monthly car note of $450 a month. Crazy stuff to me. I didnt even pay that per month when I bought my evo.

[Dirk Diggler]

There are 12 out of town that I never see. 9 in nearby towns, and 19 here. Minus the 2 that were crunched the other day. So....40 altogether in the company and I service 26 of them.

13% cvt failure rate, mostly between 100 to 150k miles. I'm sure that's better than a Versa or Sonic but not a Yaris or Fit I'm guessing. Thanks for the updates brother!

[inuvik]

13% cvt failure rate, mostly between 100 to 150k miles. I'm sure that's better than a Versa or Sonic but not a Yaris or Fit I'm guessing. Thanks for the updates brother!

13% failure but in the context that they’re driven like they are stolen (or at least like a rental).

[MetroMPG]

Going further OT...

I'll have to pull one out of a wrecked 2017 I have in the back of the bone yard. Can't touch the most recent wrecks til insurance deals with them.

Holy cow - how often do your drivers smash these things up that you need a "waiting room" for the insurance claims?

[MetroMPG]

Thanks for the update.

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Your (latest) avatar reminds me of a funny video I saw last week: Bubbles narrating an Air Canada off-runway excursion in Vancouver, I think.

WARNING: NSFW FOUL BUBBLES LANGUAGE

[Basic]

Can I just drive my CVT around quietly??? Seems ok to me....