# That's likely the last \_\_\_ I'll ever buy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-likely-the-last-ill-ever-buy/1022170 "2025-08-17T21:50:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-likely-the-last-ill-ever-buy/1022170/6 "2025-08-17T21:57:57Z")
You said the same thing a few years ago. > [@That's the last one of THOSE I'll ever buy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-the-last-one-of-those-ill-ever-buy/824239): > > I started thinking this when I realized I had only put 3500 miles on my new car in its first year. I’m 57. Unless I start driving a lot more (or simply decide to get a different car), I realized that this car could easily outlast me. Since then, I’ve occasionally thought that about other purchases. For example, I just bought a couple of new snow shovels to replace the old ones which were easily 20 years old. Heck, by age 77, I could easily imagine living somewhere that I didn’t have to shov… BUT in fairness, I will not buy another sleeping bag again. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-likely-the-last-ill-ever-buy/1022170)._