# Why do you drive what you drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075 "2017-01-24T21:53:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075/121 "2017-02-06T18:52:49Z")

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I recently traded in my 2005 Nissan Murano for a 2016 Hyundai Sonata.

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**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-drive-what-you-drive/778075/122 "2017-02-06T20:13:17Z")

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I’ve always driven manuals and driven them until they start falling apart. Three years ago when my 23 year old Corolla was on its last legs, I started my search for a used, low mileage manual. When I bought the Corolla, it was 7 years old and only had 40,000 miles on it. I was afraid I wouldn’t get that lucky again since manuals are getting hard to come by and was resigned that I might have to switch to an automatic. I started my search at a Toyota dealership and amazingly they had just gotten in a 2009 Yaris. Manual, 5 years old and only 19,000 miles on it! That was it. My commute is only 5 miles a day and I only do city driving. It just passed 30,000 miles and I’ve had no issues with it. I hope it lasts 23 years.

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