200,000 Miles

Every once in a while I get "new car-itis" and want that new-car smell, clean carpets, non-sticky seats and shiny outside.  But then I add up the cost:  taxes and fees, higher insurance premiums and let's not forget the price of the car.  So I settle down and tell myself I am grateful for our old jalopies.  Old banana peel smell and all.

So of course, I decided on new goal.  I want to keep driving both of our cars until they have 200,000 miles on them and we have saved enough cash to replace both.  They are currently 8 and 10 years old and both have 130,000 miles.  I figure this will give me about three years and since Braden will also be driving our cars as a new driver, I'd rather he was driving something old :)

I'm all about goals and since my "paying off the house in 5 years" has had a few twists and turns and is on the back burner, this is giving me new motivation to be frugal.  Don't worry though - we'll get back to mortgage payoff intensity this fall when we move into our new house.