I just traded in my 97 Cav Z24 with 51,000 miles and I could have easily kept it another 5 years with the way I kept it (washed, waxed, no rain/winter driving etc).
So now I have the 2.4 SS sedan and hope to keep it for at least 10 years and maybe longer if it holds up (barring tons of little prob...we'll see there). It wont have to be driven much during bad winter weather etc.
SOOOOOO.......how long do you plan to keep your Cobalt? Did you get it planning to have it a long time or until you get bored and move along to the next cool car?

 

3-4 years. But really time will tell.

 

6-10, if not more...

 

i'll keep it and make sure it stays like new tell my kid can drive it. but after i am living in a house. i am buying some thing with a nice juicy V8

 

I'm going with 6-10 also. I bought my car to be a 'keeper'- my goal is to get it paid-off (early if possible) and keep it for as long as it's running reliably. I'd really like to not have a car payment for once!

 

I picked 1 to 3 because I really want to get back into a truck!

 

i plan on having this car for a long time, 10 or more for me.

 

until something better comes out. probably 2-3 years.

 

I will have the car for about ten years most likely. 5 years as a daily driver, and then 5 years as the beater.

 

6-10 this car needs to get me through my last 2 years of college. I'll have it as long as it remains reliable.

 

It depends on how it holds up. I've got a tech job using the car to drive a lot of miles, job to job. If it doesn't prove to be dependable, I'll have to get something else next year.

 

As long as possible. The neon was the only one I traded without it falling apart.

 

Beats me. Until I get bored of it and can afford to pay for something else. After I'm done paying it off, of course.

 

I will keep it as long as it is reliable, if it becomes a huge problem or what not, im sure ill sell it...

although my next car will most likely be AWD and turbo (take a guess) lol.....that wont be for a while

 

1-3 years im with Silver SS AWD turbo is next for me

 

I want to keep it forever. I'm in my mid 20s and this is the first performance type car I have owned personally and I would like to think that one day I will look back at it as fondly as my father does his first muscle car. It might be fun 25 years from now to pull it out of a garage and take it for a spin or a show and have people looking at it going "I remember those" or "I used to have one just like it".

I know it won't ever be a highly sought after collectable but it may be something neat to have in my possesion a few decades from now as a conversation piece.

As for when I will get my next car. I will say 5 years or so depending on if I end up getting married in the next few years or not. I am pretty sure my next car will be more family orientated because I will probably be in that stage of my life. So in a way, keeping this car after I have moved into that next phase of life will be like keeping a little bit of my younger years with me.

 

i put 1-5 because im in the navy and will prob sell it befor i go to sea and get something else when i get back

 

I've had my cav for 6 years. If I keep the cobalt for 6 as well, my next car will be something with 4 doors.

 

Through college and until I can afford something better, or I blow the damn head off because I thought a 2" pulley would work. lol

 

Since I am paying for the entire car, it is my own. It will last me until I find myself needing a new car. 6 yrs +

 

The sooner i can get deployed to the desert the sooner i can get some extra cash and pay off some debt.. trade in my Car and Buy a BMW or a G35

 

till the car is worth as much as I owe lol......

 

kind of up in the air and may be getting rid of it

 

Forever. Mine will be driven and raced for the next couple of years and then I am buying a new 08-09 Cobalt SS\?? and that will be my daily driver and this one will go to racing only. I keep these long enough to make money on them after I die. I love my Cobalt and for the money I am putting into it, I better love it.

 

10 or more for me as well, i plan on keeping it until i can pass it on to my future children. My first two cars were used so this is my first new car, and i feel thats something special. Something i dont ever see myself getting rid of