If you have ever bought a brand new vehicle, when did you stop thinking of it as new?

After six months or so.

When my son borrowed it and broke the trunk latch, put a deep scratch on the dashboard upholstery, and chipped the paint on the roof.

This was the first and only car I’d ever bought new, and at that time I’d had it for two years. It still felt fresh and special to me. After that, no.

No more lending, either.

Each car is new until I get the next one, usually after a decade. My latest new car is a 2015.

About a year.

30-seconds after I drove it off the lot. Depreciation and all.

After spilling food in it.

After about 3 years. My current one is from 2015. damn!! that’s 7 years old!! I lost a couple of years somewhere!

For me, about a year.

About a year or year and a half.

My cars stay looking like new for years though. My husband is a car fanatic and neither of us eat or drink in our cars except on rare occasion.

First scratch or first car payment

First big ding in the side.