<p>A 1983 Mazda RX7. My ex husband now has it - I got the station wagon - and it is still going strong.</p>
<p>Okay here’s another one, although I didn’t buy it. I was fifth of six kids and when my mother was in the hospital with me she told my father she would not come home until there was a dyer in the house. He went out and bought a Speed Queen Washer. It got used every day. Thirty years later my mother gave me the dyer as she moved from her house to an apartment with a new washer and dyer. H and I moved that dyer three times and used it every day. It finally gave up the ghost on my 47th birthday. We have had three dyers in the five years since then. I wish I could buy a Speed Queen.</p>
<p>My HP-67 calculator which I bought around 1977. It is sitting on my desk at home and it is my calculator of choice. Programmable, hand-held, magnetic card read/write for programs storage and retrieval and a zillion functions. It’s built like a tank and the buttons on it provide far more tactile feedback compared to modern junk. The nicest feature is the LED display which means that I can use it in the dark. These calculators can be seen in museums these days.</p>
<p>^I have a HP-15C which my brother gave to me around 1977, still my calculator of choice.</p>
<p>pumpkin65, we have a tempurpedic mattress (bought at an authorized dealer) that is 8(?) years old. Still as good as the day we bought it. Check the mattress thread for some other suggestions.</p>
<p>I had a look at the HP machine and it said that the 15C was sold between 1981-1989. I was unfamiliar with this model - I didn’t realize that HP had a variety of horizontal calculators - I was mainly familiar with the financial calculator. The 15C packs a lot of power in a small package. I also learned about the 16C which would be pretty cool for the office.</p>
<p>^Maybe earlier 1981, I thought I got it a lot earlier than that.</p>
<p>My Cuisinart mixer, $200, 20 years old. The plastic is chipped from beater, tho. I bake several times a week.</p>
<p>Most of my oak furniture, found in used furniture shops. Dresser, $15, Baker platinum armoire, $300, sofa 300 (tho recovered), kitchen table–the rush on chairs now covered with duct tape, tho. Refinishing these pieces certainly paid off, 25 years later.</p>
<p>My 1996 Volvo 850 turns 14 years old next week. My kids said it became a Bar Mitzvah last year (they decided it was a boy since it’s a 5 speed & has a stick).<br>
I was so protective of the car that I never taught S1 how to drive it because he always looks for shortcuts & isn’t good at following instructions. I didn’t want him to wreck the transmission.
S2 is more conscientious so he was taught how to drive it. The car was supposed to become his when he got his license almost 3 years ago, but I haven’t found another car I like so the car is still mine, but he drives it when he’s home.</p>
<p>Does it matter if it’s not MY money? My brother gave H and I a microwave as a wedding present. That was in 1987. Still works great but looks like it’s from…well…1987. Everytime I mention replacing it H looks at me like I have 2 heads. “Why would you want to do THAT? It’s perfectly FINE!” Pretty soon I’m just going to DO IT.</p>
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<p>We got rid of our 1981 Amana Radarrange in 2001 when we remodeled the kitchen. It was still working perfectly, but it was HUGE. And yes, we’re now on our second microwave since 2001.</p>
<p>The same as OP - backpack. The cheappo one, bought when D started HS, still being used in college (junior). Always staffed to the point of barely able to lift it. I fixed it few times and washed it numerous times, I do not mind doing both. She has a lot of new one’s, but likes this one. Much bigger item - I wear D’s clothe that she is done using all the time, saves not only $$, but a lot of time, I hate shopping.</p>
<p>My mother bought one of those really cool trendy kitchen aid stand mixers back when they were a new thing- in the 1970s in harvest gold. She handed it down to me 20+ years ago and I still use it all the time. I try to appreciate the colour as classic ;)</p>
<p>My kitchen aid Mixer is 23 years old and my washer and dryer are both 25 years old. The mixer is still as good as the day I got it but I’m hoping the washer and dryer die - soon. My husband- I got him when he was 19 and he’s still in good shape 32 years later!</p>
<p>kathiep- yeah, your DH has lasted a long time, but just how much has the maintenance been?</p>
<p>Our bargain pup! Bought for a deeply discounted price from a kennel 13 years ago. They were anxious to move him out, he was an embarassment! A bird dog allergic to feathers, a hunting dog afraid of guns and loud noises, couldnt be shown because he had chewed his tail ragged, and couldnt be bred because he had a seizure disorder… Best darn pet we ever had and still do…</p>
<p>Ditto on the Kitchenaide mixer (18 yrs old)
and I JUST got a new Cuisinart processor, mine passed on last week after 22 years of
faithfull service (and I use it 4-5 times a week)</p>
<p>My harvest gold mixer dates from 1981.</p>
<p>I have a pencil sharpener we got in Japan - it’s at least 46 years old and still works better than any other pencil sharpener I’ve ever used. </p>
<p>My dining room table belong to my great grandmother and we have a small upholstered rocking/swivel chair that dates back to 1968. I tried to replace it with a new one, but never found anything that was as small. I paid a small fortune to reupholster it, but it looks brand new.</p>
<p>We finally replaced my son’s LLBean backback when Heathrow said it smelled like a bomb.</p>