I'm mulling over the idea of what my next car will be. The Saab still runs, but its days are clearly numbered. It leaks a bit of oil, coolant, power steering fluid, wiper fluid... count my blessings it doesn't leak gas.

Various sensors are starting to fail (like those really important ones that let you know the side door dingy light has gone out).

The suspension bushings are worn and it makes some god-awful noises if the street needs repaving (and you can bet CalTrans it does).

The passenger-side airbag has persistent sensor malfunctions where I need to keep the passenger-side seatbelt plugged-in to shut it up. This persisted even after I had a dealer replace the Takata anti-personnel airbags.

One of the spark plugs got burped up in oil a while back. One set of gaskets and plugs later, it had a moment where it did it again, but not since? It's been months and I don't know if that problem is gone or sleeping.

It's a good chunk into the 200k mileage club, and I put a lot of miles on it for my daily commute. Part of me wants a more eco-friendly car, something with good mileage that doesn't leave a Deepwater Horizon-esque wake of fluids behind it. At the same time, I don't want to downgrade the fun-ness of my car, so Prius et al are off the table. There's a Volt or a Model 3, but I'm not super into having a car payment. And even though I'm doing pretty alright financially right now, both those are on the far side of feasible. I'm still not convinced that I shouldn't just get another Craigslist buy for a few grand and drive it into the ground over the next few years.