Some drivers like to get a new vehicle every few years. They like the new styles and latest technology.

But others like to keep their car, SUV or truck a long time. They often say they want to get their money's worth out of it.

The Butler Eagle went looking for some high mileage owner who have kept their vehicles for miles and miles over years and years.

Here is a look at three of these kinds of owners.

285,000 miles

Owner: Jody Spisak

Address: Butler

Vehicle: 1990 Pontiac Bonneville

Mileage: 285,000

When Jody Spisak has trouble with her 1990 Pontiac Bonneville, she pats the dashboard and says, “Come on, Johnny.”

There's a story behind Johnny.

Spisak of Butler and a carrier for the Butler Eagle bought the car in 2005 from a customer's son, John Broad, when he was dying of pancreatic cancer in 2005.

“He passed away shortly after I bought it,” she said. “I always joke with a little bit of luck, a little bit of him is with me.”

The car, which had 125,000 miles when she bought it, now has 285,000 miles and still runs well. While Spisak drove it for years on her route, her husband, Shenan, now does most of the driving as a material handler and in quality control for JSP International in East Butler. She occasionally will use it as her backup vehicle.

“He's the main reason it's still running,” she said. “It's just a good car. It's GM: they're a good, old car. I'm a GM person all the way, always have been.”

Shenan Spisak checks the brakes every few months, changes the tires every six months. He keeps winter tires on the car year-round and gets an oil change ever 3,000 miles “on the nose,” Jody Spisak said.

“They hold up and last a lot better,” she said of the winter tires.

She estimated they've put just $1,500 worth of repairs into the car, which is on its third transmission but still has the same engine 26 years after it was built.

It has not been in any major collisions, just a few fender benders.

While she kept the inside clean, she said that's fallen by the wayside since her husband took over maintenance.

“I kept it up all the time,” she said. “I kept it clean and got the outside clean all the time, and the dash and the seats, and made sure that it was always presentable.”

Jody and Shenan Spisak have driven “Johnny” through harsh Western Pennsylvania winters, through early morning paper routes, to evening concerts and back.

And there's no signs of it slowing down.

“I intend on keeping it until it dies,” Jody Spisak said. “It's still a daily driver.

“It's so reliable, and I enjoy driving it. And it's just a good, old, American car. There's no quit to it.”

336,616 miles

Owner: Jeremy Barnhart

Address: Jefferson Township

Vehicle: 2002 GMC Sierra

Mileage: 336,616

From every day tasks to hauling tractors, Jeremy Barnhart's Sierra has done a little bit of everything.

He took the truck to work 40 miles each way when he worked in Pittsburgh as a mechanic. He drove it to Colorado to go elk hunting.

He took it down to Tennessee to pick up a tractor for his father-in-law.

He and his friends get together to compete in tractor-hauling competitions 20-to-30 times a year.

“The classic 'My tractor's better than your tractor' kind of thing,” he said.

Barnhart bought the truck from his pastor in 2007 when it had 107,000 miles on it, so more than 200,000 miles later, it's only fitting he attributes its staying power to the divine.

“In my words, lots of prayer,” he said. “It's blessed.”

His pastor took care of it before him, and he's taken care of it since then. He noted since 2002, the truck has only needed seven light bulb replacements.

“When it's broke, you fix it, and just kind of keep going, doing what you got to do,” he said.

It helps Barnhart is a mechanic and he does his repairs himself. That came in handy when it took him 26 hours to change his head gaskets. The cost to have someone else do it would have cost more than the truck was valued.

“Everything else is replaced as needed,” Barnhart said. “Because I'm a mechanic, I can figure out what it needs, so I replace it when it needs it.”

Barnhart laughed as he remembered a time he competed in a truck-hauling competition and his tie rod ends bent, causing his wheels to point toward each other. His truck had to be taken off the track and someone captured his misfortune on video, posting it on social media.

Barnhart has the last laugh though, saying, “And yet, it's still running.”

For how long he'll keep it, he's not sure.

“As a daily runaround vehicle, it would probably be fine, but as far as towing the tractor and stuff, I'm not so much trusting it anymore,” he said.

“I don't want to break down on the road with the tractor and the trailer.”

267,884 miles

Owner: John Relihan

Address: Chicora

Vehicle: 1999 former U-Haul truck, converted into Dr. Waterheater work truck

Mileage: 267,884

John Relihan, president of Dr. Waterheater, bought a 14-year-old rental truck for $4,000 for his company as an “experiment” in 2013.

The original plan was to use the vehicle as a spare, but as Relihan and his crew began to invest money into the truck, they began to use it more.

In three years, they've put about 40,000 miles on it. It carries more than 10,000 pounds of water heater equipment per day, and it has done better than Relihan ever expected.

“What makes it unique is because it's built to haul, it's actually been the best truck I've ever owned as far as hauling the weight,” he said.

The truck is rust-free due to undercoating by U-Haul, and it is in good condition because of regular maintenance both by U-Haul and Relihan.

Twice a year, Relihan takes it off the road for a few weeks for repairs.

“When you have a vehicle with this kind of mileage, especially a truck, you can't go into something like this thinking you'll never invest any money at all,” Relihan said. “It's something that you're going to constantly invest in.”

It also works well in the winter, not only because it runs on gas, not diesel, but also because of it's slip rear end, which helps for going up driveways in the ice and snow.

Most impressive to Relihan, though, is the handling.

“The handling is just unreal,” he said. “The handling is superior to anything I've ever driven, workwise.”