Technically 10 years if only counting this forum - from the Beginning if you count the guestbook.....
I started coming here as a TEENAGER - whenever the family X (the same one, LOL) would have an issue, I'd go here to learn what the cause and possible issue was. I was quite mechanically inclined as a kid, fixing just about anything I was allowed to take tools to. This forum is probably why that same Explorer is still on the road all these years later with so few issues.
Learning how stuff works and fixing it myself is part of how I get such massive returns and long life out of things.