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> 70,000 miles is an incredible distance Erm, maybe 20 years ago. I actually killed a car with a broken drive-shaft jamming the wheels (it got wedged between
by mattlondon 10y ago
> 70,000 miles is an incredible distance
Erm, maybe 20 years ago.
I actually killed a car with a broken drive-shaft jamming the wheels (it got wedged between the inside of the wheel and brake disk+calliper) and that happened at about 116K...and that was a 1997 Peugeot!
I sold a Honda a couple of years ago that had about 160K on the clock - zero mechanical or electrical defects and still drove like new. I now have a Toyota on 85K and a Mazda on 75K - the only mechanical issues I've had on either of those is 1 of the 7 exhaust hangers rusting off of the exhaust pipe on the Toyota which is trivially minor point.
- masklinn 10y agoNot even 20 years ago, executive cars of the time (e.g. Saab 9000, Mercedes W124, Peugeot 605, …) were fully expected to and routinely going multiples of that distance.
- justin66 10y agoTwenty years ago is just... the mid nineties. You'd expect any Japanese economy car of the era to last some decent multiple of that as well, with the expectation that you would eventually see some body rust in a northern climate.