Cars are designed to fail faster? Um...No. not even close. My experience, as well as facts, don't support that. Cars are lasting longer than ever. The average

Cars are designed to fail faster? Um...No. not even close. My experience, as well as facts, don't support that. Cars are lasting longer than ever. The average age of a car on the road is highest it's ever been.... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/29/new-car-sales-soaring-but-cars-getting-older-too/30821191/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/29/new-car-sales... I remember when I was a kid, as a rule of thumb, people would say to expect a car last for 100,000 miles. Now I'd expect closer to double that. I'm actually pretty amazed at the quality of modern cars.