This still helps you. Unless you expect a car that is constantly in the shop the first five years to magically stop needing work after that. Yes it's possible t

This still helps you. Unless you expect a car that is constantly in the shop the first five years to magically stop needing work after that. Yes it's possible that some of the top cars switch places in the 5-10 range, but its very unlikely a bottom 5 car is going to eclipse a top 5 car. Most cars are also far more reliable now than you are thinking. Every big company makes cars now that routinely last 200k-300k miles, that takes more than 10 years of driving for most people.