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People used to consider it a major milestone for their car to hit 100,000 miles. It wouldn't be particularly surprising if you needed your engine or transmissio
by floren 6y ago
People used to consider it a major milestone for their car to hit 100,000 miles. It wouldn't be particularly surprising if you needed your engine or transmission rebuilt before that point. American cars didn't even have 6-digit odometers for a long time. These days, your average inexpensive sedan will hit 100,000 miles with nothing but oil changes (every 10,000 miles instead of every 3,000 like it used to be), a couple sets of tires, and some new brake pads.
Of course, if it breaks, it's full of all these complex little systems that let modern cars run for hundreds of thousands of miles at 40mpg, and you'll need to pull in a professional, but they break a LOT less frequently.
- Amezarak 6y agoMy experience is that the drivetrain is MUCH more reliable than it used to be, but the various electronic systems are subject to high failure rates - displays, buttons, computers, sensors, etc. Many of these failures don't impact your actual driving ability, but are just a nuisance, like if your AC button stops working or your cars information displays.