Going back to when my parents were growing up, a car with 60,000 miles was near the end of its life. They checked the oil every time they got gas out of necessi

Going back to when my parents were growing up, a car with 60,000 miles was near the end of its life. They checked the oil every time they got gas out of necessity. Now almost nobody needs to check the oil that frequently (though it'd be good practice) and even lower end cars routinely last to 100,000 miles. I'm driving a 2010 Honda Civic with 100k miles and fully expect to replace it with a newer vehicle out of concern for safety, desire for an electric vehicle, and wanting some better creature comforts. The thing will probably run to 250k miles, which would take me another 13 years to achieve.