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They also last much longer
by zeckalpha 4y ago
They also last much longer
- taftster 4y agoOr we are forced to make them last longer.
- scarecrowbob 4y agoThat doesn't match my experiences; IME cars do last longer now. I have owned and spent substantial time driving a 1978 Buick Regal and a 1968 Westphalia VW van. I don't think that you're gonna see 200K miles out of either of those vehicles. The Buick had about 120K on it and was clearly on its last legs. It's likely been scrapped. The VW only runs because I sold it to a mechanical engineer who wanted to have a project to work on with his children, and it's now a "vintage" toy instead of my daily driver. I am at about 180K on my 2014 Tacoma and I expect to get at least another 120k out of it before I sell it.
- mgkimsal 4y agorandom anecdote: 2004 chrysler Sebring - nothing special, hit 180k before I had some 'unknown' engine problem. Mechanic spent a couple hours trying some stuff, and something worked, and I got another 60k miles out of it before it was time to let it go. That was over a 14 year period. If I was mechanically inclined, I probably could have done a little bit more on my own re: preventative/etc, to get a bit more out of it. Or... had I sunk another $2k in (estimate) to fix a bunch of stuff, who knows? I might have got another few years. But I went with something smaller, newer, better mpg, and probably overall better safety (12 years newer).
- tastyfreeze 4y agoShout out to Toyota making 200k miles the new 100k. The Toyotas I have owned have been over 150k with very little issue.
- erichocean 4y agoMy 2001 4Runner has over 350K miles, and is still rocking 4x4 action on the North Carolina beach daily.
- rdtwo 4y agoNon salt state? Pre 2005 Toyotas had serious corrosion issues in salt road conditions
- KptMarchewa 4y agoPeople are extremely overestimating how cars last decades ago. Barring other things, corrosion protection was nonexistent, few year old cars were rusting away.