random anecdote: 2004 chrysler Sebring - nothing special, hit 180k before I had some 'unknown' engine problem. Mechanic spent a couple hours trying some stuff,

random 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).