I can attest that this is not unheard of in southern california. 1995 cars are driving all over the place. Cars seem to have a lifecycle where they get sold to

I can attest that this is not unheard of in southern california. 1995 cars are driving all over the place. Cars seem to have a lifecycle where they get sold to poorer owners with more and more miles piling on, and only get junked when they are beyond repair. Even a 150-200k miles car is worthy of selling on craigslist (for super cheap of course, but there are plenty of buyers). Now to be fair, SoCal has a rather unique and essential car culture, so this is probably an outlier as far as "most" cities go.