Yup. Even in snowy places -- my folks, siblings, friends all have cars running in Wisconsin that have at one point or another hit or crossed the 300,000km thres

Yup. Even in snowy places -- my folks, siblings, friends all have cars running in Wisconsin that have at one point or another hit or crossed the 300,000km threshold. We had a Grand Caravan that looked pretty good when we finally traded it in at 350,000km. Older cars, you keep them relatively clean and knock your boots before getting in so that the salt doesn't grind your carpets away, and replace things as they start to fail. A lot of older cars will just keep on chugging along.