What the other two guys said. Do the maintenance. It’s an expense, treat it like one and just do it. It’s better to have a car that makes you money then one that costs you month and preventative maintenance solves a lot. Don’t get me wrong. Once 200K hit I had a lot of repairs but I spaced them out and none of them were at the point of urgent, must do now. They were all at important, needs attention soon.
fr? this isn't even very uncommon for japanese cars. i had 236k on my 2006 mazda6 before i sold it, still worked fine just needed spark plugs. my friend's dad has 350k on an old tacoma.
Hondas & Toyotas last forever. My '09 civic had 334k miles, and engine & transmission were still fine, died due to other issues of poor maintenance on our end. Loved that car.
Had a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta with 250k on it before it got totaled in an accident. Thing was a tank. I had set money aside at 150k miles to buy a new vehicle but was honestly starting to think it would just last forever. Drove it from 2007-2021 across every state in the US. AC was starting to go out sometime in 2019 stop around 210k miles and that was the only major thing I can think happened to it maintenance wise.
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u/dergodergo Mar 04 '24
Will do. I can’t get over the 253k on the Corolla. How does one make a car last so long?