[hanamizu]

Newer cars aren’t built to last that long.

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I’m going to have to disagree with you here. Although older cars were easier to work on and maintain, the average had nowhere near the ‘life-expectancy’ of what’s being made now. Now, because of advancing tech, people may be more inclined to trade in a car after a couple of years, I’ll grant you that. But putting more than 100,000 on a car used to be a remarkable feat, and now it’s commonplace.

My 2018 Honda CRV practically drives itself on Interstates between active cruise control and lane keeping.

[Hatteras]

Let me rephrase that... The newer cars fall apart faster. Plastic interiors, fiberglass and plastic bodies, etc... They don’t last long enough for people to care about the motor. They are cheap and disposable and they all look the same. Probably plenty of still worthy motors sitting in junkyards because the cars are crap.

[qam1]

But putting more than 100,000 on a car used to be a remarkable feat, and now it’s commonplace.

True, the odometer on older cars used to flip over at 100,000 miles because the car companies assumed few cars would last long enough to make it that far.

[ridesthemiles]

1979 Buick station wagon with 403 Olds engine-==218,000 miles.

1976 1 tin Chevy dually truck—Granny low 4 speed-454—has over 348,000 on the chassis.