[editor-surveyor]

"I've owned 4 american cars, the only one that didn't make 250K was a Chevy Chevette (read Isuzu)."

I'd almost forgotten the 'shovette.'

These phonies that lease a new car every two years to "keep up appearances" have no idea how well built american cars always have been. I kept my 65 mustang for nine years of wild post-adolescent indulgence, and replaced the 271 HP engine at about 300,000 miles because it sounded 'loose.' I gave it to one of my neighbors who installed it in a tow truck and ran it for another 100,000 miles.

[Dead Dog]

Chevy's monument to outsourcing, the Chevette, lasted 65K miles. It was literally built to be disposable. Worst $800.00 I've ever spent. Should have blown it all on beer.

[WildTurkey]

In the 80's our cars consisted of a Z-28, Honda CRX-SI and a Nissan 300ZX. In the 80's the only car that needed more than routine was the Z-28. We moved to NE about 1990 and I got a Jeep Cherokee. Sold the Z and the Honda. In the 90's the only "maintenance" on the ZX was to replace the poly drive belt in the retractable antenna. The jeep needed several ...

In the 2000's we own a Mustang GT and a Toyota. Guess which one has had the maintenance and which has not!

And then there is the "new car syndrome". My jeep had to have four trips to the shop to finally get the electric door locks working and my Mustang had to have three trips to get the clutch to stop squealing.