I drive mine hard, but I pull all the maintenance on them. That said, my aunt had an 02 Century. She traded it two years ago for a Jaguar XJ8 because the Century was forever losing parts - and had only 30K on the clock!
I take care of all my outfits. 3 years old, and still has the new car smell. I'm a smoker and I won't even smoke in my car.