I’d still have my ‘05 Corolla but my son totaled it. I paid $14,450 for it new in ‘05. 6 years and 100,000 miles later, I still got a little over $9,000 for it from my insurance company.
I was a little surprised at that but I’d always heard that 100,000 miles on a Toyota is like 25,000 on a G.M. product.
You heard wrong. The Japs have one problem with building cars that has plagued them for decades. They don't know how to make rubber. At about 100,000 miles on a Toyota, the seals all start to get brittle and leak. Most people in these cars think they are trouble free and never check the dipstick. By the time the idiot light comes on it is too late. I know of at least 4 ten year old Camry's and Corollas that needed new engines because of this. Rust is their other Achilles heel.