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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.

Wish they’d go after Land Rover. I’d sell it, but who would buy a car that costs them more in repairs than the bluebook value?

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.

I've owned G.M. products and Toyota products over tyhe past 50 years, so I don't have to depend on what "I've heard" Toyota is head and shoulders above anything G.M. puts out. As far as people not bothering to check their dip sticks, that'sa a people problem, not a car problem.

At about 100,000 miles on a Toyota, the seals all start to get brittle and leak.

Mine didn't. Maybe I'm an exception huh?

Buy what you want to buy and so will I. I have extensive experience with both companies and I will stick with Toyota.

“At about 100,000 miles on a Toyota, the seals all start to get brittle and leak.”

I’ve had a couple of Jap cars do that. But then again I check the oil EVERY time I put gas in, and have trained my kids to do the same. So when it happened, I just saw the level go down...added some oil, and got another 150,000 miles (and counting). Not too hard to deal with, if you’re proactive.

...unlike a union car simply cracking a head, for example (as I’ve had to also deal with).

Wow, our 235K mile ‘93 Corolla must be an exception. Doesn’t drip a drop, and consumes less than a qt before a 5K oil change. Also gets 35+ MPG regardless if you drive 70 or 90. As for repairs, beside the brakes, tires, shocks and an occasional bulb, it needed an exhaust manifold once.
As for rust, we have lived in Los Angeles and now Arizona, so we have no rust.
I’m sure they exist somewhere, but I myself have NEVER seen a US manufactured car come close to that.

I had an 83 toyota pickup, put 110 k on it, traded it in for an 89 (used, in '94) pickup, currently has 211K, changed timing chain (every 90K)and a stater and alternator. Still gets 21 mph and does not leak. My wife had a paseo, put 130K on it, sold it to her dad, who placed an addituional 100 K on it and still drives it. No major repairs. Currently wife has a forrunner with 127K, no problems.

I do perform routine oil and filter changes per manual.