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 guess it is all relative. Your vehicle has never had the misery of a winter soaking in salt. Here in the NE all the Japanese stuff rusted away so fast that you do not see one that is over 15-20 years old. Volkswagan Rabbits also are non-existant. They rusted faster. Jap cars do have a rubber problem. I have talked to many people about it.
As for mileage I own a couple high mileage vehicles on their original engines. 1990 Fleetwood Brgm with a 350 has almost 300,000. 1988 Grand Wagoneer with a 360 I had that hit 280,000 before it was sold and is still running. 1998 Town Car with has over 150000 on original motor. All these vehicle get riden’ hard and put away wet. I am a car collector so I see a lot of cars and pretty generally GM and Ford V8 are really durable and cheap to fix.
I did have a 88 4 Runner with almost 300000 on the clock and it ran on the original engine fine. The rest of it was falling apart due to rust. I just bought it to turn quick so that didn’t matter.