Most modern vehicles go more than 200,000 miles.
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Correct. The questions is, to what extent do you need to put time, money, repairs and parts into that 200,000 miles?
Its been my many years of experience that Japanese cars will get you to 200,000 far cheaper than American cars.
After 9 years and 130,000 miles the only thing that’s gone wrong with my Nissan is the windshield washer is broke.
Oh Darn.
QFT - my Japanese vehicle experience started with a 1994 Isuzu Trooper that went to 2007 with 270,000 miles on it. The wife insisted I sell it when I changed jobs and was going to have a long commute twice a week. Bought a lightly used 2006 Nissan XTerra that now has 171,000 on it that's only had normal maintenance and is now a bit of garage queen/weekender as the price of gas sent me into a new 2014 Toyota Corolla S last year. I'm getting an average mileage of 35mpg with the Corolla and loving it.
The wife's last two SUVs have been a Toyota Highlander and a Nissan Murano. She gets nervous when the clock rolls over 100,000 miles but I think she's coming around to my way of thinking on getting extended vehicle life beyond what our parents experienced. One thing's for certain and that is I'm unlikely to return to an "American" brand. The last one was a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee that you couldn't keep brake rotors on. Dumped it for the Highlander and haven't looked back.