MouthBQ98 said:
How on earth are you people breaking your cars so fast and often?
My lowest mileage vehicle is at 230,000 miles.
My 390,000 mile suburban finally started having a transmission issue, but I'll spend 2 hours swapping out the fluid and filter in my garage to get it back in service.
I just finished a 1000 mile road trip including some off roading in a 25 year old nissan, 285,000 miles. Ran great. Never worried a second about if it would.
I don't get it.
Though, for what it is worth, I have the tools, time, and knowledge to do nearly all my own maintenance and most repairs, so I can keep them going without having to turn them over to a shop when minor things come up.
Not quite in the same boat as you, but close for a long time.
At one time had a 15yr old daily driver with 170k, 10yr old Mini-van with 120K and 30yr old sports car with 25k. I did almost all the maintenance, except sometimes the wife would use the dealer coupon for $29.99 oil change.
Now, my cars are 18-months, 2-years and 22 years old...all with less than 40k miles. But I still fix all my kids' old cars when they need help.