Fred, I remember cars built in the 60's were lucky to go 100K before they needed overhauled. Then EPA got involved, hanging on pollution devices on asperated cars. Not sure exactly when, it could have been late 60's or 70's.
Auto industry realized it was time to get rid of carburetors and go with throttle body. Now we have fuel injection.
Something good came from EPA requiring cleaner burning cars. IMHO, Cleaner burning cars is why cars are lasting much longer. A rich carb would wash oil off cylinder walls. I remember 100k engines would burn a lot of oil. I would have to bore engines out to 0.030 to clean up the cylinders.
I may keep my cars and trucks for 15 years or 150K. After that every things starts fall apart. Master cylinders, radiator hoses, brake lines, gas lines, water pumps and the list goes on.
In 2018 I decided to buy a new car. My old car was 13 years old and 100k. I decided to keep that car for local travel and use the new car for trips. It's possible the 2005 car may go past 15 years. When it starts falling apart, that car will go bye bye. The resale value of a 2005 is less than a transmission rebuild. I do all the service work on car and truck that's out of warranty. I'll pay for service on Kubota until it out of warranty.
400K is impressive. Looks good. Do you have salt on your roads in winter? geo.
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