I find it odd that the poll for the most repected/best car company is based on trade ins. If it was such a good car, why did they trade it in? And who did they actually ask? The dealers... Sort of makes it biased right off the bat.

The most reliable vehicle I ever owned was a 64 Dodge W200. It still ran fine when I got rid of it, but the body would have made swiss cheese jealous.

I had a 84 Honda Civic for years that I put about 400k on, and I bought it used. It rusted to pieces as well.

My 96 Lumina just recently expired, at 180k.

My 05 StI is on engine rebuild number 4, but that happens when you run 35+ psi of boost... Engines don't last long when run that much boost. (GT4088r turbo) It's my play toy... The rest of the car puts up with it, which says a lot about Subaru in general. Not to many drivetrains are designed to put up with all but 3 times the factory power output.

How long a car lasts has isn't just who built it.

Luck, how you drive it, and servicing it have a lot to do with it.

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