I am really surprised this didn't kick up

Agreed barbee6043. They were made with a life expectancy of 10 years and 100k tops. At 5 years old they were half worn out, now second hand used cars. Stuff back then wasnt built to any quality standards like today. Heck I have an 11 year old 2008 Chevy HHR 5 speed daily driver with 119k on it. No rust holes. Paint still shiny and I dont wax it. Still runs like brand new. A/C still blows ice cold. I run the snot out of it daily, load the *** end full of stuff all the time. Only things I have done to it this whole time since I bought it new was change the oil, the filters, front brakes, tires, thermostat, spark plugs, various light bulbs, 1 battery, and one set of front wheel bearings. Normal wear and mtx ****.

I havent made a car payment in years. I will keep running it till something major goes that's too costly to fix. Currently the flex pipe to the converter developed a crack at the flex joint. A new pipe w joint and new converter was $109 gaskets at both ends, an hours time to change out.

Point I am trying to make is cars are engineered to last longer these days. With Japanese quality upping the bar, now customers rightfully demand it from any make they buy. If I get another 5-7 years out of this thing and hit 200k before its junk, I will be really happy.