Most cars today are like dirtbikes, give them good, regular maintence, and they will last a long time. A friend of mine has a ~'94 Ford Taurus SHO 5spd, its got 230,000 miles on it, on its third clutch, but still looks and runs great. Mainly because his dad took care of it when he had it before passing along to son. Well, my other friends dad has a ~'98 Ford F-150, its got a 130,000 miles on it and aint doing so good. The transmission needed an overhaul, and the torque converter needed replacement. Plus the engine likes to knock about half the time, not only since running on regular gas but is just worn out from serious abuse. His dad doesnt do good maintence, maybe gets oil changed every 7,000 miles, and only takes it in when something went wrong, doesnt do preventive maintence. We have a '94 Jeep Cherokee with 200,000 miles on it as of last week. We do good, regular maintence which is the main reason why the engine still sounds and feels practically new, along with the rest of the car. Then you got my cousin whos got a '94 Pontiac Grand Prix that was in awesome running condition when she got it about 2 years ago. But now it runs like ****, you wanna know why, because she waited 15,000 miles to change the freaking oil. The oil has only been changed once since she got it, and now its on like 8,000 miles since last one. The poor thing jerks when you try and accelerate. Back to civic's, my sister has a '00 Civic EX coupe 5spd, with 80,000 miles on it. The thing gets 40mpg, so you refill it like twice a month, costing $15 to fill. She brings it back to dealership to have maintence done at every intervil and the thing runs awesome, and I expect it to go to atleast 250,000 miles.