[ae1969]

uhmmm I have owned and continue to own a variety of death traps......

I have seen cracked heads on Hondas, fried transmissions on VW's and broken valves on porsches etc.etc.etc.......

To me it boils down to maintenance and how you drive your car. My dad swore buy his 77 plymouth volare (another death trap), drove it for over 400,000 miles....... (crazy) same engine and tranny! The only problem was the eventual rust holes that marked its death.

Maintenance and driving style are the only issues.

If you drive your car like you wish it was a ferrari when its not.... guess what it will break.

The only advantage I see, with all things being equal, domestic parts are a fraction of the price of any import. So if you do regular maintenance it will be cheaper on your domestic on the long run.


**on a side note you can't compare longevity between a corolla and a porsche or a 4x4. Any econo box that is mainained and not driven hard will last forever........ ?? Makes you wonder how long a porsche would last with regular maintenance and NEVER driven hard???? I would venture to guess twice as long............