Bad News: These OLD Used Cars Will Outlast The New Version!

My '02 Tundra 4x4 has 175K miles. You could balance a nickel on edge on the hood with the engine running it's so smooth.

so the lesson here is: the modern, more technologically forward designed cars are no where as reliable as there counterparts from just 10 years ago (not to mention the cost)...i agree...i own a 2012 Toyota Camry, and it's by far the best car we've ever owned, and still going strong at 200,000 miles...

I wanted a Highlander to replace my 2011 Sienna. Thanks to your videos, and Scotty's, I avoided the new turbocharged engine they offer, and found a 2020 LE with the ultra reliable 3.5 V6 and only 40000 km. Might be the last car I ever own.

I have a 2012 Mazda3 skiactiv, 6 spd auto and it's been rock solid in reliability and dependabilty, nothing has ever gone wrong with it except i have had to top off the refrigerant. Just done the scheduled maintenance and that's it. What a great car it has been.

I worked for Jeep Eagle in 90's and the Jeep TJ were tanks. We had a jeep door sitting in the back of the yard at the shop, the mirror was removed and there was galvanized steel behind it. The door sat in the element for decades and not a spot of rust. I loved the straight 6 Jeep engines. When they first created it, it pumped out 700 horsepower, nevertheless they had to redesign it as it was too powerful and blew piston rods lol.

Hard part around me is rust and rot. They run forever but won't pass inspection

I still drive a '92 Cherokee with a 5-speed. Never leaves me stranded, still averages out to around 20mpg. Over 300k miles and she runs strong.

Wife's 96 Honda other than routine maintenance, has only ever had the radiator replaced. I am astonished at the maintenance costs of people with newer vehicles.

Don't forget about the sixth generation Taurus with the V6. I even say the Edge and Explorer with the 3.5 be good vehicles too.

We got a 2010 Mercury Mariner badged "Escape" with the 3 liter engine. Yep, same thing he is praising. It was also built in that era as a Mazda Tribute. Kinda funny to look at a Mazda and see on the dataplate in the door "built by Ford Motor Co.", but it is true.