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This is just me, but steer clear of the known cars that last forever. They hold resale too much.
What you need is a ****ing grandma car that is 15 years old and has 60,000 miles.
A low mile ford is going to get more trouble free longevity than a 200K Corolla.
RE: new cars, I keep the wife in a good car. Dealing with the wife on a car breakdown is on my list of never ever worth it. Fortunately she doesn’t put much miles on and I have her in an 18 Yukon with 65K on it and have some time.
My pickup is a farm wagon. It’s pretty new but I put 30K or so a year on and like htis I’m not running it out of warranty. It’s a tool. I need availability. I don’t have time to **** around with breakdowns.
I have 3 old high mileage pickups for farm work. They’re reliable and I’ll run them until they’re not. I need low cost for those functions.
Surprisingly, I was doing pretty well trading 80/90 K for a 20K one. But since the used market has failen off I’m doubtful the next one will be good, but I’ll probably do it anyway. Because I’m after reliability.
So with my vehicles I have 3 distinct goals filled by very different vehicles.
Low cost mile
Availability
Happy wife.
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