[tirant]

It’s not only about longevity in time but also in terms of miles.

For heavy users and given a standard range of 250+ miles, we are talking about a longevity of 1 000 000 miles. I never had a car with more than 200.000km (120 000 miles).

[esseph]

I've never had a car with less than 120,000 miles.

[hvb2]

In the US you see a lot of cars with many miles on them because distances are bigger there, especially on the west coast.

Also, there's just smog you need to pass which is significantly less than in many other developed countries. Some have yearly required checks that would check all safety features like brakes, tires etcetera. That's where a lot of cars fail that would just keep driving in the US

[esseph]

A lot of states have yearly inspections.

Outside of the rust belt, cars last quite awhile as long as you change oil and the occasional rubbery bit.

I'm actually scrapping a 99 Jeep TJ right now because the OEM powertrain is just awful, but the rest of the vehicle is perfectly fine.

[pengaru]

outside the rust belt new-ish cars can easily last hundreds of thousands of miles

my 95 mx-5 has nearly 360,000 mi. on it

[dzhiurgis]

Ok ask toyota to make cars with 120k miles already clocked in.

[swiftcoder]

If you look through second-hand car listings in Europe, >400,000km is not that usual to see. In places where cars are relatively expensive, folks keep them running forever...

That said, a million miles is probably enough for anyone :D

[pjc50]

There was a Korean guy who drove an Ioniq, on its original battery, over 660,000km. Basically going up and down the country every day for work.