In article >, Roger Blake
> wrote:

> > that's the very rare exception, not the rule, and you know it.
>
> At the moment the average car in the U.S. is over a decade old.
> That means that many are older.

what matters is the distribution, not the average.

your 40 year old vehicle is an outlier. very few cars on the road today
are anywhere near that old.

> Anyone can make a car last for decades if they have a mind to. It
> helps to start with a vehicle that is durable to begin with.

they can, but there's little point in that unless it's a classic car
that will hold its value.

newer cars are *much* safer, more economical, more comfortable and far
less likely to need a repair leaving one stranded.

in any event, the original point was that nothing lasts forever, and it
doesn't.