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My engine died! Ford say's I need a new one.
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 559010" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>People drive Camry's and Corollas into the 100s of thousands of miles. My cousin had a Corolla that he owned for almost 10 years, and he had over 200K miles. Never replaced anything but brakes and tires, and then only went through about 3 or 4 sets of tires.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He traveled a long way each day back and forth to work, then drove a lot during his work (manager at a local, regional telco).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> I am pretty sure it was a Corolla, and I am talking about a period during the late 70s, early 80s.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My wife put over 120K on a 91 Mitsu Galant in less than 5 years. No problems whatsoever.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are people here that are putting 40K and 50K miles on their STs in 4 years or under and replacing trannies and engines, at what appears to be an alarming rate...to that I say WTF!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure, maybe the failure rates are the same with the imports; and sure, maybe for every 1000 Camry's that have under 50K miles there are tranny and engine problems at the same rate for 1000 similarly mileaged STs...but I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT. And, it seems Consumer Reports reliability surveys would back that assumption up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 559010, member: 60724"] People drive Camry's and Corollas into the 100s of thousands of miles. My cousin had a Corolla that he owned for almost 10 years, and he had over 200K miles. Never replaced anything but brakes and tires, and then only went through about 3 or 4 sets of tires. He traveled a long way each day back and forth to work, then drove a lot during his work (manager at a local, regional telco). I am pretty sure it was a Corolla, and I am talking about a period during the late 70s, early 80s. My wife put over 120K on a 91 Mitsu Galant in less than 5 years. No problems whatsoever. There are people here that are putting 40K and 50K miles on their STs in 4 years or under and replacing trannies and engines, at what appears to be an alarming rate...to that I say WTF! Sure, maybe the failure rates are the same with the imports; and sure, maybe for every 1000 Camry's that have under 50K miles there are tranny and engine problems at the same rate for 1000 similarly mileaged STs...but I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT. And, it seems Consumer Reports reliability surveys would back that assumption up. TJR [/QUOTE]
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