Agree with all of this, however, I remember when an American car making it to 100k miles without major problems was nearly unheard of. Or at least, that's how I seem to remember it. My parents had several Dodge / Chrysler's in the 1990's that had catastrophic failure before reaching 100k miles. The exception was our Ford Escort which lasted to 180k miles before the engine needed a rebuild, which likely had something do with a sibling not changing the oil for 25k miles.
It seems like we have more reliable engines, drive trains, and less reliable $2 chips that turns those things on.
It seems like we have more reliable engines, drive trains, and less reliable $2 chips that turns those things on.