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My 2012 Toyota Tacoma has no screens, no remote door locks, no power windows or seats. After 11 years and 130k miles, everything still works perfectly. I dread the day I have to replace it. Hopefully that will be in at least another 100k miles.

Simple, mechanical cars (and trucks) don’t seem to exist anymore. It’s a shame.

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One of the things I love about my VW GTI is I managed to get the "Wolfsburg Edition", which had everything I wanted and nothing I didn't. Including a lot of physical buttons and no screen in the center console.

What model year is your GTI?

2013 - I think.

People are currently paying $10k+ for 250k mile 2004 Toyota 4Runners. My family has one with 230k and there isn't a single hesitation about using it to tow a trailer across the US.

Plus endless forum support if you do have a problem. Easy to work on. You can retire in that vehicle if you like.

3rd tacoma owner in this thread. Love it. 200k is middle age and they'll send you a sticker once you reach it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Toyota/comments/vt4yax/got_my_20000...

If you get to 1,000,000 miles, they give you a free car.

> Simple, mechanical cars (and trucks) don’t seem to exist anymore. It’s a shame.

New ones were made illegal during the Obama administration, and the Bush administration destroyed a bunch of the old ones with "Cash for Clunkers".

They do! You're driving one :D but in all seriousness, they are out there, but the ones still in relatively good condition are a pretty penny.

130K? Pfft. Those are rookie numbers LOL. My Tacoma recently turned over 300K, and it still runs great. I've never had any problems with it.

As long as you don't tire of it, chances are, you will have no problem driving it for another 11 years and 130k miles. In fact, I'm very confident.

I have a 2014 mazda 3 manual hatch. I don't think I'll ever sell this car. ever.

130k miles? virtually any car can do this without major problems.

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