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>Almost any car can go 200,000 miles these days and exceptions

Doubt that

>Pre OBD2 cars just didn’t do that

In Eastern Europe, if the car has 200k-300k km on the odomoter, it only means one thing - the odometer is turned back. Pre OBD2 doing 500k and up is pretty normal here.

>little plastic part in the distributor

Distributor was always plastic, afaik. I'm talking about plastic water pumps on the new BMWs

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"How Many Miles Does a Car Last?

The Bureau of Transportation indicates that the average age across the board for vehicles still on the road is just over 11 years according to Autotrader, and the average may be approaching 12 years. Standard cars in this day and age are expected to keep running up to 200,000 miles, while cars with electric engines are expected to last for up to 300,000 miles."

https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-mil...

Old BMWs have plastic water pumps. That’s hardly something new.

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