"James Sweet" wrote in message news:IDTXg.24 Of
course domestic cars tend to kinda self destruct around 10 years or 100K
miles anyway.

Interesting. I'd like to see some real numbers that support that statement;
do you have them? I don't think it's difficult to get well over 100,000
miles out of any modern vehicle if regular maintenance is done. Oh yeah,
boats too.