*meekly raises hand*

While on the topic of cars... had a ‘95 dodge neon that crapped out at 95,000 miles. The thing was babied it’s entire life (bought new by my grandmom), but as it aged, more and more things went wrong on it. It went from nickel and diming us to thousand dollaring us, all while leaving us stranded on the highway 3 times: once when the head gasket blew, another time when the ignition switch failed (in the middle of a busy intersection, no less), and lastly, when water pump seized and ripped the timing belt to shreds. To its credit, the thing had ice cold air conditioning though. Felt like you had ice cubes pelting you in the face.

And then there’s my 2002 accord. Throughout its 200,000 (and continuing) adventure, I’ve had exactly 3 things go wrong with it: O2 sensor failed, then the EGR valve, and the O2 sensor again. Never left me stranded.

My fiance’s old 1999 Corolla was the same way. 230,000 miles, and it really only needed a power steering pump, and a new valve cover gasket. Thing ran like a champ, even when we sold it.

So even though my sample size is super low, I’ll probably stick with my Hondas and Toyotas because they’ve always been good to me—even though there are a ton of other brands that are just as good.