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American made automobiles last about half as long as Japanese made automobiles.
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I would just like to state for the record that it has NOT been my experience that "Japanese vehicles outlast American vehicles", and I strongly believe that to be an obsolete and ignorant story that people repeat to each other and only believe because they hear it from each other all the time.
It has no bearing on reality, not in my household anyway. Any arguments can be directed at my girlfriend's on-its-third-transmission-in-110k-miles Acura TL and my 414,000 miles and still running on original drivetrain 81 escort (now fully retired) and 141k mile on original everything Tempo and practically brand new lookin' 2001 Blazer that I beat on in the desert every chance I get.
That said, it's going to be hard to combine "home on wheels" with "4x4" with "high MPG".... maybe a Steyr Pinzgauer radio truck? They're slow... but have portal axles and smal engines, should be easy to aeromod without big axles hanging under the box.