[brucepick]

Yup. There's a lot to be said for keeping what you have, well beyond 200,00 miles. I don't remember seeing anything that the owner isn't satisfied with it. If it needs $500-1500 work one day consider that cost only a small part of the $5000 you would spend now on a replacement.

We used to buy rear drive Volvos between $250-$3000 with 180-200 thousand miles on them and got 100-200 thousand more out of each.

Now we have Hondas (1 each Civic and Accord), bought with about 150k on their clocks, priced between $2000-$3000 each. I've put 130K on the Civic, bought it at 150K. I got my money's worth, even with the valve job I had done about half way through that span.