[mpg_numbers_guy]

And again that doesn't take into consideration that even within the same generation of vehicles, some may be more reliable than others. A while back my family had a very reliable 1998 Pontiac Trans Sport.....and then sold it to buy a 2001 Pontiac Montana (same car, same generation, just different name). The 2001 was less reliable at 220k miles when we sold it than the 1998 was at 250K when we sold that.

Even unreliable cars have a low % chance of falling apart when looking at overall numbers, but who wants a car that has a 10% chance of a catastrophic failure when another equal car has a 2% chance of the same thing breaking.

But I think we're all starting to get quite a bit off topic now...