some of my cars
95 tbird, owned from 4k to 75k
-replaced windhsield due to improper seal, however I suspected the car was a repairable. aside from that i only did oil chages and snow tire swaps. I never did a brake job on the car and my OEM tires were still on the car when i sold it because i had put about 15,000 combined on my blizzaks. The auto tranny was getting very sloppy but i never had done any tranny flushes so there you go, plus its a Ford. Oh yeah, i had to put a battery in that car.
89 SHO, bought at 57k, sold i think around 100k.
-rear main, clutch, brakes including leaky alum. calipers, tires, AC died, defroster in rear window stopped working. The car was becoming a rust bucket. But the engine was like new, it ran fabulously and burned absolutely no oil and Ibeat on the sucker. Still wish i had that car.
99 Prizm. bought new put on 20k miles in 3 years. I did like 6 oil changes on the car. That's it. Everything was fine although i suspected the clutch was getting sloppy and that couldbe due to my wife's bad driving habits.
99 SHO. I owned from 6k to around 74k i think. I replaced tires and brake pads in the mid sixties. I didn't have to fix anything else. I did coolant and tranny flushes at 30k intervals. i had developed a bit of coolant leak that seemed to go away towards the end. The auto tranny was getting a bit sloppy. The rear driver door was a bit fussy. That's it. A very reliable car. no cam sprocket issues. My brother in law owned his 97 SHO from new to 160,000+ with no issues until the tranny finally gave out. He fixed that, gave the car to his nephew and he's still driving it today i think. its likely at 180,000 or more right now.
04 Aztek, bought new. Its at about 33,500 now and I had to get a wheel beaaring replaced under warranty last week. Otherwise its been fine but starting feel like the interior trim is loosening up. Still rides and drives well. No issues.
06 Ford Five hundred- no issues yet, except for very small paint bubbling on the aluminum hood which i will get looked at after winter.
two Diamantes, an 01 and 02. Combined mileage I put 75k on them. Both were well built. The 02 had about 64k when the heater core oring started leaking which required dash teardown to get to. Otherwise, just tires, brakes, coolant and tranny flushes and a tuneup with plugs and wires and timing belt. they fixed a motor mount i think under warranty.
all my domestics have been good, except for maybe the SHO but i got that at year 7 so no one can expect a trouble free car after year 4or 5.
both my mitsubishis were very good. my toyota prizm was good.
My American cars have all been very reliable, I feel.