Any car can last a long time if you do keep up with the maintenance on it. My 98 Neon has 117k miles on it. I just replaced the starter and the fuel pressure regulator last week. I did a condenser in June, as well as plug wires. I've had the car for 4 months. Things have happened, but its pretty normal things to have to do aside from the condenser. My brother drives a Saturn SL2, and he has 320k miles on it and he doesn't take care of his car. Goes 10k plus miles over on his oil changes, and has had to do very little work to it. If you maintain your car properly it will last you a long time.