Who has the most miles on their car and still thinks it is a bargin to own and drive?

I don't have it any more because of a hole in the floor. But my 1976 Volvo 245 estate was incredibly reliable. Eventually salt on Norwegian roads rusted it badly enough that it was uneconomical to do the welding in Norway.

But if I had been living in the UK in 1996 when this happened I might well still be driving it because welding work is so much cheaper there.. It was twenty years old and I think it had 260 thousand miles on the clock and the motor was still perfect when I scrapped it. My previous car was even more economical, Volvo 121 Amazon estate, 350 thousand miles, nineteen years old and in perfect working order when I scrapped it in favour of the 245.

I don't think anything built since the 245 has come close to that trouble free longevity.

No idea what modern car would be as good.

I owned a 1990 Citroen 2CV between 2004 and 2023. It had more than 200,000 miles on the clock. It was fairly economical to run, mainly because of a friendly mechanic who made it his mission to keep us on the road. I would still have it, but we moved to a city last year and we only need one car.

Maybe I can help you with that. I know cars fairly well, was a service manager at a big dealer for 18 years.
My suburban has 300,000 miles on it

Get a good used Subaru!!!

Buy a Subaru

2003 civic with 330,000. runs great. they usually will go to about 450,000-500,000 if driven properly.

usually trade around 60 to 70000 miles

I had a 2006 Ford F-150 truck with 265,000 miles. It ran great! I finally upgraded to a 2011 with 75,000 miles. We had a 20 year old Lincoln Town Car. When it started costing us $3000 a year to keep it on the road we let it go and bought a brand new Lincoln MKX.