FWIW, the last several cars I owned were driven into the ground.
199x Sable wagon: 100K+ miles and needed new transmission
198x AMC Eagle: 75K+ miles and got into accident
199x Buick Regal: 75K+ miles and got into accident
200x Chevy Malibu: 100K+ miles and needed several repairs
200x Olds Alero: 75k+ miles and had an electrical problem nobody could fix
197x Malibu: caught on fire
198x Pontiac Fiero: 50K miles and repairs exceeded value of vehicle. By a lot.
... and on ...
The aforementioned Nissan Sentra, the first Japanese-made car I've owned, was bought because a lot of Nissans can be driven into the ground and well over 100K is common. If I do get an Altima, it's because every other person on the freeway seems to have one
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FWIW, there's this one on-ramp, at the loop 202 and Scottsdale road, around where I live, that's at about a 20 degree angle. The Nissan did NOT like accelerating up it. Even my overpowered Mustang (4.0 6-cyl, but rear-wheel drive) doesn't like it, tho.
Y'know, I should ask if anyone here has bought a Hyundai
just because their cars are musical-themed (Forte, Sonata, etc.).