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Originally posted by Malibu:
Honda, Toyota and Nissan engines won't last twice as long as American cars unless you maintain them they way they originally came from the factory; i.e with OEM tune up parts using OEM tune up specs, OEM filters, OEM antifreeze. Then they will deliver 400-650,000 overhaul free miles, even on dino juice.
I have searched the internet long and hard for any monster mileage (400,000+ without an overhaul) american car engine stories and failed to find any involving cars less than 20 years old. The best maintained American cars will go 250,000, but then they typically have severe problems (such as loss of compression or oil burning) or sudden engine failure sometime between 250-350,000, whereas a Japanese engine can still have like new compression and no oil consumption problems at 400,000 (if maintained on OEM stuff).
A few European makes are just about as good as the Japanese too. Mobil oil, for example, choose a BMW for its 1,000,000 mile test of Mobil 1 oil. Imagine what would have happened if Mobil had used a Ford Taurus or Chevy Lumina for that test!