I put about 18k miles on the odometer every year. With this trend I will get close 400k miles out of my car in 20 years. In my college years I drove a 1973 VW Super Beetle on 40 mile round trip commute to school everyday. It is STILL running now. Yes, it is a bit rusty. With today's paint techonology I think my 2003 Echo would be in much better shape than my Super Beetle 20 years later from now.