i have had a ford, chevy, and a mazda v6 in the past, all with between 40 and 100k miles on them, and my 2000 vx with 110k miles on it runs better than any of them - whether that has to do more with previous owners neglecting and/or abusing them or the actual engineering i haven't a clue, but im curious to see how far the isuzu will take me if i take care of it - there are some really inspiring vx owners that run and belong to this site that make me confident that i can make it last me for quite a while