We own a 1998 Honda CRV which has accumulated nearly 250,000 miles. I could sell it for perhaps as much as $500, but it is worth more to me as a vehicle to haul rocks, sand, gravel, firewood and the like than replacing it with a pickup truck. It also has a rack on top which enables me to haul lumber, so it is in many ways better than a pickup truck. And it is a 4 X 4, which could mean a backup vehicle in snowy weather. Looks pretty good from a distance, until you get up close and see all the wrinkles. It has been in the shop from time to time. And Jeez! - it sure makes some awful sounds, especially when it first starts up in the morning: belts squealing, muffler rattling, engine straining and creaking to climb up the hill to the highway in the morning.
That's what happens to high mileage vehicles if you don't sell them or trade them in - they just get older and older, drive shafts unexpectedly dropping out, strange lights appearing on the dashboard. They are no longer reliable vehicles to take out of Town.
Very much like high mileage runners. In the immortal words of the Grateful Dead, "They just keep truckin' on."
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