you hear stories… i dont buy them stories…who is the source? cars dont just “fall apart” unless its a datsun, lol. cars fall apart from abuse… you never see grandma’s car fallin apart. and cars get shitty gas mileage from city driving and driving with a heavy foot. but back to the falling apart thing… its assholes that drive their cars into teh ground and they break and are dumbfounded as to why they broke! take a gander at a parking lot… look at how many people have bald tires on their cars… thats will tell you how well the general public looks after their vehicals.