Makes me think of a recent article in my local newspaper. THey have this "Amazing" mechanical 'guru' in it. A woman wrote in to ask about when to trade up ... the guy then wrote in his column that he was privvy to the manufacturers (all of them I think, in general) design process and that cars where designed to last only 3 years/100,000km (62k miles), and he recommended NEVER keeping a vehicle longer than that ... inferring that if you did you'd be casting $10,000's out the window each year!
I feel sorry for the poor chumps who swallow that story whole!
