I'd be interested in knowing what repairs your five year old car has required in, say, the last 6 months, but if you'd rather not go into that, I understand.
Ah, let me see here. LOTS of little things, if that's what you call it. The rear doors won't shut unless you slam yourself against them. I've tried everything to lube them. You can't open the drivers door unless you just about yank the handle off it. The dash was warped and two local dealers would not fix it even when the recall was still good (a long story). That's where Ford's customers service got VERY rude with me and hung up on me. So now my dash is warped up so high I can barely see out and my 5'2" girlfriend can't drive it at all. Anyway, the IMRC just went, and I just had the rear shoes replace for the third time in about six months. The struts in the rear are just about shot. The hood won't shut unless you slam in a dozen times. Now there's a "misfire" in cylinder #2. There's a hairline crack in the coolant reservoir tank which sets off the CEL every now and then (that's what the dealer claims, anyway). Now the tranny is shifting harder than usuall. I just had the tranny fluid changed. I've always had it changed on time. All this since summer. This car was NEVER beat, and only pushed hard going to emergency calls. There's more, but I can't think right now. It's A LOT of little things, and no, their not hard or expensive to replace, but I'm NOT putting it in the garage every month for nit picking little things, and paying $40/hr for labor. And I just don't have the time to do these things myself (or what I can do). I'm out of the country constantly, and when I'm not, I'm driving all over the country. I can't take the chance with a high mileage car. Especially in the middle of nowhere. I love the car, it's the best all around car I've driven or probably ever will drive, but life goes on and sometimes we have to make tough decisions in life. 
