I've gotten over 250,000 miles on all the Fords I've owned which is just 4 in over 40 years! In their later years, the cars only got oil changes once every 2 years if they were lucky! I'm not proud of that fact, but Ford should be! No major repairs were necessary, just your occasional water pumps, blower motors, etc. If I brought my later vehicles in every time the "service" lights came on, I would have spent a fortune in unnecessary diagnostic fees plus unnecessary repairs! It's a big scam! The 3 Ford pickup trucks my boss let me take homeover the course of 30 years also had around 300,000 miles on each one of them! I inherited a 1985 Cadillac with the 4.1 L V8. I know, I know.............don't laugh. I never would have paid money for it. And sure enough the engine blew at 68,000 miles. But now I have 190,000 miles on this junk and even with 2 engines, GM just might want to give me an award! By the way, this model was the reason why the limo builders went to Town Cars in the 80's.