I completely agree "American" cars will last just as long if not longer than any jap piece of crap(im speaking solely on the cars,we all know americans dont make a good bike)Im an ex General Motors worker and maybe Im bias to american cars but people who say their Honda will last so much longer than a GM or Ford really pisses me off.Any car can last 200,000 miles if you do the normal maintenance.And the fact that it isn't going to cost you your next born child when something does break on an American made car just makes it that much better,again that my opinion but I also think that there is some truth to it.