My Buick now has well over 200,000 miles on it and is still running like a top.  It has had regular maintenance, oil changes, new battery (just the other day) and of course the tires.  But for major repairs there just haven't been that many.

I had to have the spring replaced on the front left a while ago, but since my mechanic is a genius and knows how to do things well and inexpensively, that didn't cost me a fortune either.

The gas gauge doesn't read correctly, but we just watch the mileage and know when we need to fill up.  It does register when it's down to the lowest point but we don't let it get that low, don't want to walk in the Iowa weather and can't believe that AAA would appreciate a call to say we need gas on the interstate!

This is a 2000 LeSabre, the kind of car that Buick, in it's wisdom, decided not to make anymore.  Of course not, it only gets 25 to 26 miles per gallon, runs well, is a wonderful ride and still looks good so of course they don't want to make it anymore!

When it comes time to get a new car, which I hope is a long time from now, perhaps we will look at another Buick, but we'll see.  Might be something out there with just as good a ride, front wheel drive and good mileage that we will have to consider.