Statistics
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency assumes the typical car is driven 15,000 miles per year. According the New York Times, in the 1960s and 1970s, the typical car reached its end of life around 100,000 miles, but due to manufacturing improvements such as tighter tolerances and better anti-corrosion coatings, in the 2000s the typical car lasts closer to 200,000 miles.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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