In a message dated 4/22/2005 4:07:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wa0kds at yahoo.com writes: Most modern auto's will go 7 years without a failure if the maintenance is done and the driver doesn't try to make a race car or off road car of it. Incorrect, the average car in America is in the junk yard in 7 years, that's an actual statistic. 73 Douglas