>>>>>>>On the other hand "Cellulite" instead of 'fat', or "Wellness" instead of 'health' have really enriched the language (or if not the language, at least the snake oil industry).
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>>>>>>We have a lot to thank for to the marketers and advertisement people of this world for these. When was the last time you saw an ad for a used car? Now it's "pre-owned". When is obese just "overweight"? Are midgets just "vertically-challenged" people?
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>>>>>The radio ads for "pre-owned" cars make me smile every time. They make it sound like the previous owners have done you some sort of service.
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>>>>They kinda did. They ate up a lot of depreciation. :)
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>>>Nice one! :-)
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>>A best car I ever had was a used Toyota Camry. I got it with 75,000 miles on it and I finally had to give it up with about 198,000 miles on it.
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>My brother has a Toyota Tacoma with over 350,000 miles on it. No motor or transmission work on his 4WD. New tires and shocks have been the only thing replaced.

Yup. I'm not surprised.
I too never had to have any major repairs done on the Camry. My radio antenna wouldn't retrack at about 155k miles.