if parts were designed to last forever no one would ever make any money! And 1/2 the people on here who work in shops would be cut in half. Our poorly made american crap is what puts food on the table for a lot of us (and pays to fix our poorly made american cars that we buy to keep the cycle going) so its kind of a give and take. That and i can't stand most of the foreign crap thats in the same price range. You can pick up a 100k GTP, loaded and in pretty good shape for the same price as a 95 4 cylinder camry with no options...yay fun car right there. Thats all i'm saying about that. There affordable, most of the time pretty damn fun and keep our economy goin, and thats why i buy american!