My old man had a Corolla the same as in the Herald article, it only lasted to 960,000km though when cylinder #3 let go. It was on it's 2nd gearbox but original clutch. Window wiper linkage destroyed itself at 800K km odd, can't remember hearing about much else going wrong. He swore by Repco brand oil, something about the molybdenum disulfide.
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