[KJS]

Plan on keeping mine forever. And it will be a daily driver.
Do the normal maintenance, wash, wax, rinse the underside and fix whatever's broke asap before it becomes a problem and you'll get to see it age gracefully. Oh, don't beat the crap out of it by flying over curbs, potholes and snowbanks and loading it with everything you can fit in it from HomeDepot!
I've owned over 15 cars, many at a time and do most all my own maintenance - shortest length of time 7 years. One of them is going on 20 - my son's daily driver. The only problems I've had, honestly, is when I brought them to someone else to repair.
I can't tell you the number of times I've found missing screws, hangers, unfinshed sh!t while I was inspecting it. I usually make sure I do my own QC before I leave the place I have it repaired.

Its like when someone at work comes and "repairs" my PC. I make them wait til I've tried everything out before I let them walk away from my desk.