why does any one expect a gasket to last "x" amount of miles, rubber and silicone only last a finite amount of "time" no matter how well you take care of a vehicle. key word here is "time", not "mileage"

my father-in-law bought an 87 regal with 27,000 miles on it. when i asked to borrow it, it had 200 miles more than that, when i got on it and the gaskets where blowing out everywhere, it wasn't a big "surprise", that muther%^^&er is old, and that type of shit happens, regardless of "miles".

point being, no matter the miles, when it comes to gaskets, time dictates everything.