Context:

I just sold my beloved 2015 Subaru Outback after 156k miles of hard use as a daily driver. It was used and abused as basically a cargo van 6 days a week for most of that period and it performed flawlessly until just the last 1-2 years. It recently was threatening to join the Fraternity of Expensive Sounds, but my concern was that all the repairs I'd had done in last 24ish months were all 20-30% of the cars KBB value at the time, which really made me wonder if it was worth it to try and keep her on the road.

Now, I don't expect cars to maintain value forever, especially if they're being daily driven, but that leads me to wonder, are there any modern (2010+, preferably with a stick shift) cars that can be repaired/maintained for a reasonable yearly cost, or do modern shop rates just mean that I'm going to need to learn to wrench on my own cars? Or do I need to just suck it up?

I love the idea of buying a good car and keeping it running well for as long as possible. Every time I see a clean 90s Corolla or Miata or Accord it brings a huge smile to my face. But with how much technology is shoved into new(ish) cars, are the days of 20 year old daily drivers that run as well as they did new a thing of the past?

Thanks for your input.