The 100k miles I put on an MG Midget taught me that!
You got 100k miles out of a Midget? You deserve a medal.
I had an uncle who managed the same feat with an AMC Gremlin. It was even mentioned in the eulogy at his funeral.
Hahaha...the stories I could tell about that car! When I purchased that 76 MG Midget in 1977 with 20K miles on it, I was in the Navy at Cecil Field in Florida, and the car stopped running only a couple of miles from the dealer! Well, it wasn’t broken, just out of gas. The dealer sold it to me with about a cup of gasoline in it, and I was so smitten with having my own car I didn’t bother checking the tank...:)
I learned everything about car mechanical work from that care. (particularly electrical)
My nephews learned all they know about cussing from me working on that car.
Hehe, my best friend’s family had both a Pacer AND a Gremlin!!!