Posted on 01/14/2018 2:38:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Bet you keep it in a garage?
Our cars and trucks have always been garaged when not used. Same for our machinery. It makes them last a lot longer.
Regular oil changes and proscribed maintenance also.
oops...Z07 = Z06
AMC products I know well via Jeep.
I never had any of their cars and have maybe seen a Javelin once or twice in my life.
Which is a Corolla station wagon. Vibes were made in Fremont, ca on the same line as corollas.
Reads like; UAW sucks.
Still drive a 1930 Model A Ford on occasion.
“You hate it now, wait until you drive it.”
Prius is a tough case:
On the plus side, you really only use your drive train a portion of the time; and even though the very expensive batteries were only guaranteed ten years, most have lasted considerably longer.
But on the down side, while so much attention has been placed on the $3,000 batteries, nearly every g-ddamned thing on the entire g-ddamned car costs $3,000 to replace. I gotta keep feeding my 2002 Prius brake fluid because a small problem with the brakes is $3,000.
Still, 16 years and only two minor, but very expensive problems with easy workarounds (the other is the A/C, which keeps shutting off automatically because of another $3,000 problem)... not bad! But one day, a REAL major problem with happen, and oh, well.
Verdict: The car may last fifteen, twenty years before its first MAJOR service, but once it starts going, fuggeddaboutit; the car will be crap.
So, If you drive a LOT in a given year, get a Prius; it can do 30,000 miles a year as smoothly as other cars do 15,000 a year. So ten years, 300,000 miles is very possible. But at 10,000 miles a year, no, you won’t see 25 years, 250,000 miles.
We have an ‘07 that is fully loaded (leather seats and them modern electric windows).
Runs like a champ.
1997 CR-V; 265k miles; uses very little oil between changes. Fantastic car.
It’s so funny to think that anyone ever made a car that was SUPPOSED to look like that. What, we were supposed to think that was real wood floating in the middle of a steel panel? And I love all the perfectly square corners giving it that built-out-of-cardboard-box look!
Truth is, I walked in looking to buy a Ranger. They had 6 stripped down new 2008 F-150s for sale for $12,000 even. I bought the first and the 6th was sold in 30 minutes.
BS.
American full-size trucks. End of list.
Chrysler minivan....that’s what I drove when I had three car seats. I LOVED that thing.
It had all of the modern conveniences....like electric everything, automatic doors, DVD player, etc., and it was easy for Dad to get in and out of, when he was visiting.
I drove the fire out of that van. So many happy family memories, in that van.
The day I traded it in, for an SUV, I never looked back :-) I was ‘over’ the minivan.
I bet you’re glad you got the F-150.
Remember when you used to see Ranger’s on every corner, at a traffic light? We used to have a game, with that :-)
I have a 1999 Mercedes CLK320 convertible. 114K miles. Runs like new. I love it. That’s 19 years old.
3 Vibe’s in my family. Daughters cars have about 180,000 each. Mine has 285,000 miles. Biggest repair was a serpentine belt. I have a company car but keep the Vibe cause I love 5 speeds.
Mine is number 14, a Nissan Frontier. Bought it brand new in 2000, still going strong in 2018 without a single problem. My brother-in-law bought a Ford truck in 2000, same time, but has been beset with problems. Various engine problems having to replace components, his transmission went out, chassis suspension breakdowns, etc. Less mileage on his Ford than my Nissan. Plus I’m hard on my truck.
“Does a Tundra count?”
Damn right it does. My 2001 has 150K on it and never gives me any trouble. It’s on it’s second battery, I’ve replaced the brake pads once, and at the 120K check-up I had noticed a small seep around my water pump but the timing chain (or belt) is a replacement part @ 120K so it was no extra work to put in a new pump. I’m thinking it is time to put on new shocks, too.
It only has the V-6 but pulls my 19’ 5th wheel, no problem. No question, this is the most dependable vehicle I’ve ever owned. And, it was built in Indiana, USA.
He needs to put in a secret kill switch he can activate each time he leaves that Bronco. Otherwise, one day he will wonder where he ‘parked it’... because ‘it’ will then be just a memory.
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