Most reliable cars?
Discussion
lostkiwi said:
Old Volvos and old Mercs. Not much compares to them.
But.....cliche alert ... if they were expensive to run new, they will be expensive to run old ! Hence I'll go with Toyota and if you want a bit of posh, Lexus which tend to have fallen off the radar of late. Lovely old couple, as seen in pub, spent loads. on Merc E Class, 1990's. when it failed MOT in a big way they opted for small Lexus. They are very happy. Moral could be: avoid posh but go for Perceived Posh. Their Lexus looks modern and just "nice" the Merc was never going to be anything but a money pit and it was that gold colour too!Edited by Lester H on Sunday 25th September 00:12
benjijames28 said:
My point is if he was a ford mechanic he would be exposed to all the negative aspects of fords and would probably be saying fords are s
t.
Absolutely. Fords are everywhere. ones I had were fine, but on a pro rate basis, if he were an Infiniti ( answers on a postcard) mechanic, he would have not only fewer faults about which to generalise but an even plusher showroom with all sorts of coffee, computer games and even better looking receptionists. What did Clarkson say about Infiniti? " Have you ever woken up and thought 'what I need in my life is a posh Datsun?'. Back to the question, it's Japenise for reliability and you may need to pay a " boredom tax 't.Register1 said:
Another vote for the Lexus IS250
2,5L V6, just purrs along.
Silky smooth
Toyota reliability
German comfort.
Surprisingly good economy from the direct injection fuel system, not the normal petrol injection systems that are found on inferior cars.
Watch the early DI Lexus motors, they have carbon build up problems and piston ring issues (carbon build up causes the rings to stick close a bit more than they should, causing massive blow by and rough running). In the US they will rebuild the motors free of charge regardless of the mileage if the car is exhibiting certain symptoms (massive oil usage, blue smoke, rough running, etc) The UK Lexus network refuses to acknowledge any issues. Source: I had a 55 plate GS300 that used oil faster than an RX8!.2,5L V6, just purrs along.
Silky smooth
Toyota reliability
German comfort.
Surprisingly good economy from the direct injection fuel system, not the normal petrol injection systems that are found on inferior cars.
Honda
A Jazz is pretty much indestructible - I used to work with the brand and we regularly used to take 150,000 mile examples in as part exchanges with minimal service history. They always worked fine.
Civics are the same, whilst customers used to go mad for the swing tailgate CRV models - which we would still retail at main dealer with non-approved warranties.
Hondas don't set the hear racing, but an EX grade CRV of any generation is a very nice way to get from A-B. They are generally bomb proof as well. I now sell Land Rovers......
Toyotas have lost it a bit - based on my personal experiences of talking to Toyota owners (which I appreciate is anecdotal).
I think it's a fair way to benchmark how well screwed together a car model is when it comes in as a 3-5 year part exchange.
A Jazz is pretty much indestructible - I used to work with the brand and we regularly used to take 150,000 mile examples in as part exchanges with minimal service history. They always worked fine.
Civics are the same, whilst customers used to go mad for the swing tailgate CRV models - which we would still retail at main dealer with non-approved warranties.
Hondas don't set the hear racing, but an EX grade CRV of any generation is a very nice way to get from A-B. They are generally bomb proof as well. I now sell Land Rovers......
Toyotas have lost it a bit - based on my personal experiences of talking to Toyota owners (which I appreciate is anecdotal).
I think it's a fair way to benchmark how well screwed together a car model is when it comes in as a 3-5 year part exchange.
mChavez said:
Another vote for N16 petrol Almera. A year's worth of interest from £13k will buy you one.
Only repair in a 90k miles was a new rear exhaust.
Having said that, the timing chains only last up until about 140-160k miles, depending on servicing. And, of course, rust does get to them eventually.
100k + on the timing chains? Only repair in a 90k miles was a new rear exhaust.
Having said that, the timing chains only last up until about 140-160k miles, depending on servicing. And, of course, rust does get to them eventually.
yeh sure. My MiL had a 2004 1.5 petrol that stretched its chain TWICE, both at circa 30k miles. Full dealer history, first one don't under warranty and second at her own expense.
eltax91 said:
Monkeylegend said:
eltax91 said:
100k + on the timing chains? yeh sure.
Yeah, make that 300k at least. yeh sure. 
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