Long lasting "bulletproof" cars?
Discussion
Spanna said:
Mid Nineties Nissan - Micra, Almera, Sunny, Primera etc.
My uncle had a Sunny Estate (seriously) 1.6, thrashed the nuts off it and nothing ever went wrong. Very practical run about and a brilliant little engine.
I think Nissan missed a trick by not putting that 1600 in the Micra coupled with some better steering.
Solid engine wise but rust soon kills themMy uncle had a Sunny Estate (seriously) 1.6, thrashed the nuts off it and nothing ever went wrong. Very practical run about and a brilliant little engine.
I think Nissan missed a trick by not putting that 1600 in the Micra coupled with some better steering.
fushion julz said:
Mr Dave said:
I would say my E39, the 523.
It has only needed consumables fixed other than the ABS unit replaced. Broke two springs on potholes but that can happen to any car. I drive it hard, had a welded diff in her, drive her across fields, dont service it as often as I should.
But I honestly cant say it is bulletproof yet, It just hasnt had the mileage on it to see how it goes at 205k miles.
Ask me in another 100k miles.
If you manage to keep the electrics working past 200K miles i'll be surprised.It has only needed consumables fixed other than the ABS unit replaced. Broke two springs on potholes but that can happen to any car. I drive it hard, had a welded diff in her, drive her across fields, dont service it as often as I should.
But I honestly cant say it is bulletproof yet, It just hasnt had the mileage on it to see how it goes at 205k miles.
Ask me in another 100k miles.
The cars done 205k miles and everything electrical works perfectly on it.
Toyota
A girl fell asleep and hit an electric pole hard enough to almost break it. It was 30 degrees off vertical.
While waiting for the flatbed one of the cops decided to see if it would start. It did.
A girl had her Toyota flatbedded into my friends shop as it has died.
82,000 miles, the girl had never opened the hood (bonnet)It had never had the rad topped up or the oil changed.
Sorry both stories involve females, they just were.
But really the prize should go to the Ford F150 with the 4.9L Straight 6.
I shuld add two of my cars, both Nissans, a 90 Sentra bought in Oct 89. Still runs the same as the day I bought, crappy. One oil seal, expansion valve, two exhausts and a few tyres.
93 Pathfinder. Alarm fault, broken exhaust stud. Tyres, orig exhaust.
I wasn't going to put these as I don't actually consider this to be exceptional, it is what I expected from Nissan.
A girl fell asleep and hit an electric pole hard enough to almost break it. It was 30 degrees off vertical.
While waiting for the flatbed one of the cops decided to see if it would start. It did.
A girl had her Toyota flatbedded into my friends shop as it has died.
82,000 miles, the girl had never opened the hood (bonnet)It had never had the rad topped up or the oil changed.
Sorry both stories involve females, they just were.
But really the prize should go to the Ford F150 with the 4.9L Straight 6.
I shuld add two of my cars, both Nissans, a 90 Sentra bought in Oct 89. Still runs the same as the day I bought, crappy. One oil seal, expansion valve, two exhausts and a few tyres.
93 Pathfinder. Alarm fault, broken exhaust stud. Tyres, orig exhaust.
I wasn't going to put these as I don't actually consider this to be exceptional, it is what I expected from Nissan.
Edited by jeff m2 on Thursday 8th December 14:20
Got to agree with the OP and say the Focus. Had a 2002 1.6 in the family for 5 years (2 of which it was mine). In all that time the only thing it needed was servicing, tyres and a new alternator belt. Great car and the only thing that killed it was someone pulling out in front of me at 40mph and writing it off. Mind you it still moved under it's own power when the recovery guy drove it onto the back of his truck.
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