Rusty but trusty

[jbi]

Here's the place to tell of your old beater car that just wont die.

It can be something you have owned and sold on... or still keep around

In my case it would be my old 1995 Volvo 850 2.5

Sold the car a few years ago to a friend after running it for several trouble free years myself as he needed a cheap runaround.

He is the most mechanically unsympathetic driver I know... I had to change the oil for him after learning he had not touched it in 2 years.

It took 5 of us and a weeks worth of luggage to cornwall and back from northumberland last summer without a hitch... it tows trailers, it has been bumped and bashed, the front wings are nearly rusted through, he jacked it up in the wrong place and bent the sill, his girlfriend drove it into a ditch.

It still runs and drives like the day I sold it (apart from the front brakes needing changed)

So what's your rusty but trusty beater story?

[Snowboy]

It’s not rusty.

But it’s a 16 year old HiLux Surf.

It’s been driven into trees, through snowdrifts and it’s done more miles than I care to remember including 5000 miles, 8 countries and 7 ski resorts in a 2 week roadtrip.

I’ve had to replace the front seats because the seats broke before the rest of the car did.

[DaveH23]

Snowboy said:

It’s not rusty.

But it’s a 16 year old HiLux Surf.

It’s been driven into trees, through snowdrifts and it’s done more miles than I care to remember including 5000 miles, 8 countries and 7 ski resorts in a 2 week roadtrip.

I’ve had to replace the front seats because the seats broke before the rest of the car did.

Didnt TG try to kill one of these and fail?