Who has run a car till it's died?

[v8will]

As the title asks, Who has owned a car either from new and run it into the ground?

I've owned a stack of stuff over the years and on average change every 1 or 2 years. I don't think I've put more than 40K consecutively on one vehicle. The record within my family was an Isuzu Trooper, bought new and sold 4 years later with around 100K on it.

I'm just interested if taking a car all the way from the showroom right through it's useful life and then the scrapyard is common.

2nd hand experiences also welcome and mudane or leftfield choices will be interesting.

[v8will]

corvus said:

Negative.

v8will, did you ever sort out the fuel pump on your diesel Yaris?

Edited by corvus on Monday 19th March 13:12

Yup, turned out the pickup was blocked with sludge (I'm blaming supermarket fuel). Bit of a faff opening the tank, draining, cleaning the sender unit and pickup (around 300ml of crap removed from the tank) but normal service has now resumed. Funny how the Yaris has been the most unreliable reliable car I've owned to date - No issues with the borkful Saab or Lexus.

Actually in relation to my own thread the Yaris is the car we'll be holding onto to until it falls apart. I've had it just over 2 years but can't find anything similar that I would want to replace it with.

Edited by v8will on Monday 19th March 14:04

[v8will]

Some interesting examples. I guess the thread was partly inspired by a old Cortina estate I see on a regular basis, still soldiering on, tatty but still going. There is also a E55 locally that is suffering very badly from rust but I know the guy has no intention of selling it.

Also I remember reading an old thread on the readers section about a Citroen BX that refused to die,can't find it now but IIRC the owner also has an Alfa 156GTA.

Almost as much pleasure reading those sorts of threads as reading about some of the really well prepped big power stuff.