Originally posted by: BMdoobieW
My leased 2005 Mazda3s. Drove it 25,000 miles from new with nary a problem.
Originally posted by: Truenofan
my dad would probably say his 85 mazda 323 1.5i. he had around 275-300k miles on it. no rust(i mean, the thing was CLEAN, and this thing spent most of its life in washington state and wisconsin.), perfect running car. he couldnt afford to replace the aging suspension parts and exhaust system was rusting away so he sold it for 500-700 i think it was. for me, i haven't had a chance to own anything outside of whats in my sig.
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Originally posted by: Kremerica
I am currently running a 1998 Ford Mustang GT. it has 172k miles on it and still running great.
from about 50k to 100k miles I ragged the crap out of it at the drag strips, for the past 70k miles I have just used it as a daily driver.
the only thing that has gone wrong is the heater core started leaking coolant and I had to swap that out... pulling the dash is a pita.
change oil and fluids regularly including plugs and wires, filters, air and gas, change brakes when needed...
from all the mix of cars in this post, it looks like a car's reliability is more based on the person that takes care of it rather than brand...
Truth. I've seen cars die at 50k or less, even Camrys/Accords/Civics/Corollas, because the owners skipped oil changes. I've seen tons of cars with ~100k or so that die a permanent death because the owner doesn't get the timing belt changed, which can be catastrophic on many 4cyls.
On the flip side, I've seen truly atrocious cars (Ford Escort, Cadavalier, Neon, etc) occasionally last into the ~200k range because the owner actually took care of them.
Then there are the other anomalies, the rarest, where a reliable car dies early even with great maintenance, or unreliable makes/models lasting a long time even with terrible maintenance.
We see it all in the car world. But general truths remain, and the smartest thing you can do is take care of what you have, because it will generally take care of you right back.
Originally posted by: AdamK47
07 Corvette. 1200 miles and still going strong.
Originally posted by: AdamK47
07 Corvette. 1200 miles and still going strong.
Originally posted by: siclmn
I had a Datsun 510 for 17 years it was still red and shiny and then someone stole it. 180 thousand miles and the engine was getting tired. In 1990 I bought a used Maxima with 160K and I drove it to 270K. It still ran perfect and never any synthetic oil ever. This car was never going to die so I just sold it to buy a Honda Element. It will last forever being a Honda.
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: siclmn
I had a Datsun 510 for 17 years it was still red and shiny and then someone stole it. 180 thousand miles and the engine was getting tired. In 1990 I bought a used Maxima with 160K and I drove it to 270K. It still ran perfect and never any synthetic oil ever. This car was never going to die so I just sold it to buy a Honda Element. It will last forever being a Honda.
Yep. I've never seen a Honda at a shop.
Originally posted by: AdamK47
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: siclmn
I had a Datsun 510 for 17 years it was still red and shiny and then someone stole it. 180 thousand miles and the engine was getting tired. In 1990 I bought a used Maxima with 160K and I drove it to 270K. It still ran perfect and never any synthetic oil ever. This car was never going to die so I just sold it to buy a Honda Element. It will last forever being a Honda.
Yep. I've never seen a Honda at a shop.
I've heard that you can use pancake syrup instead of engine oil and a Honda will still run forever without a syrup change.