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I still have my 97 Ford Escort wagon. Bought it off Craigslist in a hurry about 10 years ago because my (now ex-) wife wrecked my car. It now has over 200,000 miles on it, and the AC still blows nice and cold. Had a scare with it last year when part of the hydraulics for the clutch gave out, and I had to limp it to the nearest mechanic, starting from red lights and shifting with no clutch. A couple hundred dollars to replace a $25 part. I bought a newer used car last year, expecting the Escort to die "soon". I loaned the Escort to my dad over the winter, because he loaned his old Nissan to my brother. He put a new set of tires on it and drove it to work every day, then gave it back this spring when he bought a new truck I still try to drive it once a week to keep the battery charged and the fluids moving.
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Not mine, but my dad had a 98 Corolla, which he bought new and had since last summer. I learned to drive in that car. Unfortunately he didn't take care of it well, so by the end it was leaking power steering fluid and oil. Yet somehow it still started every day, and even the AC was better than my 2014 Civic. He only bought a new car because the Corolla had literally become a road hazard. He kept getting pulled over because the steering was hosed up and cops thought he was drunk.
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Aug 19, 2017 10:31
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Beowulfs_Ghost posted:I still have my 97 Ford Escort wagon. I had a ford escort station wagon too but it was a 1987. It had those fancy automatic seatbelt things. It had close to 200k miles and lasted me through all of highschool and 4 years of college and rarely had any problems. We sold it to some 16 year old for like 500 dollars because I got a ford explorer (1997) instead. As of last year it's apparently still going strong. Unlike the reliable escort, my explorer was constantly dying. When we finally got rid of it a couple years ago, the AC was broken (which is a very bad thing in florida), the power windows didn't work, it constantly needed something called a mass airflow sensor replaced, the breaks were always squeaking really loud, and the rubber on the steering wheel had worn out completely from sun exposure so the cruise control etc buttons and circuits were all exposed. Somehow we managed to convince someone that pile of poo poo was worth 1900 dollars. Good riddance.
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Aug 19, 2017 12:18
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Navin Johnson posted:I drive one now. A 1990 Accord with 330,000 miles on it. I am intent on driving it into the ground but it just won't die. Fucker looks like hell. AC works badass! Old hondas never die. I had a 1990 with over 500k on the clock when its distributor quit on me. I did not feel like fixing it so I sold it to some kid here in town. That was 8 years ago and he is still driving the thing! O, It was on the original clutch when I sold it, still shifted just fine. Applesnots fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 14:20
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92 ford explorer the intake manifold is starting to leak so its days are numbered, but theyre probably still numbered in the thousands ive had to replace poo poo constantly but after a major fix it'll be fine for two years at least
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Aug 19, 2017 14:26
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i drive a mid 2000s hyundai shitbox with 150k miles on it. it just wont die. i want a new car but there's nothing wrong with this one so i guess whatever
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Aug 19, 2017 14:27
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Waffle House posted:4th gen accords are ridiculously long-lived, mine lasted ~360k before we sold it Mine's a stick. Drove it from socal to Oregon and it didn't even fart once. What an amazing car! Btw, on the confession about never owning a new car: I'm a gen xer. I just am too cheap to make car payments.
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Aug 19, 2017 14:36
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toyota previas are the sturdiest vehicles on the planet
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Aug 19, 2017 14:50
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new cars are for idiots get it with 20k kms on it a year later for thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars less
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Aug 19, 2017 14:52
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I was gonna come in here and post how OP is a dingus if he can't kill a car, but yeah the Lima block in the pinto is loving indestructible. I had an 85 s10 I thought was indestructible. I patched up the radiator with bondo after it burst, it had to get a quart of oil every two weeks because of the seals, so of course I decided to help a friend drag his car out of a 3 foot high snowed in parking lot. The car weighed 400lbs more than the truck. I think either the piston rings gave out or timing jumped because after that the motor felt a lot looser and would just turn over and not start. It took a lot to kill the Protege I had, too. It would eat alternators once a year but not give up. So I ran it with the wrong exhaust headers and just ragged on it until the head gasket blew.
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Aug 19, 2017 16:49
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I had a 92 Accord and I went 40,000 miles without changing the oil
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Aug 19, 2017 16:57
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I had a Honda Civic which was so lovely that you had to get it rolling and then hop in and strike the wires together so it'd start. Once started you had to hope there was no traffic cause it overheated at red lights.
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Aug 19, 2017 17:21
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Beowulfs_Ghost posted:97 Ford Escort wagon.
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Aug 19, 2017 17:27
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if toyotas are durable and good enough for desert extremists dodging rocket attacks and bullets they're good and durable enough for me
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Aug 19, 2017 17:28
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Robo Reagan posted:if toyotas are durable and good enough for desert extremists dodging rocket attacks and bullets they're good and durable enough for me
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Aug 19, 2017 17:41
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'02 Subaru WRX that's in the shop right now because someone decided to go demolition derby on it at highway speeds. 180k miles on it and the power steering is going out. I would have gotten rid of it years ago but it's just such a goddamned fun car. Power-sliding around switchbacks on snow-covered mountain passes. Or I'll be at a stop light and someone will roll down their window and shout "Nice car!!!" I kinda want a truck. Trucks are p cool.
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Aug 19, 2017 17:53
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Dangerllama posted:I'll be at a stop light and someone will roll down their window and shout "Nice car!!!" why do i doubt thisw
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Aug 19, 2017 17:54
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It literally happens all the time. I have no idea why. 
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Aug 19, 2017 17:56
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Robo Reagan posted:why do i doubt thisw the wrx is what every wannabe tuner and japanese car enthusiast lusts after
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Aug 19, 2017 18:37
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1983 dodge ram van, got it off my boss for 300$ in '99. it had oatmeal in the radiator, a pinhole in the gas tank & it leaked every imaginable fluid so had an assorment of containers to top poo poo up on a daily, i would only put enough gas in it to get where i was going because it would dribble out and to start 'd have to pour gas into the carb , rear left leafspring snapped off and drove itself through the rusty floor so i jacked it up and threw a wooden block in it, drove it off road extensively, was missing drivers side window so to "secure" i would loop a bike lock chain around the steeering wheel and the door handle, none of the electric poo poo inside worked so i taped a small maglight to the dash so i could see the speedo. What finally killed it was a flat tire i was unable to replace so i tradwd the thing for an ounce of weed.
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Aug 19, 2017 18:37
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tensac posted:1983 dodge ram van, got it off my boss for 300$ in '99. it had oatmeal in the radiator, a pinhole in the gas tank & it leaked every imaginable fluid so had an assorment of containers to top poo poo up on a daily, i would only put enough gas in it to get where i was going because it would dribble out and to start 'd have to pour gas into the carb , rear left leafspring snapped off and drove itself through the rusty floor so i jacked it up and threw a wooden block in it, drove it off road extensively, was missing drivers side window so to "secure" i would loop a bike lock chain around the steeering wheel and the door handle, none of the electric poo poo inside worked so i taped a small maglight to the dash so i could see the speedo. What finally killed it was a flat tire i was unable to replace so i tradwd the thing for an ounce of weed. MacDryver spinderella fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 18:42
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Navin Johnson posted:Mine's a stick. Drove it from socal to Oregon and it didn't even fart once. What an amazing car! Btw, on the confession about never owning a new car: I'm a gen xer. I just am too cheap to make car payments. The one time I tried to finance a car it had multiple clutch-related failures within a month. I'm never getting anything from a dealership used again.  Xaris posted:maybe those were better but I have an 2001 accord and technically it works, but i've had to replace the tranny and several other major parts that just hosed up so its kind of a franken-car by now. idk for being a honda it had a surprisingly lot of problems 9 years later, with really not that many miles. I dunno if that was just a particularly bad year or what. If it's an auto/v6 car, for some reason that was just not a good year for that. The Odyssey vans had the same deal; they went for a long time, but eventually would make you tired of it.
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Aug 19, 2017 18:43
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I have two right now, a 98 Accord v6 on its third trans at 260k and an 81 Rabbit Pickup diesel with an odometer that gave up at 161k ^ahahahaha yeah gently caress the B7XA forever BUT the last time I thought it was going out, it turned out the alternator was dying and replacing that solved all my shifting issues. Honda in general designs really weird automatics compared to how every other manufacturer does it and because of how they work, electrical problems can cause a solenoid in the trans to drop out and make it slip into neutral. I don't doubt the existence of a design flaw in the V6 auto but really wonder how many have been replaced or rebuilt over electrical problems because who would ever expect that to be the root cause of dropping gears randomly It's worth it to me to keep dealing with because absolutely everything else about that car is perfect and I intend to be buried with it pharaoh style shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 19:34
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How! posted:I daily a 1966 Dart, Darts are awesome. Please put a picture here of it. And of the plugs that still work from 1966!
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Aug 19, 2017 23:13
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Flyball posted:I didn't know such a thing existed. Yup, and mine looks exactly like this one. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%2797-%2799_Escort_Wagon.jpg White, no hub caps. Besides doing my usual 26 miles round trip, 6 days a week commute, I've driven it on hundreds of miles of logging roads in the Oregon coast range. It is fairly light, and is high enough, that it easy to get it trough all but the most rutted or swampy roads. I kept a come-along in the back just in case, but never needed it.
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We had a 1995 Chevy Caprice that soldiered on for so long. My dad never showed the car mercy. It was the first car I ever drove, and I also did not show it any mercy. The transmission lost reverse a month after my dad got a new car. My dad wanted to use the Caprice for work commuting and the new car for everything else, but then he got tired of putting it in neutral and pushing it out of parking lots, so it was left parked outside for a couple of months until a couple of rear end in a top hat children vandalized it so we sold it for like $150.
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I had an 89 Ford laser and the fucker would fix itself. Had an issue where the radiator fan would just run until the battery died even with the key/ignition off. I had to disconnect the battery every time I got out. After six months it just started working again. Drove it 7000km during mid summer (117F), eventually gave it to my mechanic when I fled the country. poo poo was badass, every car I buy made past 95 just dies on its own. After the tires got nice and bald with bits of wire sticking out it was fucken sweet fun for drifting around roundabouts. Outrail fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Aug 20, 2017 |
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Aug 20, 2017 04:19
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rear end posted:We had a 1995 Chevy Caprice that soldiered on for so long. My dad never showed the car mercy. It was the first car I ever drove, and I also did not show it any mercy. The transmission lost reverse a month after my dad got a new car. My dad wanted to use the Caprice for work commuting and the new car for everything else, but then he got tired of putting it in neutral and pushing it out of parking lots, so it was left parked outside for a couple of months until a couple of rear end in a top hat children vandalized it so we sold it for like $150. You didn't have that car for long at all, and you hotdogged the hell out of it!
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i had a 2001 Hyundai Accent that i bought in 2007. this thing refuses to pass away despite being given away to my parents in 2012. it was a complete base model except for its original owner having really large wheels on it that blew every six months. the upholstery is decorated in what i can only describe as "Party City"...the windows crank, the locks are manual, but it never fails to start before you even finish turning the key. the engine sounds like meth-addled growling hobo. I crashed it one Winter evening at low speed when it lost its footing on ice. My parents use it for occasional trips where their SUV would be Impractical but every time I see it I kinda miss it & its stupid spoiler. Ride on, you hosed up Korean roller skate. noapparentfunction fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Aug 20, 2017 |
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Aug 20, 2017 05:19
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noapparentfunction posted:i had a 2001 Hyundai Accent that i bought in 2007. this thing refuses to pass away despite being given away to my parents in 2012. it was a complete base model except for its original owner having really large wheels on it that blew every six months. It's still good...maybe, Needs some work, especially if it's being driven.
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Aug 20, 2017 05:22
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really 2001 is not that old though. i would hope it would still keep running. i think it's more impressive when 80s or even some 90s cars keep on kicking *then again technically my '01 accord needed a transmission rebuild which was almost not worth it but eh
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Aug 20, 2017 05:24
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Spinster posted:I did. It was also the ugliest car I ever owned. It was my best friend's Ford Pinto, she gave it to me when I was 19 after she bought a better car. It was duck poop green, reeked of the hay she hauled in it, and was indestructible. It had a flat once and I used Fix a Flat spray to get home. I hadn't replaced that tire yet when it was stolen from a fast food parking lot (I left the keys in it.) 1989 Chevy Sprint 4 door That loving thing was a tank I drove it from 1993-1997 all over West Texas and it never needed more than an oil change around early 1998 my ex-father-in-law and I rebuilt the engine and it didn't last another month
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Aug 20, 2017 05:25
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Maybe we should all check out the CAR FORUM! https://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=91
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Aug 20, 2017 05:26
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I.C. posted:Maybe we should all check out the CAR FORUM! what are you, a mod now
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Aug 20, 2017 05:26
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gnarlyhotep posted:what are you, a mod now No. I was just saying. Sheesh.
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I had an 89 Benz 190e who's odometer was stuck at 189k and I put about 100-200k on it before it got t-boned and wrote off. RIP you tank of a car.
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Aug 20, 2017 05:28
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Can someone please explain why an ancient piece of poo poo appears to be part cockroach even during blatant attempts to kill it, but whenever I really need a car/van/truck to survive more than a year it promptly has a weird untreatable issue? It's like some sort of spiteful amalgamation vehicle-cat-horse. Edit: My current vehicle is a 99 Pathfinder. Previously I had a POS Astro van that I spent far, far too much time and money fixing up that blew some electrics and had to be scrapped. So I buy this crappy SUV off a friend of a friend and it immediately needs tires, clutch CV joints, ball joints and an AC recharge, but whatever it was cheap to start with. Thing is I needed the camper-van becasue I'm going to do a huge cross country trip and I can't sleep in an SUV. So out comes everything down to bare metal except the front seats. A plywood platform goes in with a mattress and it's the world's shittiest most cramped camper conversion ever. Then the crankshaft position sensor dies and breaks in half on removal, I'm also getting knock sensor and charging issues. Cars shouldn't even turn over without a CS position sensor. For some reason Nissan hosed around with what does what or something and it's gone +6000km/4000 miles without a problem. Outrail fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Aug 20, 2017 |
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Outrail posted:Can someone please explain why an ancient piece of poo poo appears to be part cockroach even during blatant attempts to kill it, but whenever I really need a car/van/truck to survive more than a year it promptly has a weird untreatable issue? It's like some sort of spiteful amalgamation vehicle-cat-horse. You have a Ford?
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Aug 20, 2017 06:00
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I.C. posted:You have a Ford? Had a Ford, it was awesome. Had a Toyota Celica, it was great. Nissans seem fine too. What I'm saying is gently caress Chevy forever.
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Outrail posted:Had a Ford, it was awesome. Had a Toyota Celica, it was great. Nissans seem fine too. What I'm saying is gently caress Chevy forever. Chevys are fine, man. They run.
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