I still don`t understand why a car manufacture won`t just make at least one of their cars, perfect it and NEVER change it really similar to what VW did a long time with the beetle.
Mercedes?
While we're on the subject I've seen quite a few mid 2000 Hyundai/Kia automobiles with over 200k on them and they're still running well. Sure we've seen a few of the 2.0l lose head gaskets and lock the engine but if properly maintained they are built solid and similar to the early 90's Japanese cars and you can absolutely steal one due to depreciation.Who would've thought.
Oh how I wish. No, it's a 1998 Toyota Corolla that I bought new. Can't complain though, been a great car. Never had the engine or transmission rebuilt. Still gets over 35mpg.
Driving your car long distances (over 1k miles straight) is very hard on the engine and can shorten the lifespan of your car.I need to make a long trip and i'm trying to decide if i'd be better off driving straight (NJ to Ft Lauderdale) or heading down to VA and putting the car on the Amtrak auto train. I have a 2001 Grand Cherokee with 98k on it.
Change the oil,...then if you have time/money...flush cooling system (also, when you top off coolant in the radiator, use distilled/deionized water),...check the belts,...power steering fluids,...if the battery is more than four years old, change it.
Driving long distances in the heat can be tough on transmissions. Keep your speeds under 75 and have your transmission fluid changed when you get to Florida and you should be fine. Treat your car right and it will treat you right.
put the garden hose in the exhaust pipe, while the car is running, open up the water on full blast. You must flush it out that way after a long trip.
So I gather that you have 20k-80k to piss on a new car? Or are you talking about a good used car, which will run 8-20k, or are you talking a "piece of a car", like a police auction police cruiser (which has been run into the ground)?
Don`t ever get rid of it. I bet if you make it to 500,000 and contact Toyota they may do something unexpected for you.
I had a '67 ragtop, drove it everyday, all over the place, never had a problem.Until someone stole it.
I drove from DC to Florida last year, was great, car still seems to be working just fine LOL.Last month my dad put his car on the Amtrak from Virginia to Florida, had very good things to say about the trip, but he had a first class ticket/ room.
not sure if you buy your cars off dealers or what but i've paid far less than 8-20 grand for good cars that lasted me many many years with no major issues...
Us chinamen engineer our cars real well, Mr. Chun.
Define good cars. And are you talking private owners?Preventive maintenance can make any car last long, even a car that is a piece of shit....Had a uncle that drove a 66 Pontiac Catalina from 1966 to 2005 as a daily driver. He knew how to kep it running.
I believe you have bad information. I bought a car once that had over 100,000 miles on it. They were all highway miles. I drove it for another 100,000 miles before I needed to replace the engine. It was a '73 Super Beetle. Best car ever. Gave it to my daughter when she was sixteen. She drove the piss out of it and then sold it. Now she wishes she still had it and so do I. Fortunately, VW is coming out with a new Beetle this year that actually looks like the old one. Hmm?
Nobody likes a "garage queen" ~ I don't give a shit what kind of car it is, it was made to be driven, not parked and stared at. Drive it. I put those miles on a car that a lot of homos like to park in their garages. They think these particular vehicles will somehow 'melt' in the rain. I've had four of them. Just drive the S.O.B. How else are you gonna figure out what it was made for? By asking on a bodybuilding forum? Oh yeah, guess so. My bad.
like the w124 mercedes diesel. best mercedes ever
