C5 Golfer Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 And how many miles you got on it. My daily driver is a 1980 and I have owned it for 18 years with 166,000 miles and many to go. It is the longest I have ever owned a car. ( The C5 does not get out much since it rains here a lot ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I am the proud owner of a 1992 Mazda 323. This is my first car. I got it for 0$ in May 2003 (I was 26) from my dad, had 110000 km (not miles), and is now at 118000 km. Derf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoch Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 i was driving a 1988 jeep wrangler that had been in the family since 89, had 200000 when i finally dropped it off and picked up a newer pile of crap, now its a 91 thunderbird with 87000 and i've had it for 2 years. i would do anything now to get the wrangler back, unfortunantly i can't afford to get another one yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Dasai Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I have a nice Cannondale touring bike of unknown vintage. I bought it from a friend a couple of years ago, and I've done about 4,000 km on it. It has a Blackburn rack which I use to attach panniers to, and it also has nice SKS fenders which keep me somewhat dry and clean during the rainy season, the typhoon season, and summer (when it rains more than in the rainy season!). I ride it all-year around, and have had some exciting rides in the snow. Haven't crashed it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 that I've had since 1985. It gets about 2 dump runs a year now, but its seen 3 engines over the years, a few transmissions, and a cuople of rear ends! Oh, and its been lowered and lifted(indecision!). Its almost like a family member now, rust and all. Every thing else I drive is a use it and lose it when I'm through with it. I'm a lot easier on snowboard gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I've owned my current car for 3 years and 48,000 miles. My previous car, a 1990 Acura Legend, was originally purchased by my father and worked its way down through my family to end up with me. It had 207,000 miles on it (and still ran like new!) when I sold it to someone to use as his commuter car. Well, I guess he has a pretty serious commute - in January he called to tell me that he had passed 300,000 with it! Not only that, but the car went those 100k miles, and all 200k it was in my family, without a single unscheduled repair :eek: To put that in to some kind of perspective, my Audi (with a warranty!) had already cost me more to repair in the first 5k miles than that Acura cost anyone in 300,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 '97 Jeep Gr. Cherokee V8...100,000 miles...owned since 2000....replaced transmission at 70k two years ago...a big D'OOOHHH!!!...luckily it was warranteed...hope to run it into the ground. '97 Outback....126,000 miles....owned since new....just discovered a cracked engine block last week.....an even bigger D'OOOOOOOHHH!!!....curently replacing the engine, hope to get another 100,000 out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Your cracked Subaru block reminds me of a story.... Last fall I had an extra Civic motor (a crappy B16) that was going to be chucked. What do car guys do with extra motors? We blow them up! Or rather, in the case of this motor, we try. The abuse this thing took was unreal. We tried simple things like changing to an engine computer that bumped the redline up from ~6k to about ~8k. After a few minutes driving around with the revs bouncing off the limit, we had to try something else. Higher revs were needed! How could we get the motor to rev above redline? By shifting into 1st at 65mph! Seeing the tach momentarily buried was priceless. How the motor survived that I have no idea. So what are some other ways to kill a motor? Well, supposedly draining the oil and then driving like that will kill a motor. An hour later (with countless trips to redline) the motor was still running strong. We needed stronger magic. Does everyone know what hydrolocking an engine is? Basically, before the spark makes the gas go boom, the stuff inside the engine gets compressed big time (10 or 11:1 in this motor, iirc). Hydrolocking is what happens when water, an incompressible fluid, ends up inside the engine - stuff breaks, sometimes in a spectacular fashion. To hydrolock the car, we popped the hood, took off the intake, and hooked a garden hose up to the throttle body. At WOT, revs bouncing off the limiter (remember, this is still almost 2000rpm higher than stock and there still is no oil in it), when the water was turned on what happened? The motor bogged a little bit, sputtered a little bit, and then hot water started coming out of the exhaust - and the engine kept running!! What ultimately killed the engine was having a brick left on the accelerator while the coolant was drained (with no oil, the higher redline, and a garden hose pumping water where it doesn't belong). Of course, even then it took a few minutes for the engine to die. And die it did! With an apple-sized hole in the block and a horribly bent rod. Oh and did I mention that this motor had over 330,000 miles on it? The moral of the story? Don't wait for your Honda to die before replacing it. It will last longer than you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I normally try to make them live 'cause I'm a mechanic. I am privileged to see some real attempts at motor death, due to lack of maintainance. Best one recently is a Escort that we tried to talk the customer out of working on, to no avail. Put in freeze plugs, added coolant, and pressurized the cooling system, and watched coolant run out of the exhaust manifold! (had headpipe off to access the freeze plugs) I guess thats what keeps me in snowboards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I have: '99 Impreza RS with 162,000 miles. 2000 miles ago, I replaced the engine, and should get another 100-150k out of her. '04 WRX wagon, 25,000 miles. Let's see if she'll go as long as the RS! Back in the day I drove a '77 Porsche Targa S. It had about 160k on the clock, and then my brother flipped her. RIP. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncermak Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I have a 1996 Raleigh Mt. Bike... (and a 99 Passat Wagon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thomas_m Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 An embarrassing number of cars have come and gone in the last 10yrs(some pretty cool) but my 1990 RangeRover has been in the family since it was new - just flipped over 100k miles after 14 years. Here are a couple standouts from before I managed to kick the car habit: 400HP RUF modded 930, super rare BMW CSL and an Acura Type-R stripped and prepped as a track car(hugely fun). http://www.crowmountain.net/Temp/Cars/ We used the $$ from the 930 to buy a new 2002 Eurovan camper and immediately put 25k on it riding back and forth to the ocean surfing. I think I put less than 1,000 miles total on the Porsche and BMW combined over 5 years(both had less than 30k). I sometimes miss having a cool car under a cover in the garage, then I go and pull out the receipt for the $7,000 rebuild/upgrade on the Porsche. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnken Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Gotta 98 outback with 140000 miles on it. But it gets a rest when I take out the Duc Monster 900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted April 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 I did not list my 1980 type in the original post since I was in a hurry and I was wondering just how long one kept a car - not so much the kind. But since we have great stories being told I'll add my car type. It is a Mercedes 280 SL with a 4 speed manual tranny. Not many of these were made and very few imported as a grey market car to US. Mercedes North America did not allow import of the 280 motor which is a dual overhead cam high performance straight six - they only imported the V8s which were the 450, 380 and 560 SLs. I have taken very good care of mine and get complements on it all the time. What has been great on owning it is the very little maintenance $$ it has cost me over 18 years. It still has the original clutch/pressure plate, original shocks, original muffler system and the motor has never been touched by a wrench outside of a water pump, alternator and spark plugs. Also for 18 years the same mechanic has been the only one to change oil and ect - He has a small little Mercedes only shop close to home. My hope is to drive this guy for a very long time and see how far it goes till either I die or it does.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frappe Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Wow. Now I feel young. Running about 2/3rds of the way through year number 2 on my Nissan. No problems with it that weren't caused by my own stupidity or the previous owner's. Incredibly nice 930 there, Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Thomas, there is a good bet that I worked on the Rover if it went to the old Seattle shop. Worked there from 93 to 99. Im surprised the odometer was able to actually turn over all of the digits 'cause that usually did them in. This family gets around in a 95 Subaru Brighton with 96k and a few minor leaks and one wreck. We also have a 95 golf GTI with about 76k on it. both good cars IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thomas_m Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hi Art. You probably didn't do too much on the Rangie since it was out of warranty by the time we moved here in '95 and I've done most of the work on it except the messy stuff done by Gord'n Perrot. However, you did probably work on my wife's '96 Disco. That damn truck was always needing something. Never anything that would strand you, just inconvenient... I've had a soft spot for LandRovers for a long time. Between my mother, me and my wife we've had 5 since 1990 but only the old County is left. I'll drive that one 'til it falls apart but don't plan on ever owning a FordRover. What I really want is one of these as the puuurfect SurfExplorationVehicle but my wife ain't buying what I'm selling(same story on my quest for a sportbike...). http://www.eurotruck-importers.com/images/mypinz-15.jpg Best, Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al G Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Daily drive is an '87 Golf Gti with 120K Miles - rusting heap of rusty red rust! Summer car is a '76 911 Carrera 3.0, owned three years, rebuilt with over $35K sunk into her. This is why I have a heap of rust as a daily driver. Al G:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Currently a '91 Mazda MPV owned since '94 and a '97 Acura EL 1.6 owned since '01. Wish I could have a cool car again - previous cars were '73 AMC Javelin, '69 GTO (black, 4 on the floor), '84.5 Mustang SVO. My neighbour bought an RX8, got to drive it - great ride. Me jealous. On the wish list - something topless and fast (ideally a Boxster S), a bike (never owned one before tho I've driven a few, thinking of a Suzuki SV 650 as a nice starter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Range Rover actually had the potential to make a goood product till the bottom line got in the way. The Discos were ok if you didnt mind the puddles underneath. My in-laws have a 64 T-Bird convertible that I work on and would love to adopt some day. Its been in the family since new and I cant believe how well everything still works. American Steel rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paappraiser Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Just bought a nissan murano... thats a nice buggy. My honda I had for 4-5 years and my Saab 900 I had for 300,000 miles. My BMW 7series I had for 6 months (POS) How you like the VW torege? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 I got a particulary good deal on my car as it will also serve dual purpose as a coffin when I die- as I would like to be buried with it. Blitzen Benz 55k 1994- the velvet hammer ________ Colorado medical marijuana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 My first car is a 1990 Saab 9000 Aero. Love it to death, I'll probally own Saabs for the rest of my life, but I do have my eye on a 1947 Pontiac up the street... -Justin ________ CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. sandman Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Rookies! '63 Chevy P/U & '72 Dodge Charger. The Chevy was purchased new in '63 by my dad. It was his daily driver/work truck until he gave it to my wife and I in '85. That makes it 19 years proper, and quite a few more if you add the years I rode in or drove it prior. The Charger was 9 years old when my wife bought it as her first car in 1981. That makes for 23 years for her/us. Both great vehicles with well over 300k on both. We have other daily drivers (newer) but these two are both road worthy. My wife is overseeing the construction of a new detached garage for us that will soon offer the area to give both Old Detroits some well deserverd TLC that will put them back to the top of their game. It's all about the metal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Demon Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 I dont drive yet... But I would choose a motorcycle over a car anytime...Blue R6:D ________ EroticFantasyxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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