Andyman
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I've been refraining from posting here, can I say all of them?
what is the rattiest pos youve ever had?
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A BMW X3.
My dad gave it to us when my wife decided not to learn how to drive my manual Civic. It was a spare that my dad's wife bought from her son when he didn't want it anymore.
In the year we owned it, it spent six weeks in the shop. We didn't quite break even for the repairs when we traded it in towards the Subaru we have now.
The advice we got from our mechanic was hilarious: "It needs to spend at least 45min/week on the highway or your seals will break down." "Don't use the sunroof after 60k miles--they break often and only in the open position, and it's a $5k fix."
In contrast, I made it to 150k in my 2002 Civic with two unscheduled services totaling $1,500. My brother owns it now and it's about to hit 300k.
My dad gave it to us when my wife decided not to learn how to drive my manual Civic. It was a spare that my dad's wife bought from her son when he didn't want it anymore.
In the year we owned it, it spent six weeks in the shop. We didn't quite break even for the repairs when we traded it in towards the Subaru we have now.
The advice we got from our mechanic was hilarious: "It needs to spend at least 45min/week on the highway or your seals will break down." "Don't use the sunroof after 60k miles--they break often and only in the open position, and it's a $5k fix."
In contrast, I made it to 150k in my 2002 Civic with two unscheduled services totaling $1,500. My brother owns it now and it's about to hit 300k.
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I know that post reeks of first-world problems, but that was by far the "nicest" car I or my wife have owned, while also being the most hassle.
My first car was a 13-yr old Datsun Sentra that we got for $10 from a family from my mom's church, but it got the job done and started when you put the key in (a key I still have in my dresser drawer). After that it was a 10-yr old Civic hatchback previously owned by my grandmother.
So I developed a taste for reliable automobiles with low cost of ownership and no car payment.
My first car was a 13-yr old Datsun Sentra that we got for $10 from a family from my mom's church, but it got the job done and started when you put the key in (a key I still have in my dresser drawer). After that it was a 10-yr old Civic hatchback previously owned by my grandmother.
So I developed a taste for reliable automobiles with low cost of ownership and no car payment.
ponchonlefty
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amateures.
armyadarkness
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The good news is, if you like BMW's, you can get them used, cheap as HELL!
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Me too. Mini is built by BMW.
armyadarkness
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My sister bought a sweet BMW vert, 5 speed... in the mid 90's. But mostly as a millionaire status symbol. She worked in Manhattan, so she never drove it, then she had triplets and drove it even less.
I wanted the car when it was 12 years old, with only 4,500 miles... but of course, my mother (who kisses my sisters ass until it's sore) insisted on buying it from my sister, so that she too could cruise around town like a millionaire socialite.
The top wouldnt go down, from having never been used, and the AC didnt work. The dealership, which was the only place capable of either repair, wanted $12,000 to fix both.
So you see, I have many fond memories of my childhood, after all.
I wanted the car when it was 12 years old, with only 4,500 miles... but of course, my mother (who kisses my sisters ass until it's sore) insisted on buying it from my sister, so that she too could cruise around town like a millionaire socialite.
The top wouldnt go down, from having never been used, and the AC didnt work. The dealership, which was the only place capable of either repair, wanted $12,000 to fix both.
So you see, I have many fond memories of my childhood, after all.
armyadarkness
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When they're maintained, they go forever
Jim C
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Yeah, but at what cost?
I think that applies to anything made of quality materials although the service labor can make this all a joke.
Changing oil on many Ferrari's is an example.
Jim C
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Rattiest POS you've ever had?
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Every thread becomes the main thread. Lots of butt licking today.
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My sister had a red Gremlin while getting a degree at the University of Washington (just there to raise her grade point, and it was a sin for which we still harrass her 50 years later...) I think my dad replaced the windshield wiper motor (vacuum powered) three times but it would NOT power the wipers. They'd go down in the center but not back up. My sister drove it for three years with string tied to the driver's side wiper and routed inside through the door. When she needed wipers, they'd go down and she had to pull the string to yank them back up for the next stroke. While she did this she was in the Seattle area a lot, and you all know the deal with rain in Seattle, not to mention snow in the Cascade mountains.
The doors came loose a lot, the wipers didn't work, and the car was a rattletrap, but the engine and transmission in that Gremlin were absolutely bulletproof - it would not die. Unfortunately. So she kept driving it until she finished the degree and got into Vet school at the real university, Washington State (Go, Cougs!)
Now she's a veterinarian who has done relief work in vet clinics in Washington state for more than 20 years. She has about a 1993 Toyota Tacoma pickup with a bit over 425,000 miles on it. I don't think the engine has ever been opened. Great truck!
I won't get into the Datsun 210 dad drove for a while that had rust holes in the fenders so big he could stick multiple fingers through the holes. And of course, there was rope holding the passenger side door shut.
The doors came loose a lot, the wipers didn't work, and the car was a rattletrap, but the engine and transmission in that Gremlin were absolutely bulletproof - it would not die. Unfortunately. So she kept driving it until she finished the degree and got into Vet school at the real university, Washington State (Go, Cougs!)
Now she's a veterinarian who has done relief work in vet clinics in Washington state for more than 20 years. She has about a 1993 Toyota Tacoma pickup with a bit over 425,000 miles on it. I don't think the engine has ever been opened. Great truck!
I won't get into the Datsun 210 dad drove for a while that had rust holes in the fenders so big he could stick multiple fingers through the holes. And of course, there was rope holding the passenger side door shut.
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Taco FTW!!!
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