Most reliable/abused car you ever owned/couldnt kill!

[TDi90]

nother shout for VW's!
our VW passat, done 145,000 miles and still going. she has had everything from hand brake turns to driving across feilds, everything... brilliant car.
R

[G-mod]

Gotta plug my old citroen xantia again   :shock:

300000 miles in 6 years of hard driving (country-vet) and never got stuck!
Found the raising suspension very usefull.
In all that time all she needed was brakepads and discs. Clutch, wheel bearings ,suspension all original. Didn't even use any oil.
parked it up in august 2006 and treated myself to a citroen C5 which was a huge DISASTER  :(
anyway, sold the xantia in march 07 unseen, pumped up tyres, charged the battery and turned the key: started instantly, suspension raised itself and she drove all the way from Doncaster to buckinghamshire, top car that. miss it at times. The scooby forester has been nowhere near as reliable..........
Oh well, happy days

[richo]

Austin metro .Yes i here the sniggers.
This car was given to me and had 4 months mot on it and a bit of tax.
Used it for work then we tried to kill it and it would'nt die ,even after rolling it over a few times
Still managed to drive it to the scappie
And a yogo 55a fully loaded ,Paid 150 for it used it for 2 years and in that time it passed it's mots and the only thing that broke was the rear pipe.
I then sold it for 200, i made a profit on the old girl

[lee celtic]

1.3 nissan sunny van :shock:
Thrashed to within an inch of it's life all day every day and still went and went.

Sold it in the end to a pub builder (you know the bloke in the bar who can do anything builderish but is always in the pub but still signs on )
still see it around bangor even though I sold it 8 years ago :shock:  :shock:

[chris.hunt22]

the longest I have ever owned a car - a 1996 Saab 9000 Aero, it had 150,000 when I sold it and never missed a beat, had a starter motor on it in 4 1/2 years and it hadn't stopped working just made a dodgy noise so I replaced it (pre-empted a breakdown)  It was as quick as thhe day I got it but PX'd it for a Disco!!

[madgaz]

Sorry to dig up an old (ish) thread but I came across it while searching
We have just sold r lasses Peugeot 106. This has been driven to the limit EVERYTIME I took it out and the only things replaced are the radiator and battery in 5 years (and the oil of course every 7k ish ) and we had a drive shaft go at one point :shock:
It just keeps going and going but due to a change in 'wanting' we have let it go which brings a tear to our eyes
While the Pug was getting the drive shaft repaired we bought a XR2i from the motor auctions for £80 :shock:  I ended up thrashing this for about 12 months (and when I say thrashing I mean THRASHING :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted: ) but the thing kept on running like a dream and NEVEr let us down. I remember it well haha. The paint work was pink and VERY faded. The laquer was non existent to about 80% of the thing and the interior looked like it had been met by Freddy Kruger but hell was it one hell of a fun car to drive :twisted:
We sold it on fleabay after 12 months as drive space was getting limited but we managed to pull £300 for it somehow :shock:
I wish we had kept the little thing :P
We had a call from the police 6 weeks after selling it :shock:
Looks like the chavvy git who bought it didn't send the log book off like he was supposed to and it had been involved in a chase :lol:
Luckily we had a reciept for the sale signed my both the buyer and I and the prat had used genuine details on it :(biglaugh):

Now I will also point out here that I 'can' be a forum whore at times and I LOVE emoticons  :(biglove):

[Evilgoat]

nother shout for VW's!
our VW passat, done 145,000 miles and still going. she has had everything from hand brake turns to driving across feilds, everything... brilliant car.
R

Only its not is it?


*runs for cover*

[Dr Evil]

Had a Triumph Acclaim, the one with the Honda engine. My Mum & Dad bought it new in 1983 and gave it to me in 1994 with 75k on the clock, after only buying one set of tyres and a battery. I had it for 3 years, putting another 40k on it and never spending a penny, never changed the oil, never topped up the water, never had to. Only got rid when it failed the MoT, and then sold it to the milkman for £75.

[smurf]

Old Ford Sierra Estate.

I think it was a 'C' reg, got nailed, I mean really thrashed to Wales & back every weekend to feed mine a few mates beer habits! (we were only late teens, early twenties).

I think it was a 1.6, & very reguarly I got people saying "its gonna blow" as the revs screamed.... Even took it off road  :shock:  Yep,were driving down a lane & for a laugh took it across a grass field, heads banging off the roof lining, sides splitting with laughter, car 'see sawing' over the bumps.

Bought for £200 & sold for £50 about a year later.

Also a 'D' reg Capri Laser, only problem was a sticking auto choke.  Quick bang with a hammer each morning sorted that.

The good old days.

[redhand]

95 Mondeo TD estate. ran it for 4 years used it as a builders van all the time I had it. towed a trailer with 3 tonnes of slate chippings in it. never changed oil once did 70k miles in it and was still running fine when I got rid.  Needed 2 new headlamps front wishbone, brakelines, etc etc. got rid at xmas.

[Range Rover Blues]

Erm, every MkII Escort I've owned.

I could run one on a shoestring (or as we called it, a student grant), part were easy to get and cheap, 3 spaaners fit nealry the whole car and every time I've blown on up it kept going and got me home/where I was going.

I exploded my 1600 on the M1 and it got me to work in Hull, 60 miles away and only 10 minutes late.  One pipston burned through, onother one full of oil as a result and it kept going 'till I hit the first traffic light.

Fingers crossed I don't blow up my latest one.

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[Bulli]

1.5 lada niva, my mum gave it to me.

drove all the way from Sheffield to Aviemore for a snowboarding holiday fully laden with me and 3 mates. kept running out of water cos i was young and didnt know how to fill her properly. Followed the snowplough in the last 20 or so miles(10 inch of snow in aviemore and we were camping!!).
never blew the head gasket, filled it properly the following day after reading the manual. never failed to start and had 2 settings on the heater, hot and volcano!!lol

[GREENI]

Plenty of Fords on here...
I.d go for an old Mk2 astra I did a part x on a Manta GTE 16v redtop.
Had the Astra (well the ex did) for 4 years, never missed a beat..
I marshalled at the Lancs and Cheshire Easter Interclub event at Trentham in it, and went accross the top of the quarry in it !!!!

[ben_haynes]

I have never owned a vehicle for long enough to destroy it

had a

Series 2a - 2003 - 2.5 years - that was always on a tow rope
Metro - 2004 - 6 months - cambelt snapped, engine rebuild
Punto - 2004 - 1 month - Smashed in the rear wrote it off
Disco 200TDi - 2005 - 1.5 years - Diffs, Clutch, Axles, Props, Turbo Engine and ROT
Polo - 2007 - 7 months - no problems at all
Disco 200 V8 - 2007 - 6 months - still got it - alsorts of Running problems