[HN Gopher] After 53 Years of Daily Driving This 1969 Toyota Cor...
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After 53 Years of Daily Driving This 1969 Toyota Corolla Is
Retiring to a Museum
Author : mcenedella
Score : 25 points
Date : 2022-09-02 19:45 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| Cupertino95014 wrote:
| I had a 1981 Tercel that "only" got about 160,000 miles before I
| traded it in. It still ran fine. Now I have an Infiniti and
| that's also rock-solid.
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| Conversely, I've had three German cars (one VW and two BMWs) and
| they all sucked. On the last BMW I had to replace all four window
| regulators, at $900 each.
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| Manufacturing is hard.
| dieselgate wrote:
| Depends on the vehicle or engine - VW TDIs are commonly known
| to be a robust high mileage engine, half a million miles and up
| aren't unheard of. If you're talking about interior and finish
| components though yes they can suck
| vr46 wrote:
| My 1989 MR2 could take it all, except being rammed off the
| road. My 2013 A6 is several orders of magnitude nicer to be
| inside than the 2011 Lexus, with a similarly better ride.
| Reliability isn't everything. The 2001 QX4 was close to
| covering both worlds, though, I know the Japanese
| manufacturers can get it right :)
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