[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.
       | 
       | 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.
       | 
       | 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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