PricklyPete
Lifer
You're an idiot. Plenty of American cars have done that and better.
180K is not that much for a car...and your car seems to have plenty of problems with it at that age (most seem to be complete neglect).
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Why I love foreign cars.
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You're an idiot. Plenty of American cars have done that and better.
180K is not that much for a car...and your car seems to have plenty of problems with it at that age (most seem to be complete neglect).
PeeluckyDuckee
Diamond Member
Our family Intrigue has 25000 miles and it still runs. I guess we should be blessed. It's a miracle. 😛
Foreign cars overall tend to last longer. I can go to a mechanic and they will probably say yes they are more reliable. I have indeed heard stories where a Ford can and will last over 200,000 miles. It is just that certain models do better, but overall cheaply made and even sabotaged at the production line. Yes, the workers get underpaid so they take their anger out on building cars or just don't do what they are supposed to. Another example. USPS workers are sooo lazy that they don't care about their job. And that is why some of your mail is late or lost.
These days, reliability is probably getting better as the Amercian companies are finally realizing the significance of reliability and making cars people want. Although there is too many freaking SUVs here in the U.S!!! Don't buy a Jeep if you arn't going to off road. Don't buy a land barge just for getting you from point A to B extra safely!
These days, reliability is probably getting better as the Amercian companies are finally realizing the significance of reliability and making cars people want. Although there is too many freaking SUVs here in the U.S!!! Don't buy a Jeep if you arn't going to off road. Don't buy a land barge just for getting you from point A to B extra safely!
AMCRambler
Diamond Member
That's pretty damn good OP. Sais a lot for Nissan's vehicles. In response to your "Let's see an American car do that..." I'll tell you about my college vehicle. When I graduated from high school and decided I'd be attending college locally I found I'd need a commuter car. My parents being as cheap as they are told me they would give me the 1966 AMC Rambler that my grandfather had given them and had been sitting in our garage for the last 20 years. It was basically my family's spare car, any time a car broke down and they needed something to drive for a while, out the Rambler would come. So the deal was they'd pay for the parts to get it road legal again and I would do the work and it would be my graduation gift. It needed a bunch of brake work and an exhaust system. Long story short, got it on the road and for the three years I drove it to school, I never had to do much of anything with it.
Sure there were things wrong with it, it had a terrible leak that would fill the floor pans with 2 inches of water if it ever rained hard. It had what I liked to call self changing oil, in that I'd have to add a quart every week to replace the quart that leaked out. The welded together exhaust my old man and I'd built used to rattle like hell and the heat didn't work worth a crap. But damned if I didn't put another 30,000 miles on that thing driving it for three years.
My senior year I finally got another car and I decided one day I'd get around to restoring it and I put it under our deck up on blocks. It sat there for two years before I got started on the resto and all I had to do to get it running again was put the wheels back on, clean the points and plugs, and squirt some carb cleaner down the carburetor. Fired right up. I'd like to see your 97 Nissan Altima do that in 40 years!
Sure there were things wrong with it, it had a terrible leak that would fill the floor pans with 2 inches of water if it ever rained hard. It had what I liked to call self changing oil, in that I'd have to add a quart every week to replace the quart that leaked out. The welded together exhaust my old man and I'd built used to rattle like hell and the heat didn't work worth a crap. But damned if I didn't put another 30,000 miles on that thing driving it for three years.
My senior year I finally got another car and I decided one day I'd get around to restoring it and I put it under our deck up on blocks. It sat there for two years before I got started on the resto and all I had to do to get it running again was put the wheels back on, clean the points and plugs, and squirt some carb cleaner down the carburetor. Fired right up. I'd like to see your 97 Nissan Altima do that in 40 years!
Aquila76
Diamond Member
Eww ... that's bad. What make/model of car was that?
The only time I had a light come on was with my current car a while back. I ripped one of the hoses off the car while taking an unplanned off-roading trip in a near-miss accident. My coolant level dropped (and fluid level light came on), due to the fact that I hadn't properly clamped the hose back on after I reconnected it.
How can a car that's only been around since 1998 even be considered for eligibility for reliability tests? Sounds like a marketing ploy.
Reliability is when you have a 15 year old car with 200k plus miles that's not needing ridiculous amounts of repairs and it doesn't break down on you.
Or was this one of those new car "reliability" tests. If something doesn't work when you buy it, it's not unreliable...it's defective.
FrustratedUser
Lifer
QFT
otispunkmeyer
Lifer
that sounds pretty beat up
but today most cars can easy outlast 100k miles.
ive heard of a guy who drove nearly the length of england with hardly any oil in his Nissan Skyline and it was fine. most modern cars a well engineered beasts. you saw what they did on Top Gear to the toyota Hilux....damn that thing washed out to sea and got burried in the sand and it still fired up.
ive seen tests done on a really crappy english car put together at time when english build quality on cheap cars down right sucked
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/press/85maestro16.jpg
one them....it was shot at, jammed in reverse while going forward, ran at max revs with no water, then no oil, then no oil and no water, they tried that hand break turn manouver that russ swift can pull off with 6 inches to spare, drove it over large pot holes etc....and it still fired up and you could still drive it.
but today most cars can easy outlast 100k miles.
ive heard of a guy who drove nearly the length of england with hardly any oil in his Nissan Skyline and it was fine. most modern cars a well engineered beasts. you saw what they did on Top Gear to the toyota Hilux....damn that thing washed out to sea and got burried in the sand and it still fired up.
ive seen tests done on a really crappy english car put together at time when english build quality on cheap cars down right sucked
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/press/85maestro16.jpg
one them....it was shot at, jammed in reverse while going forward, ran at max revs with no water, then no oil, then no oil and no water, they tried that hand break turn manouver that russ swift can pull off with 6 inches to spare, drove it over large pot holes etc....and it still fired up and you could still drive it.
otispunkmeyer
Lifer
lazy V8's FTW! no wonder it lasted 200k + your american V8's are so effortless in their operation perfect for cruising.
id say wear depends on what your doing, lots of cruising on the motorways isnt gonna cause too much damage
stop go stop type driving will wear things out quikcer
otispunkmeyer
Lifer
holy COW 700k miles original engine...........that should end the thread, yanks can build totally reliable engines
SilverTorch
Golden Member
So true, and yet so sad at the same time.
Chadder007
Diamond Member
Thats how foreign cars get good marks. The owners of Japanese cars hardly ever complain about the problems that they do have. They just keep driving the car till it falls to pieces or when its absolutely mandatory to replace a part.
quakefiend420
Lifer
my 95 buick regal hasx 175K on it now, and the only issue with it is the ac compressor clutch needs to be replaced, it's kind of loud
however my 86 300zx has 215K on it now, so i know what you mean 🙂
however my 86 300zx has 215K on it now, so i know what you mean 🙂
TomKazansky
Golden Member
a while back, there was a volvo in the City of Los Angeles that hit 1,000,000 miles on its original body and engine.
nateholtrop
Diamond Member
Pfft my winter beater an 87 Bonneville has 120k on the clock and the only problem aside from no muffler is the windsheild washer fluid level doesn't work on the car anymore. Plus it can still get up and move. Gotta love domestic. 🙂
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