Best ''Bullet Proof'' car you have owned

chillin117 · 15-03-2016 11:18AM #1

I had a 1.6D Opel Kadett, I showered it with Neglect, 300k miles, changed the oil once in 6years, Floods, Frost it always started. Like an obiedient dog it was

PukkaStukka · 15-03-2016 11:22AM

I had a Corsa 1.5TD with the Isuzu engine. Did starship mileage in 5 years and the only failure was a battery!

Most jap cars from the 90's would last forever if looked after too.

Ciano35 · 15-03-2016 11:24AM

Peugeot 205 1.8 diesel, nothing could stop it

fancy pigeon · 15-03-2016 11:27AM

Its a joint top between Peugeot D-Turbo's and a Mercedes C220 diesel

Pig ignorant mules of cars that just keep on going and going :cool:

chillin117 · 15-03-2016 11:28AM

PukkaStukka wrote: »

I had a Corsa 1.5TD with the Isuzu engine. Did starship mileage in 5 years and the only failure was a battery!

Most jap cars from the 90's would last forever if looked after too.

I worked for Avis in the 90's. They had a few Carina diesels (Auto). The Maroon coloured one's Despite the general abuse they got, they never lay down. Some car !

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-03-2016 11:34AM

I had a 1993 Civic saloon 1.6 ESi, I bought it in 2003 with 200k miles on the clock. I drive it for 5 years and put up another 120k miles on it. It never got new oil, it got the old oil from my DC2 Integras, which got oil changes every 3k miles. I just topped up the civic with the old oil when it needed topping up. The civic was battered and bruised but 100% reliable and never let me down. It never needed any work with exception to discs and pads. I actually sold it for more than it cost me.

I have my current Subaru Legacy 2.0i petrol for 4 years now. All I've ever had to do to it was an O2 sensor and a few drop links and ARB bushes and discs/pads. It's supremely reliable!

eeguy · 15-03-2016 11:38AM

1 litre opel corsa b.

Driven every day for 5 years up and down the country. Only issue was a rusty exhaust, though the guy I bought it from had thrown a new one into the boot.

Rarely serviced, rarely cleaned. Worked like a charm till I crashed it, then worked for another year with minor niggles.

chillin117 · 15-03-2016 11:40AM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I had a 1993 Civic saloon 1.6 ESi, I bought it in 2003 with 200k miles on the clock. I drive it for 5 years and put up another 120k miles on it. It never got new oil, it got the old oil from my DC2 Integras, which got oil changes every 3k miles. I just topped up the civic with the old oil when it needed topping up. The civic was battered and bruised but 100% reliable and never let me down. It never needed any work with exception to discs and pads. I actually sold it for more than it cost me.

I have my current Subaru Legacy 2.0i petrol for 4 years now. All I've ever had to do to it was an O2 sensor and a few drop links and ARB bushes and discs/pads. It's supremely reliable!

Topping up with used oil ? I love it !

Clareman · 15-03-2016 11:42AM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I had a 1993 Civic saloon 1.6 ESi, I bought it in 2003 with 200k miles on the clock. I drive it for 5 years and put up another 120k miles on it. It never got new oil, it got the old oil from my DC2 Integras, which got oil changes every 3k miles. I just topped up the civic with the old oil when it needed topping up. The civic was battered and bruised but 100% reliable and never let me down. It never needed any work with exception to discs and pads. I actually sold it for more than it cost me.

I have my current Subaru Legacy 2.0i petrol for 4 years now. All I've ever had to do to it was an O2 sensor and a few drop links and ARB bushes and discs/pads. It's supremely reliable!

I had a 1992 version of it, battery went 1 morning and decided to off load it before more stuff went wrong with it, I still see it on the road every once in a while, I loved that car

Indricotherium · 15-03-2016 11:56AM

2000 Daewoo lanos.

Bought in 2006 sold in 2012.

Never serviced, got a bottle of oil when ever the light went on.

Drove it on three cylinders for a good 3 months before it gave up the ghost.

Almost every part of it was broken, door handles, windows, central locking, boot floor, heater, de mister , sprayer, radio, etc etc etc, but it never failed to switch on and get me where I was going.

BULLETPROOF!!

Think it was the previous astra underneath.

Stallingrad · 15-03-2016 11:56AM

Peugeot 205 1.1. Nothing never went wrong with it, ever.

tanko · 15-03-2016 12:04PM

99 Corolla petrol , does anything ever go wrong with the engine/gearbox/clutch?

JohnCleary · 15-03-2016 12:07PM

My current C-Class Avantgarde 'AMG Sport' - Had it 4 years (although not put up huge milage). Apart from new shocks when bought (warranty) it has required nothing apart from usual servicing (also had autobox oil changed) - fingers crossed she stays that.

A really fun, comfortable car to drive IMHO and although a few years old now, I still drool every time I wash her

I had planned on changing cars every 5 years, but with this one, i'm "why bother?"

duffman3833 · 15-03-2016 12:13PM

my 07 a4 was the best car Ive owned, kinda regret selling it, never missed a beat. The only car i ever owned that i didn't have to fix

Stinicker · 15-03-2016 12:14PM

Cadillac Deville, the front suspension was dodgy however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl25S7hy8mo

Kimbot · 15-03-2016 12:15PM

01 VVTI corolla..... The thing has gone to hell and back and is still a daily driver. Only one thing ever failed on here, a lamba sensor but shes still going and I dont think it will ever stop.

Car99 · 15-03-2016 12:23PM

1996 A4 1.9tdi 110 bhp afn engine, bought it for £1050 in 2008 with 150K on the clock no service history and I'd guess it had more than 150K on the clock , anyways put 100k on it , it changed its own oil at about the rate of 1 litre per month, sold it last November still going stong.

biko · 15-03-2016 12:25PM

An old Mazda 323, can't remember the year.
It was my first car and I didn't know much about servicing etc so didn't really do much at all for it. It lasted much longer than it should have

H3llR4iser · 15-03-2016 01:01PM

Jesus lads, some mechanical horror stories in this thread: cars not serviced for 6 years, topping up with used oil... then one wonders why the Irish second hand cars market is such a deathtrap

My case is slightly different - it's a car I had many many years ago, before I moved out of Italy. It was an Alfa 155 2.0 TS 16v Super; And I did service it regularly. However, I did use to drive it like a racecar - It's a very long story about avoiding traffic, alternate roads, long commutes, ****ty clock-watching bosses and being 20something years old, but for years I literally drove the car every morning and every night absolutely flat out. Chewed through front tires in less than 10.000km (that's what going through sweeping bends at above 200km/h will do). The poor 155 had every reason to bust a piston or two, but it never did - nor had any relevant issue.

Skatedude · 15-03-2016 01:09PM

I had my trusty 93 bmw 740 for 10 years and apart from me leaving the lights on by mistake, never broke down and was always reliable. I'd still be using it if It wasnt rear ended and destroyed while sitting in traffic.

15-03-2016 01:14PM

Indricotherium wrote: »

2000 Daewoo lanos.

Bought in 2006 sold in 2012.

Never serviced, got a bottle of oil when ever the light went on.

Drove it on three cylinders for a good 3 months before it gave up the ghost.

Almost every part of it was broken, door handles, windows, central locking, boot floor, heater, de mister , sprayer, radio, etc etc etc, but it never failed to switch on and get me where I was going.

.

not BULLETPROOF!!

hoodie6029 · 15-03-2016 01:24PM

2000 1.0 Yaris. Had it 3 years.never missed a beat. Got flooded in 2011 Dublin floods. Footwells full of water.started the next day.dried it out. Changed the carpets and drove for another year. Kinda miss that car.

Special Circumstances · 15-03-2016 02:04PM

hoodie6029 wrote: »

2000 1.0 Yaris. Had it 3 years.never missed a beat. Got flooded in 2011 Dublin floods. Footwells full of water.started the next day.dried it out. Changed the carpets and drove for another year. Kinda miss that car.

Think it was Toyotafanboi put this link up here first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlH7YIk3nMA

mullingar · 15-03-2016 02:54PM

My 1998 LPG'd GS300. 3.0 Auto

The only thing to go wrong in 9 years of ownership was the solenoid on the starter, €30 fix.

Those yokes are cockroaches.

small_rancher · 15-03-2016 03:18PM

toyota land cruiser 3 litre automatic diesel

im not even a fan of toyota ( pretty dull ) but ive had this jeep more than eight years and its never gave a seconds trouble , nice to drive too

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-03-2016 03:25PM

Clareman wrote: »

I had a 1992 version of it, battery went 1 morning and decided to off load it before more stuff went wrong with it, I still see it on the road every once in a while, I loved that car

Battery is a consumable part!! Do you sell your cars when brake pads wear too???

JohnBoy26 · 15-03-2016 03:35PM

Mechanically there was no end to those old civics. Rust and examples falling into the wrong hands were their main downfalls.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-03-2016 03:36PM

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Jesus lads, some mechanical horror stories in this thread: cars not serviced for 6 years, topping up with used oil... then one wonders why the Irish second hand cars market is such a deathtrap

In my defence, I bought my civic in 2003 from a dealer who took is as a part exchange, it owed him €0.00 and he sold it to me for €150 'sold as seen for parts or repair' with absolutely no guarantee it would even make it out the gate. I drove it for the first 6 months expecting it to lie down and die at any stage and even if it had, I had my moneys worth out of it however the old dog simply never gave up and I continued to drive it for a further 4.5 years. I was reluctant to put new oil in it for fear the engine would reject the clean oil and fail. I sold it for €400 for parts yet driving and the lad that bought it drove it for at least 6 months after that and sold it on to someone else. I'm sure its dead at this stage but I wouldnt be entirely surprised if i was told it was still on the road.

Mantis Toboggan · 15-03-2016 03:38PM

Kia pro ceed

Have it almost 6 years and all I've changed was the break pads and tyres.

Jesus. · 15-03-2016 05:21PM

Mk1 Almera. Drove it for 7 years without so much as an oil change. Never skipped a beat.

pred racer · 15-03-2016 05:31PM

86 micra.

2 yrs of being driven flat out everywhere, never skipped a beat!

Best ''Bullet Proof'' car you have owned

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