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Sept 30, 2024 9:52:04 GMT
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Some while ago a wag stated "after the Apocalypse there will be just three things left: cockroaches, Twinky bars and slant 6 powered Valiants" Other folk have claimed "the Valiant will be towed by a Ford truck with the 300 straight 6 in it" - because brand loyalty is what its all about... And to be fair those engines are renowned for long living with much abuse. I've heard it said "the true cockroach is the first of the front drive Corollas" I think the rear drive ones were also robust machines, but rust seems to have taken them all out. In fact Corollas of all types seem rare now. And of course, its popular culture legend that you can't kill a Hilux.... Inspired in part by the Bangernomics thread I got to be thinking about what the cockroaches of the road are today and here in the UK.... The original Yaris seems to be largely unbreakable, with many having done their duty as driving school cars and now delivering the nations pizzas and curries interesting how many times Toyota comes to mind in this topic... I guess the old Nissan Primera was a tough old thing because for a while every second minicab was one, that role now being taken by the Prius. So what do we reckon to be the car which would drive forever without breaking?
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rodharris83
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Sept 30, 2024 20:52:14 GMT
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I've a;ways thought of these as survivors: Peugeot 504 Estate: Mercedes-Benz 190: Volvo 240: Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDI:
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Sept 30, 2024 21:56:04 GMT
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These and the Honda Jazz seem to be the most common 2000s era car left round here, tons and tons of them about bearing in mind the newest ones in this shape ended in about 2007ish iirc and they only made them for 5-6 years.
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Quite a few cars are in that category. The J stuff seems to live on, as long as the tinworm doesn't get to it, as said. You see plenty of B5.5 Passats about still. From the 80s, besides the 190E, you see quite a few W124s still about
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A lot of the really rugged stuff gets exported (peugeot 505, etc)
I beg to differ on the Passat though - they were everywhere but now I hardly see them.
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Here in germany it is surely the Merc 190E that sticks out of the wide sea of cars.
And I really don't know why. Maybe it was too small or prestige-less for the usual export markets. Or a lot of germans dream of a big value increase which will not happen due to the big number of kept or leftovers over here?
For a long time the first gen Renault Twingo could be seen everywhere, but they' re getting fewer immensly. Golf mk2 are getting much rarer, mk3s even more and even mk4s are not seen as often as the 190s.
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Over your western border we've still got loads of mk1 Twingos (Twingoes? Twingii?), and Volvo 740s. Amazons as well.
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These and the Honda Jazz seem to be the most common 2000s era car left round here, tons and tons of them about bearing in mind the newest ones in this shape ended in about 2007ish iirc and they only made them for 5-6 years. I occasionally get a 2005 Honda Jazz from the garage I use for "stuff I don't want to do" and its pretty trashed now but its hanging on there. Garage courtesy cars are usually cars living a hard life. There are certainly a fair few still around here, I did wonder if that was because they were all the "last car I will own" bought by old people...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Quite a few cars are in that category. The J stuff seems to live on, as long as the tinworm doesn't get to it, as said. You see plenty of B5.5 Passats about still. I can't say I've seen one of those in a while, but maybe I wasn't looking. I thought that was the era of VAG stuff where it had gone off the boil a bit for them? The old Mercs are things you can't kill for sure
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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The Corsa "C" - still a ridiculous number floating about regardless of condition - these will almost certainly be driven about by the mutated cockroaches!
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Quite a few cars are in that category. The J stuff seems to live on, as long as the tinworm doesn't get to it, as said. You see plenty of B5.5 Passats about still. I can't say I've seen one of those in a while, but maybe I wasn't looking. I thought that was the era of VAG stuff where it had gone off the boil a bit for them? The old Mercs are things you can't kill for sure There are quite a few B5.5s near me, and during the driving days, there were a few then as well. Most did pretty big mileage numbers (as in almost 500k). Most of the TDIs that crop up for sale are over 200k. The B5.5s were a very solid car. The only real issue they had were the scuttle drains getting blocked, which then filled up the central control module with water, which lived under the passenger seat. Most however now have the drain bungs removed from the scuttle for this very reason. The B6, which was basically a stretch Golf, is where the problems began. You don't seem as many of those compared to a B5 (or B5.5), as they were littered with faults, even when new. They do however drive nicer than a B5.5 to some degree and they are far plusher inside, compared to the workmanlike B5.5. However, you can argue the B5.5s aren't a very notable car. I notice a few going around, but only because a few folks have them as well near me.
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The Citroen Picasso is a car that seems to have survived the bottom totally falling out of their value, gone into relative obscurity and yet still hang around as just A Car for a surprising number of people. It's not that they never break, it's more that they never seem to break badly enough that you can't just keep using them. K11 Nissan Micras sit in a similar niche.
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Realistically it is likely that any mutant creatures remaining will be driving steam engines or cartridge start diesels given that everything electrical will be shot to hell by that point.
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