posted 01-04-2004 06:55 AM         

*** runner up....'84 Mustang GT conv.....drove it to almost 170K miles with no repairs to speak of....coming home one day I heard a loud chattering noise, then I saw something in the rear view mirror fly away, the trunk lid had rusted out around the screw holes holding it on and at high speed that day it finally just blew off....I backed up the side of the interstate a good distance, loaded up my trunk lid and went home....sold the car shortly after that incident......

*** the best car probably was a '91 Dodge Spirit....I virtually lived in that car for a few years.....logged 199,950 miles when I parked it.....engine never touched....tranny serviced at 140K miles.....one set of tires at 100K miles(yes, it got 98K on the rears and 101K on the fronts, it needed another set when I quit driving it.....same exhaust, never replaced....water pump once along the line and lots of oil changes, every 3-4K miles......I retired the car,then my son drove the car to college(with new tires) for a couple of years to save mileage on his new Jeep......it turned into the "party" car.....it went where no other car wanted to go.....finally sold it for $300 and it is still on the streets of New Castle everyday....when we have deep snow the city trucks just plow one strip down our street sometimes leaving large piles of snow along the curb...due to its' "jeep like"characteristics, I would go out and "plow" the snow down to bumper height with the Spirit.....it never let me down in the years I drove it.....and I had bought it used to boot....it had been a "program" car and had 7K miles on it when I bought it......the car was plain to look at, the paint peeled off, it lost 3 hubcaps, cracked tail light from an altercation with a semi( I won) and had a huge hole in the plastic grill from someones foot.....but it sure was dependable....

posted 01-04-2004 01:42 PM         

My `83 el Camino 5.7 lt diesel (yes factory) it was 5 years old with 140,000 miles. I drove it 100,000 miles (240,000 miles when sold) bought it for $2,500 sold it for $1,400. I had to do a few things to it but really was a great vehicle.