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Just found out that my current car will die any day now due to a known defect. It's out of warranty and I have no money to replace it right now.

I've been cursed with car problems my whole life, no matter how well I take care of them, I keep getting screwed.

All of the cars have been Fords because I always heard they were generally dependable and cheap to repair/upkeep, but so far they have all failed me.

What cars do y'all recommend? What cars do you have that just won't give up the ghost no matter how old/beat up they get? If your life depended on your car lasting as long as possible, what car would you drive?

I want whatever car I get next to last me 10-20 years. I want to be that person posting a picture of the odometer hitting 300k miles. I also don't care much about features, reliability is key.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

America doesn't make reliable and dependable. 3 Chevys have taught me that. Go with something from Toyota, Subaru, Honda or Nissan and you will be so glad you did. I'm never buying American again if I can avoid it.

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I swear by any car. That is to say, I swear near any car. Get out of my lane! Three feet of space to pass at a minimum!

[–] aio2@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

This is the way to go

[–] soviettaters@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Honda Accord. I'm currently driving a 98 with 240,000 and looking to hopefully get 300,000.

[–] WontonSoup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve owned 3 Subarus over the last 15 years. Drove the first two for years with 0 issues. 75k+ on both. First was a lease then buy out and was offered a great deal on the second to trade in. Only got rid of the second due to a change is need for a personal car. When I had a need again I got a third which I’m only at about 60k on but plan to drive this one as long as it’ll go. Only thing I’ve done so far outside oil changes and other routine stuff was brakes. Which I consider routine.

Another reason is swear by them is AWD in a very snowy climate without SUV gas mileage.

[–] ji88aja88a@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know I'll get shit..I bought a 2004 Subaru Impreza new..and ran it for 15 I years..it never missed a beat. I put 110 thousand kilometres on it in that time. I loved driving it every time. Had it serviced when it needed. I sold it because I pivoted around a cement pole in a parking lot. Bit of damage to a door. Moved onto a WRX after that.. again, it has never missed a beat. No issues whatsoever.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's quite low milage yes? I put about 50k kms on my Nissan every year. I think the average in Australia is something like 40k km a year.

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[–] existenzmaximum@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Miata is always the answer.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

if you're looking for reliability and repairability and depreciation you simply can't beat the car that keeps going up in value: the Honda Element

[–] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Where I live (we don't get most US models) Ford isn't really considered super dependable. Not the worst, but certainly not comparable to Toyota, Honda, Mazda.

[–] ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

German cars. Not because they're great, but because I swear whilst being in the same physical location as them. I've owned a handful of VWs/Audis and they are rather annoying vehicles to work on. Though half of them I've owned lacked any major issues. Just expensive... Fairly expensive.

Joking aside, Toyota is always a safe bet for reliability.

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Honda Fucking Accord

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

BMW

None of their drives use their damn blinkers

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

American brands of vehicles. I swear by them and at them. They suck.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

mid 90s to mid 00s corollas i know they are different gens there but any from that era are great for reliability.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A civic. They just don't break.

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