Jaguar-Land rover isn't owned by Germans.
Morgan isn't either.
Let me amend that: 180,000 miles and 10 years.
EDIT: $550 for the alternator replacement. Damn.
On an old VW, it would likely have been enough to replace the graphite brushes...
My car, a 2005 Honda Civic, has 280,000 miles on it. If I were on a free return trajectory to the moon I'd be on my way home now.
All in all I can't complain.
EDIT: $550 for the alternator replacement. Damn.
This alternator was all burned up anyway. Rebuilds aren't much cheaper than getting OEM anyway, just because. Everything in SE Mass. is expensive.
Yes, but in my case, as young apprentice back then, it was the difference between 600 DM for a new alternator (for a 1800 DM used car) and 120 DM for getting the brushes replaced.
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Old cars only make economical sense if you can do at least some of the repairs yourself. This evening I'm going to help a friend replace a broken hydraulic pipe on his van. Hydraulic clutches are still not that common. I guess cables are cheaper.
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Old cars only make economical sense if you can do at least some of the repairs yourself.
WTF?Insurance company seized it, declared it totalled, said I could buy it back for $795 with a salvage title. I foolishly said no thanks.
I miss my '95 Cavalier. That thing got 38 mpg once driving 260 miles at 80 mph on the interstate in the dead July heat of summer, loaded down with myself, my ex-wife, and my ex-mother-in-law and our luggage
ex-mother-in-law
dead July heat of summer
WTF?
How does that supposed to work?
Since when an insurance company can claim someone's property?
Or was it to pay for the other car's damage?
I know that economic total loss means in Germany, that the insurance only pays the cost to buy a similar car, and not the costs needed to repair the car. But you keep on owning it and can try selling it.
WTF?
How does that supposed to work?
Since when an insurance company can claim someone's property?
Or was it to pay for the other car's damage?
With all the car talk going around, i'm about to get my driver's license and i'm deciding on what car should I buy...