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.

  • ji88aja88a@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    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·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • ji88aja88a@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I live in major city and drove to work nearly every day…but I reckon it was never more than 25mins to work… 5 - 25km a day

    • ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social
      32·
      10 months ago

      My '09 Legacy needed a lot of work but I ragged on it and it is the best-driving car I’ve ever owned. Now I drive an Accord.