What vehicles are the easiest to maintain and do repairs on, with the most well-designed and simplest systems?
>>28613193Big ass 4 cylinder Camry or Accord non turbo
>>28613193some 90s GM SBC powered anything RWD
>>28613193>What vehicles are the easiest to maintainanything petrol (avoid diesels) Jap pre-2010avoid germs at all costs unless you want to learn how to haul a motor to do a basic repair
Hilux
I know a car
>>28613193a vehicle made after obdII and before 2008 or soa vehicle that was sold with physically larger engine options but has a smaller engine in the carnatural aspirated gasoline or turbo diesel rwd is usually simpler than fwdsomething manualthats pretty good general criteria for a reliable car
1930's Fords. Except for the banjo style differential maybe.
>>28613257you need to be under 80 to post here gramps
- rwd- manual- no electronics, manual everything, no computers, no airbags, no AC- body on frame, not monocoque- smaller engine optionthat's just my hunch
A 94 era F150 with the 6 cylinder
an ev probably
>>28613278
Citroën 2CV.I remember a trip through Chott-el-Jérid (salt desert south of Tunisia). My 2CV was leaking oil. I fed it a banana through the breather. I managed to get to the closest city (+/- 50 km)..
>>28613278You're correct, as long as the issue isn't with the speed controller, but he said cars not appliances.
Would have to be a resto-mod with a DIY EFI system. There is no period in history in which the beautiful simplicity of a vintage body had been combined with the performance of modern EFI.
>>28613264Yeah but carbs clog when they sit, clogs when it gets dust in it, clogs when the fuel is bad, barely tunable for 1 season at one altitude per year, shitty performance/mileage, just a bad idea.
>>28613318>carbs clog when they sit, clogs when it gets dust in it, clogs when the fuel is bad,buy socket set. remove carb. clean carb. carb is good.>barely tunable buy flathead screwdriver, tune carb.
>>28613321if you know how to get carbs running good you gotta jet them for the season and altitude. they run year round but they'll be lean/rich depending. simple physics. efi has no such issue
>>28613337This, modern efi, especially if it's got an injector in each port is a fucking miracle compared to the junk people used to put up with, got shitboxes running perfectly fine after 20+ years without ever doing so much as an induction or fuel cleaning service.
A 1970s 2 stroke moped like a Puch, Simson, Zundapp or a soviet Verhovina. It's the most simple motor vehicle possible and everything can be easily repaired or remade in a way a car can't be. >engine has the size and mass of a miniature chihuahua>single cylinder air cooled 2 stroke. No engine oil, dummy simple intake and exhaust ports and you can rebuild the entire thing in an afternoon with basic tools. >very simple oil injection pump that lasts forever and even if it breaks you can run premix>no fuel pump and a very simple 1920s tier carb>no slant eyed oriental trickery like reed valves just a disc of metal with holes in it>exhaust is just a straight metal tube connected to the engine>a near invincible 4 (usually) speed sequential dogbox. >chassis is closer to a bicycle than a motorbike frame>kickstart only and a stator for spark so you don't even need a battery>front and rear drum brakes that will be equally shit in 50 years as they were new. In a pinch old school bicycle brakes could stop it (modern push bikes have legit better disk brakes)Reject modern appliance cars and RETVRN to scoot
>>28613193anything late 80's and early 90's gasoline powered should be a walk in the parkespecially if it's fuel injected since the primitive fuel injection is 2 sensors at most and very basic electronicse.g. a opel rekord with a CIH engine, plenty of space for everything, fuel injection can be retrofitted relatively easily and you should be able to maintain it without breaking a sweatonly downside to these old rust buckets is rust, mostly rusty bolts and screws making your life a nightmare
>>28613230So a challenger gt in Manuel is what your saying
>>28613355im not saying its a great car but it will probably be easy to maintain yeah
>>28613201w124's are pretty easy to work oneven my w203 isn't a nightmare though it is a bit crammed in the engine baygerman is fine as long as you're looking at petrol options and smaller motors and rwd layout makes everything 10 times more accessible
>>28613230>a vehicle that was sold with physically larger engine options but has a smaller engine in the carThat's probably the biggest pill, a big 3.0L-3.5L V6 FWD car can be a nightmare sometimes, but the 2.4L-2.5L version is a dream when you need to do shit.
once the race wars start and production on all parts and fluids ends, everybody will realize that horses are way easier to maintain than automobiles
>>28613368in that case, you'd actually be better off with a donkey. much more durable than a horse.
>>28613193Bolbo 240
>>28613275>me with the 351 in a 94 F150Don't think I regret giving up on finding a 300.
>>28613260You know I'm right tho. Also, 34 yo.
>>28613368>once the race wars startI've heard Hector is going to be running 3 Civics with spoon engines and he just ordered 3 T66 turbos with NOS and a motec system exhaust
>Analog dash>Vacuum operated fuel pimp>Carbureted>Mechanical transmissionLet me guess, you need more?
>>28613480my 350lb black kween won't fit on the back of thatotherwise, it's 10/10
>>28613512Based and Brosnanpilled