post your shitboxes with >300k miles. picrel has 308k atm
>>29142433But why would anyone even need a durable car?Cars like Polonez or Fiat 125p could break down on a daily basis—especially their electrical systems—and their engines often required a complete overhaul after just 70k kilometers.And yet, they were used by millions of Poles in the Polish People's Republic.
>>29142469europeans don't drive as much. 100k miles is 30 years of average driving for europeans. it's more like 10 years of average driving for americans.
I drove 4,500 miles in 8 days the other week.
>>29142474But why do Americans drive so much in the first place ?
>>29142499big mostly empty country. I personally have to drive 15 miles just to get to a grocery store because I live in a small town.
>>29142469Maybe that's why they don't exist anymore
>>29142504They may have been prone to breakdowns, but they were already rusting back at the factory.They truly rusted to an unimaginable degree.
>>29142499What country are you in?Not shit talking, just trying to help you with perspective.>U.K. is about 95k square miles.>U.S. has about 105k square miles of federal and state parks.
>>29142542BelgiumWhich is probably smaller than the state you live in
>>29142433Close to 300k in the ‘08 Liberty. The headliner has fallen down before and it’s been through at least 3 AC compressors, but the drivetrain has been rock solid.
>>29142433~500kkm but it's no longer with us.
>>29142716Stop chewing your nails
418k miles on this meatball420 blaze it next year
>>29143164those last for a long time even if abused.Don't like how they got all that ugly ornamentation for US market. I like bare/UN spec versions more.
>>29143165yeah those look a lot better. I would remove the fender flares if I knew how to make the leftover holes not look like shit
Odometer stopped after 303k miles. That was 6 years ago. It's still driving daily.
>>29143166you could lean into it and put a smaller version of these in each hole with a bolt & nut, paint them black if you want. Or really lean into it and put led lights in the holes. Be tough keeping the wires in good condition inside the wheel wells though, and who knows what's under those running board & bumper junctions.
>>29143170Flares are there bcause burger spec has wider tires. UN spec has much narrower but also much taller tires but they do fit inside stock fenders.
>>29142433There is no bigger meme than thinking some cars are more durable or do not rust.>cold, heat, moisture>maintenance, fixing, rust protection>literally replacing half of the car with new partsNo, your favorite car is not better. It just had either better maintenance, or better rust protection or you didn't use it or your weather is not destroying it. I have 90s Opel that I have used every day and still continue using, it has over 893k km (555k miles), original manual transmission, original clutch, original engine, original fuel tank, original body etc. Everything from seats to wheels are original. It was washed two times per year for first 12 years and rest of the 34 years it has never washed once (I'm lazy). Finland has salt on roads in the winter and low lows and high highs. Record high 37.2°C (99.0°F), Record low −51.5°C (−60.7°F). Usually we have about 25°C summers and −25°C winters.All the "premium" cars and all the meme cars had better rust protection from the factory and people maintain them better because they obviously care more about the "premium" cars. That's it. My Opel has same end result, because I actually cared in the start, did rust protection. Also learning how to drive and reading what your car can actually do also helps. Probably worst thing I did was moving +500 kg with it once but it was in spec so nothing happened to it anyway.
>>29143170i've thought about that or sanding down plugs until flush and then painting. But i'll probably just let it live out its retirement in peace lol>>29143171even the most bored cop in the US probably wouldn't ticket you for tires poking outside the fenders but who knows nowadays. i've never been pulled for it on my truck
>>29143176>even the most bored cop in the USYeah I know I'm just saying why those are there in the first place.In my shithole ever since it joined EU it's full on nazi repression, every single mod will fail you.
>>29143177>In my shithole ever since it joined EU it's full on nazi repression, every single mod will fail you.But at least the Nazis built Autobahns instead of some faggoty bike lanes.
>>29142433331,xxx miles on this bad boy. '01 Landcruiser. Driven from coast to coast, a few times now in its life. I've taken this thing through the Rockies in the winter and the desert in midsummer. No AC and I siliconed the leaking sunroof shut when the cable snapped. Beyond that, flawless. I love this lump.
>>29143209You suck at parking.
550k on my Golf VI 2.0 TDI. I'd guess my 45min highway commutes kinda help keeping the filter clear..
What kind of maintenance are you all doing to get your cars to get them to 300k+ miles? My 2015 Chrysler 300C is currently at 98k miles, and my goal is to keep it in good shape to at least 500k miles.
>>29142499>But why do Americans drive so much in the first place ?brother, you might not realize how MASSIVE some of the States are here. You are encompassing several countries in comparison.
>>29142433I’m so close to reaching 300k miles, I’m presently at 280k and at the rate I’m driving it, it’ll reach 300k in a little under 2 years.
>>29142433I have a 1.8 nissan sentra with 206k miles, it's got some rust on under the doors but overall it's a nice cheap rig for delivering doordash while my wife drives our good car to work.Anyways the engine started sputtering randomly after driving for a few miles recently. It still starts and runs and even limps back home after it starts sputtering, so I'm guessing it's not a hardware problem with the engine but maybe an ignition coil? I've done a little bit of research and I'm getting a scanner to hook up to it today or tomorrow, anybody got any ideas? It started happening very recently all of a sudden without any buildup or change in engine behavior before it started happening.
>>29145383>everything needs to be replaced at not even 100k mileslmao Mopar
>>29146978Haven't actually done 90% of this yet unfortunately. Nothing has broken so far. Planning on starting to do it preventatively this December / next summer when I have time.
>>29142716Those are some nice gauges.
>>29142469Because moment people could ditch their polonez or clapped out 125p for something more reliable they didOnly reason God put polonez on this earth was so that the vid related could happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_m0WFTAn0E
>>29142512This is the peak of polish technologyActive weight removal systemLotus could never
>>29147856>This is the peak of polish technologyMore like technology of omitting anti-corrosion protection straight out of CHINESE cars."Studies conducted across 26 regions of Russia, covering 17 Chinese brands, have revealed that these vehicles are highly susceptible to corrosion under Russian climatic conditions. According to analysts, the bodies of Chinese cars begin to rust after just 2 to 5 years of use. In extreme cases—particularly in Siberia—the first signs of corrosion appear as early as 6 MONTHS after the purchase of a new Chinese vehicle."
>>29142499Not only is it a huge country but many areas are simply not designed with walking/bikes or large amounts of public transport in mind and the public transport we do have can often be less than great. I visited tokyo this past year and was amazed at how I could take a train seemingly anywhere in the city and have at most a 10min walk to where I needed ti go or a short walk to another train if needed. Shit was far beyond anything in NY where I live. Our suburbs often don't have great bus lines or trains unless you live and work in specific pockets. Sidewalks are there one minute and gone the next mile. Biking between towns often means using main roads which is playing with fire for all but the most solid riders due to the ever increasing amount of can't drive for their lives assholes.
i didnt realize my 99 camry was low on oilnow i have bottom end knocki hate my lifei dont have money for a new shitbox
>>29145395Right, but that doesn't mean I feel the need to have a job 4 countries over, it's bizarre to me how the ideal of "local" has a 400 miles radius in the US.
>>29148228It took chinese 30 years to copy esoteric polish engineeringAnd russian lada 2105 is essentially 125p with diffrent lamps and added rust protection125p is mostly fiat 1300/1500 parts in a new body while 125 had actually newer parts
>450k kms (280k miles)>puny B18C that still revs happily and daily to 8300 rpms>fuck all maintenance needed>if anything it's just lego workI just hope it doesn't get body damage, as parts are getting impossible to get.
>>29149519go ahead and make molds so you'll be able to reproduce panels just in caseor go full retard and replace all your body panels with carbon
>>29142499Most of the country was barely developed until the 1940s and 1950s. Any suburbs that existed before then were built around pre-war state highways and rail networks.
