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Originally Posted by v8_ranch
I can do a lot of the mechanical maintenance and upkeep on it for her. But I do not want to have to work on it every weekend either(after it is up and going - depending on what we purchase).
I also do not mind buying one to fix up a bit if needed over the course of the next year.
I just wanted to know your opinions on this idea. Are they decent dependable cars if well maintained?
Thanks,
Shane
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Shane stated the above in his original post. My comments were assuming he was going to go all thru the car initially repairing all the gremlins it has accumulated due to years of neglect and abuse.
After some good baseline repairs, they are pretty well built cars IMO. More reliable than a two year old Honda? Probably not, but more reliable than a 5 -7 year old Jetta, Neon, Grand Prix etc.... I think so based on my experience over the past 15 years of owning and operating 3 of them all bought with major neglect issues initially.
Hell, there are days when my wife, two daughters and myself are daily driving all 4 of the 20+ year old P-cars and I honestly cannot recall a day when any of them have left us stranded. My wifes much newer Audi has broke once and our BMW 325i has broke twice over the past 9 years stranding my wife (the Bimmer gets a pass, however as it has been and is VERY trouble free with over 280,000 miles on the clock now). I like Hondas, but my dad's similar mileage Accord has also broke twice on him in the same time frame and I can think of many folks with "new" American built cars that have broken down.
My youngest daughter drives her '77 924 daily to school (only 6 miles), but twice weekly she drives 35 miles each way to gymnastic practice and I do not worry one bit. The d@mn thing just won't die!
