Aww come on, the car just died....

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<p>Why not kirby? Did you just never get one?</p>

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<p>they (mitsus) seem to last forever</p>

<p>haha no not so much… sorry
Cars that last forever = volvo, volkswagen, toyota and (most of the time) honda</p>

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<p>I’ve found that Volvo repair bills are a lot nicer than Honda repair bills - but that could be a result of taking the Honda (which I used to have) to a dealership and the Volvo to a small garage. Even so, I got hit with a $1500 tune-up once - eek! Since then (2 years and about 50k miles later), it’s only been the $250-$500 tune-ups (two), brake work, and tires. She (my darling car) is 14 now, with almost 170k miles, and runs beautifully up and down the East coast.</p>

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Where I live, owning a car is ridiculously expensive when you’re young. Insurance costs are about 5000 euro a year for a clapped out 12 year old rustbucket (partly because of my age, partly because I live in one of the crappier parts of Dublin). Petrol is much more expensive than it is in the US (It’s about 5 euro a gallon, which is over $6 a gallon), plus my college, with 18000 students, has parking for 2000. Plus my family has 2 cars already, and too much private car ownership is really bad for the environment.</p>

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<p>My '97 Volvo 850 will have 100K miles on it within a month. I’ve done some brake work, and replaced the tires a couple of times, but nothing else so far (knock on wood).</p>

<p>My brother buys Volvos with well over 100K miles, and drives them until they have 200-300K.</p>

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<p>Well, I have to speak out about my Volvo experience. Bought it new when kids where little. In 20,000 miles, the radiator hose burst twice, I had three flats caused by bent tire rims, the transmission had to be rebuilt twice, and I sold the d*** thing when the dealer told me I needed to replace the turbo (at 20,000 miles!). </p>

<p>For what I sold the car for, I bought a Mac IIfci computer (this was the late 80s) AND a used Acura Legend with 50K miles. The Legend was completely trouble-free until 110K miles—three years—when the door handle came off in my hand one cold morning. Rust. (We were living in Massachusetts then.) </p>

<p>I have never–since or before–had a car as unreliable as that Volvo. Even the early-80s Alfa Romeo GTV6 wasn’t that bad.</p>

<p>My current car has only once (in 55K miles) been in the shop for an unscheduled repair. It was a burnt out oxygen sensor and took all of 30 minutes to repair. BMW M5.</p>