I have a American made clunker. She’s 11 years old and still kicking butt.
“I have a American made clunker. She’s 11 years old and still kicking butt”
My primary transportation is a 2003 Chevy Avalanche. It now has about 140,000 miles on it and we tow a 4000lb Airstream with it. To date, I’ve spent $500 in actual repairs ( 4WD electronics repair). But then, this is actually a “foreign car” since in was built in Monterrey, Mexico. My wife’s 1999BMW ( with less than half the miles) has been an expensive proposition. The plastic radiator blew a couple of summers ago. The tow truck operator said that on most hot days he sees a number of German luxury cars at the side of the road with this failure (seems they all get their plastic radiators from the same supplier). The shop told me that I should “routinely” replace this car’s radiator every 70,000 miles so as to avoid a $4000 repair when the cylinder head cracks when the radiator fails ( luckily I missed on that one). As it was, the bill to fix this problem was $1,000 and now the water pump has failed once again. So much for “German Quality.” My next car, whenever that is, will be an American vehicle, whatever that means now.
I’m still bitterly clinging to my Ford Escort clunker. 16 years old and 243k on it.
A minor miracle for a MN car that sees daily use summer and winter.