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Old 31-07-2019, 08:17 PM   #37
Franco Cozzo
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Default Re: Buick 3800 V6 the BEST engine ever!

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Before I switched to the Territory, I had a VP, VS, VT and VY.


VP and VS were company cars replaced at 100,000 ish
VS at 170, VY at 270.



They had absolutely minimal maintenance on them. Fluids, brakes, battery. The VY had a radiator (my fault), and replacement power steering pipes due to a shudder under warranty.


Regardless of whether you're talking Aussie built Ford or Holden, I beleive both are strong and reliable cars. I've had to replace the German build Barina at 130 and about to replace the Korean Getz at 140. The getz is becoming unreliable and the Barina simply died and wasn't worth repairing.


I have no idea what to get and the only choice is really Japanese.


It's saddening that we have lost our manufacturing industry based on some dumb desicions over the $ exchange rate...... when right now, if they kept them, they would be enjoying the reversal and we'd be a cheap but high quality manufacturer again.
The small Euros don't hold up to our conditions, I'm a little rough on my cars but I've got a WS Fiesta I bought new 10 years ago this month, interior door cards have warped and the window switches fall out of their holes, the paint on the roof and bonnet is badly oxidised and the Ford badge has completely deteriorated and it looks like a small oval mirror.

I've also got a LV Focus I've bought new 8 years ago that the tail lights and rear 1/4 windows leak when it rains, front windscreen is losing its seal at the bottom.

Oh and I've done 40x tyres, 12x shocks and 2x turbos in 172,000km on the Focus - but I think that's my driving style not the car just quietly

Still has the pads and rotors it rolled off the production line with though - slow cars don't need brakes

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