Pick one car if you had to made it last the rest of your life.

[panthermike]

Canadians from Speed Academy did an amazing job on this Lexus LS430, both aesthetics and performance wise. If I had to have one car forever - this would be it. Old-school huge sedan, with a Ford supercharger on top of 3UZ.
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[odie]

'86 CHEVROLET Nova ( Corolla ) 1.6 Ltr. 4 door liftback . 3 speed or manual .

 

[anderson]

1978 Lincoln town car with the 400 for economy lol(which i have 5 of)

 

[wemay]

'24 Chevy Malibu LS 1.5T

 

[Cdn17Sport6MT]

'68 to '72 Datsun 510 if I didn't have to drive in some snow.

Otherwise, c1999 Nissan Maxima.

The 510 certainly has robust running gear (and but for the wagon) has nice semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension... but I suspect you'd agree that body construction is on the cheap side. I'm not talking the obvious rust preventive methods... but simply that it's extremely light duty, flimsy. I had a '71 2 dr...

 

[slo town]

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Nice looking vegetation on your street.

Scott

 

[slo town]

Was the '65 the 1st year with cam bearings? Or '66? I forget. Love those bugs. Up to '67, which was the 1st 12v I think.

The 1300cc engine introduced in '66 had the cam bearings.

Scott

 

[Bud]

67 Healey 3000.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Nice looking vegetation on your street.

Scott

I pulled everything out including the grass, cuz the water costs too much and I hate mowing... I planted Japanese Maples and put down chips. Much happier.

 

[slo town]

67 Healey 3000.

They were great machines. I had two, and wracked up miles on both. Super reliable if you understand them and know how they work. Easy to keep running well. Anyway, my 1963 triple carb BT7. I was running V-rated Semperits on those wheels. I had Koni shocks on all four corners, which was rare at the time. I was 20 - 21 when I owned this car. Lots of fun times and exciting adventures back then. That Healey was up and over Tioga Pass a couple of times. I trusted it 100%.

Scott

 

[BLND1]

Landcruiser.

 

[tbm3fan]

Well I have had my Cougar since 1969 after buying it from my father. Under my care for 56 years which is 80% of my lifetime. So a likely candidate. It is also a twofer sice it is also from the 60s. If not then I would choose a 1988-1992 Mazda 626 Hatchback LX.

 

[Skippy722]

I love this question and have thought of this often myself.
1995 or 2005 Toyota Camry LE 4 cyl. So easy to live with.

I had a 95 Camry that Three Mile Island’d itself on me… replaced it with a Dodge Caliber.

I’d probably go for a 2003 Dodge Durango with the 4.7. Why the 4.7? There’s tons of them out there, and it’s a relatively straight forward swap to a 5.7 HEMI, of which there are a millions floating around. It also helps that I know their trouble spots and how to fix them.

 

[Gus_Mahn]

A ‘15-‘17 F150 6speed auto with a 5.0 engine.

 

[Fabulous50s]

@tbm3fan

Yes had a family member with a 1991 Mazda 626 5 speed. That car was passed down and ended up with almost 300k before the iron cancer got it. A great car!

 

[BAJA_05]

2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee Track Hawk...

 

[buster]

The current Civic with the NA 2.0L and 6 speed manual. That should last quite a while.

 

[odie]

'86 CHEVROLET Nova ( Corolla ) 1.6 Ltr. 4 door liftback . 3 speed or manual .

2nd place :
1981 (or 82 ?) Plymouth Champ 2 door hatchback : 1.6 Ltr. with twin stick . 4 speed manual coupled with lever for E ( Economy ) or P ( Power ) mode . Lowers gear ratio . Great for high amount of snow or hills . Very easy to maintain .

 

[Fabulous50s]

Interesting that they (Plymouth) had no problem with saying it was made in Japan by Mitsubishi. Very little badge engineering going on then.

 

[RichR]

Any first generation Honda Ridgeline.
Very comfortable,reliable and well engineered little tank.
With an exception for mpgs.