I'd probably keep the 4Runner. It might just last the rest of my life.
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Pick one car if you had to made it last the rest of your life.
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E39 530i, 5MT, M-sport and appearance package. I'd buy a new one if BMW still made them.
I had an E39 528i. I think the 530i was just a little bit better.
I had an E39 528i. I think the 530i was just a little bit better.
4Runner before the redesigned turbo debuts
The Datsun 1200, before the B-210, was a great car. Super fun to drive with a half decent set of radials.
And after all the regular car engines are worn out, you could repower it with a garden tractor engine.
2004 Tacoma TRD 5 Speed 4x4
1985 GMC K2500. In stock form, maybe a strange pick, but...
Massive aftermarket, bottomless engine/trans/axle combinations, can tow, haul, hit the 'skidder roads to deer camp, and commute. It may not be the most comfortable at everything, but it'll do just about anything I'd need a vehicle to do.
Massive aftermarket, bottomless engine/trans/axle combinations, can tow, haul, hit the 'skidder roads to deer camp, and commute. It may not be the most comfortable at everything, but it'll do just about anything I'd need a vehicle to do.
1989 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am
So how many miles do you expect to drive in the rest of your life and how would you plan to get that car there? Not picking on your choice specifically... ( ok, maybe slightly
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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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Mid 80s VW GTI.
I've got enough parts in house to keep one alive for a few decades.
Owned and witnessed many VW 8 valve engines with well north of 300k miles with nothing touched other than water pumps and timing belts. Heck Bosch alternators would last 300k with a set of brushes.
I've got enough parts in house to keep one alive for a few decades.
Owned and witnessed many VW 8 valve engines with well north of 300k miles with nothing touched other than water pumps and timing belts. Heck Bosch alternators would last 300k with a set of brushes.
M54 is for sure better than the M52.
It’s a fair weather retirement toy. Bought new in ‘17. Just turned 16,000 miles. Average about 2,400 miles a summer. I’m 71.So how many miles do you expect to drive in the rest of your life and how would you plan to get that car there? Not picking on your choice specifically... ( ok, maybe slightly
On my 65 VW Beetle, It has the last of the 40hp motors and it was bought in England by a school teacher and brought back to the US. It was still a running motor when I replaced it with a single port 1600 motor with 12 Volt system and all the required changes to the bellhousing and wiper motor and bulbs. I still have the original motor but it is needing a rebuild due to crankshaft end play is beyond specs. I currently have all the necessary parts to rebuild it including a new crankshaft and bearings. The case will need an align bore to straighten it all back up. It still runs good but has the annoying knock when first started from the end play till the oil pressure arrives. My wife really likes the extra HP of the single port 1600 motor. Her job as a teacher required traveling an interstate entrance ramp that was up a steep hill. Those extra 17 HP came in very handy and it still gets over 30mpg. The cam has bearings and the push rods are different lengths from older 40hp's but not the same as 1300's It has the Square rocker pedestals like all later motors. The heater boxes are different on it too since it will heat you out and defrost very well. It has been our one that runs and goes when nothing else will.
Any one of the cars in my signature. Though I would venture that daily driving the Packard might be a bit much. Seriously. The Volvos are all 20+ years old and run perfectly. The Mercedes are wonderful. I’ve already chosen.
No more wacky than some of the other picks in this thread. We used to have a '91, and sometimes I really miss it. I was never a "gotta have a truck!" kind of guy but the little S-10s sure were a nice size. Super handy.
If I could bankroll it, it'd for sure be a brand new Porsche 911T, manual of course, with i) a receiver tube type trailer hitch; and ii) a Porsche engineered roof rack system ("car transport system")...plus my hot-dip galvanized utility trailer...
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