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[LAH]

My 2010, only 30,000 miles.

[captn-tin]

40 Ford business coupe and a 50 Merc 2-door HT. Nuff said !

[fastdadio]

Here's a couple of mine;
1999 Sportster and a 2019 Vette.

[JIMinPHX]

I like this. I have a friend, (in the interests of full disclosure, he is a mechanical engineer), who ran one of the '84 diesel rabbits 450,000 miles without any major overhauls. Just general wear items like brakes, wheel bearings, belts and tires.

I used to run those. My catastrophic failure was the pinion gear coming out of mesh with the steering rack when I was trying to turn in a 4-way intersection. Those were normally aspirated pure mechanical diesels except for the fuel shut off solenoid. They were slow, but 50mpg was possible. Then came the early TDI version & you got much better power with the same MPG. Then things got more complicated & performance suffered. Then diesel-gate happened & now VW will not import diesels to the US anymore.

[atfsux]

I used to run those. My catastrophic failure was the pinion gear coming out of mesh with the steering rack when I was trying to turn in a 4-way intersection. Those were normally aspirated pure mechanical diesels except for the fuel shut off solenoid. They were slow, but 50mpg was possible. Then came the early TDI version & you got much better power with the same MPG. Then things got more complicated & performance suffered. Then diesel-gate happened & now VW will not import diesels to the US anymore.

Yep,...I'm seriously thinking about finding a VW 1.9l TDI and dropping that in my Samurai. They call that "The Axis Conversion". (You know,...because Japs & Germans together again?)

[shrapnel]

I bought this 1965 GTO from my brother in 1971. 53 years later it still looks like it will run 100 mph quarter mile. The Triumph is a 2002 Bonneville America, still looking like a classic. A 2002 Thunderbird, that looks like a classic and drives like a sports car should. Convertible with a removable hard top…

[Juhosaphat]

Until I get the Chevelle back home, here's the other fast car.

2015 Hellcat Challenger with a 6 speed. It should be illegal how fun this car is to drive. Now if I could figure out the wiring issue that kills the battery in 2 hours flat, I can start driving it regularly again.

[challenger_i]

Back in the Dark Old Days, when I was going to a trade school, we received a donation of a VW Rabbit diesel that had been to the Moon and back, several times. Body was falling apart, transmission was trashed. We put the engine on the stand for a class tear-down and re-assembly instructional aid. Once we had her guts on the bench, and began the inspection and measurement phase, we determined that all she needed was a new oil pump (just for peace of mind), new rings (cylinders still showed crosshatch) and new gaskets. Was my first introduction to aluminum crank bearing inserts: I'm sold on THAT method!
All in all, the Rabbit diesel is one tough beast!

I used to run those. My catastrophic failure was the pinion gear coming out of mesh with the steering rack when I was trying to turn in a 4-way intersection. Those were normally aspirated pure mechanical diesels except for the fuel shut off solenoid. They were slow, but 50mpg was possible. Then came the early TDI version & you got much better power with the same MPG. Then things got more complicated & performance suffered. Then diesel-gate happened & now VW will not import diesels to the US anymore.