Almost all recently, but, if you think about the 12 years and the half a million kilometers...
The transmission died after 9 years of hard usage.
The electrical windows are lately always going slower and slower and slower.
A hose from the radiator once broke, after 7 years of purchase I think.
A few parts of the interior are broken too, but only because of hard usage and not of faulty manufacturing.
The nightmare though is the constant leakage of brake fluids that started this year.
Maybe all of the above has terrified a few people, but the truth is that the car runs great for a 12 year old, 500.000km middle class car. Many of it's "friends", Alfa Romeo 33, Nissan Sunny etc. have died way before her.
The motor is very nice mainly because of it's great torque at low rpm. This lets you drive it almost as an automatic. It can practically start with any gear.
The brakes are out of this world.
The suspension is like an Arabian carpet.
The grip is so good that I got tired trying to make it slide. Even when it slides it's so smooth that you can easily talk on the phone and slide with it.
The best of all on this car is it's room. You can move a whole town with three loads! I have put so much stuff in it that nobody could believe their eyes. five people cannot just take a trip in this car. They can move in!
This car has grown so good on me that I hate to think of the moment that I will have to replace it in my everyday life.
The reason why I'm writing this review is that I had to express my love for this odd looking car sometime before it leaves my life.
500,000kms?! That's 312,000 miles! That's phenomenal! Gives me some hope with my 150,000 mile TZD.
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