Faults:

Water pump had to be replaced after 250000 kilometres.

Seats started to wear after 270000 kilometres.

General Comments:

My grandmother bought this car new in 1978, and she drove it until 1994, when I was 18. Then she handed it over to me, due to the retiring of both granny and gram-pa. They figured they only needed one car. (They had one each)

It was completely in perfect shape, like brand new, in 1994. Interior still smelled kind of new. No paint scratches or damages. It had been running for 121000 kilometres at the time I got it, and it was fantastic to drive.

However, here in Norway, the roads are most slippery during winter. Because the motor was located in front, and the car had rear-wheel drive, its rear end seemed to really easy slip off the road and begin to sway back and forth, and with no pressure over the driving wheels, it was hard to regain control, once slipping.

So the car went out of the road and downhill. Its chassis was smashed, and the car was beyond recovery. This happened about after 187000 km, in 1998. Really a shame.

Then, I bought another, but I extracted the intact motor and gearbox from the wrecked one and installed them into my new station wagon model. It was not as clean and good-conditioned as the previous chassis, but it was nice. And not to mention; cheap. And I started driving right away. But I needed something more safe, so I sold it to my uncle and bought myself an Audi 80.

But my uncle kept it. And he drove it until 2006, when he had to sack the whole car, it was through-eaten by rust. But the engine and the gearbox never complained. It was really really solid built. Never had any engine trouble, clutch had to be replaced after 230000 km, though.

My cousin is on his way to buy one right now, I wish him tons of driving pleasure years ahead!

Faults:

The automatic three speed transmission lost all, but first gear in 2000.

The air conditioner works great, but sometimes the compressor does not engage, and I have to flip the a/c button on and off until it catches a good connection.

The car sometimes idles rough and runs rich in humid, hot weather, but it goes back to normal a day later.

General Comments:

The interior is delicate and brittle, and cannot survive any abuse caused by children or pets crawling about the cabin.

The car could use a fourth gear, because it runs high RPM's on the highway, and seems like something may go wrong.

Faults:

We had to replace the air filter.

We had to buy new windshield wipers.

We replaced the water pump with a reconditioned one.

It came with replaced brakes and tires.

General Comments:

I can't complain about my car, mostly.

Learning to drive a stick shift as my first car was hard.

It doesn't really get going fast, but it runs smoothly.

I mainly enjoy the way it looks and the strange glances I get from others as they see it and fail to recognise it.

Faults:

The car has hit many deer over the years and has cooling system problems, but were easily fixed.

The clutch went out at 270,000 miles (second replacement) and was very cheap to have repaired.

The transmission blew at 302,000 and has not been fixed due to trouble finding a new one, but will be fixed when I find one.

General Comments:

This car is a great car to learn to drive in and is very fun to drive.

The engine is very easy to service because of the room under the hood.

It started every morning, even at -20F zero in 3 feet of snow.

Faults:

Rust.

Clutch @150K miles.

Alternator @200K miles.

Seat belts are wearing out.

Replaced radiator every 10 years.

General Comments:

4 speed geared too low for modern 85mph driving. A/C still works great. Paint was all used up years ago, so I just repainted it. Has never failed to run.