Clutch wore out twice.
Water pump wore out twice.
Catalytic conveter failed at 125000.
Headliner is shot since 200,000.
Valve cover gasket began leaking at 100000.
Exhaust manifold broke at 175000.
Parking brake requires adjustment every 3 years.
Heater core leaked at 75000.
Plugs/wires last only 10 years.
At brake replacement, rotors and drums must be turned. Every 60,000.
Power steering failed in 1999. Had to rebuild pump.
Paint is shot after 16 years.
Tachometer quit last year.
Underpowered, but I don't care.
Fun to drive with the 5-speed.
Depending on price ($1.25 to $1.60), car will go 180 to 230 miles on $10 of gas, still.
Very nimble, have steered/braked away from a gogol of idiot California drivers.
Finally succumbed to wife and gave car away to the poor children in 2003. Had 217,000 on it and still ran well, but didn't look too good. Drove up the ramp onto the flatbed myself and I must admit feeling a little bad as he hauled it down the street.
All my previous cars were taken away and well...crushed. I have always felt sad about getting rid of perfectly good cars. I had a 1984 Pontiac Sunbird wagon. Sat in my driveway for years, waiting indefinitely for parts, a Buick that had not yet outlived it's usefulness, and my last set of wheels is in jeopardy. Really nothing was wrong with it. I just got a better car. (1984 Mercury Topaz). I always felt sad seeing them go...
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