Cars that will go more than 300k

[Doc_Oc]

MSN had an article today about what cars are more reliable.
Obviously the guy that wrote it never hared of TDI's

 

[drew80a]

#7 is a Passat TDI

 

[Doc_Oc]

#7 is a Passat TDI

I guess I should have read full description. I stopped right before that "available in TDI" sentence.

 

[Ski in NC]

That slideshow: What does any of it have to do with a car making 300k? Marketing fluff.

 

[Uberhare]

crap article. marketing spam.

 

[leicaman]

Yea just convert that into miles, which is 180,000 miles. Even my lowly former '99 Saturn SL2 made it that far until the timing chain decided to blow.

 

[Purch]

Yea just convert that into miles, which is 180,000 miles. Even my lowly former '99 Saturn SL2 made it that far until the timing chain decided to blow.

I just finished pulling apart a 2.5 Altima motor for that same reason, except it only had 200,000KMS. The owner wasn't upset, I believe her exact words were "it's lasted this long, it doesn't owe me anything" my jaw dropped when I heard that one. My 98 2.0 Golf had 415k when I sold it, and still had another 100k left in it for sure. People today...

 

[bobo Jetta]

I love my 2001 TDI Jetta with 365k, but my 1992 Mazda Protege went 427k until I scrapped it, engine ran great, body rotted out!

 

[ramdmc]

Sold my beloved 2000 Jetta with 575K to a commuter at the beginning of the summer. He tells me he can't believe he just hit 620K, and loves it every bit as I did. Runs like a top!

 

[Doc_Oc]

Well, that's just it, right? We are being spoon fed this crap about how cars are built so much better today than they used to. Did you see those comments about 2500HD? "It's almost overkill, in the amount of material in them and the strength of those materials". Too bad one of the "strengths" is not quality!

 

[Muggins]

Did you see those comments about 2500HD? "It's almost overkill, in the amount of material in them and the strength of those materials". Too bad one of the "strengths" is not quality!

lol true.

I don't get it why so many people drive those big ass pick ups. Who'd want to, unless you absolutely had to? I guess a lot of people based on the roads filled with pimped out pick ups, especially up here in Barrie.

 

[Doc_Oc]

I would so love one! But with a real diesel engine in it. Not the 3500 HD one that uses more diesel than a 1500 uses gas
I don't get it. How hard is it to put a 3.0 V6 diesel in those? Or, can you imagine how a 1/4 ton with the V10 TDI in it would sell?