I probably have owned 20 cars since 1964.
Absolute worst? 1998 Chevrolet Venture Van and a 1995 Buick Roadmaster. We had the bad luck to own them both at the same time. They were mechanical disasters.
Absolute best? Two Toyotas that we bought new and still own. The 2011 Sienna and the 2018 Highlander Hybrid. Both are very reliable.
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Best: Considering the miles I put on a vehicle vs repairs they've all been the best. Mostly Ford products.
Worse: 2002 Chevy Camaro I bought for my daughter, still under fac warranty.
Far Worse: Mercedes Benz. Bought used from a realtor with 50K miles. Kept it about 5 years and sold it with 57K miles. Spent most of it's time swinging on the back of a wrecker. Could not find parts for it (5 different engines used that year), no one wanted to work on it, could not trade it in, even at the Mercedes dealer. VERY flimsy made compared to U.S. vehicles.
2015 Honda Civic,
my to and fro car
currently on it's 7th week in the body shop waiting on a hood,,
hit a deer in the middle of Nov,
car driveable, and no appts for the estimate till Dec,
then scheduled for 1/31 due to back logs etc,
and after a few days, there was some issue with the hood ordered,, and none available,
so now using my 7th vehicle as a daily driver,,, 2000 tundra
Merc, you're right. that 300 straight six had all kinds of torque coupled with the creeper gear it could haul anything. Had no problem moving a bed full of firewood and a trailer full of same out of the woods
One of the race cars front wheels would lift off the ground when the driver hit high revs. He was the winner in most of his races. I wonder how long Ford made that engine.
Edit - 1965 to 1996.
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I believe the 300 six was discontinued in 1996. had one w/ 4:11 gears 4speed.
Not my first car, but of all I have ever had the one I wish I had now. Third or fourth owner down the line smashed up the front end and sold it for scrap.
Ordered it, and took 5 or 6 weeks to come in. When it came in they had left off the SS427 package and had to reorder.
Big bucks back then.
$36219 in todays dollars.