henrikc
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All cars that are driven by us are able to be posted here.
I remember the so-called cloud cars. Chrysler used to be a decent make. My father still drives his '97 Dodge Grand Caravan. It's given us a solid 13 years of ski trips and family hauling.
Then I sat in a new one. It just seemed worse somehow.
'97? That's nothing compared to our '91!
Just passed 300.000 km (180k-ish miles) with our Audi 100, and it still drives like it's a few years old. Sure, it makes a few weird sounds, but it's a great car. However, it's going to be replaced by a new Skoda, but hell, if we bothered to fix it up it could probably go another 2-3 years. Would take a lot of time, but you can't say that about most car makers. Seems like a lot of brands that used to make great cars went wrong somewhere along the road.
(FIY, the reason why we don't buy a new car every two or three years is simple: In Norway, an Audi S4 (which is $45.000 in the US, base model) starts at around $190.000. Yeah, $190k. Cars are really expensive here, and they depreciate quickly. Leasing is not an option, as it's just a waste of money.)