I'm gonna go ahead and nominate mine.

@paulmer: See, you have a point, mostly. The redblock, whether N/A or turbo, was ridiculously durable, but the VW D24 was... average. The whiteblock, while occasionally swapped in, was never a factory option in a 240/740, though the 960 was still fairly bulletproof.

@GrandmaSideways: My 240 (yes, same name on TB) was solid in the snow this past winter with mediocre snow tyres (3/4-tread Firestone Winterforces), stock open diff, and a hundred pounds of Oil-Dri in the boot... only got stuck thrice, once when one rear wheel was actually off the road, once when I was facing down into…

I love the small details - the carpeting, the badging, the spool of cable around the long-throw floor shifter (three-speed, I assume). It takes an old truck to show a new truck how it should be done.

@BullittFan_Fords4Life: I'd rather have an alumin(i)um Falcon, myself.

@Deal Killer - Godzilla Squishes All !: The V6 was a bear to work on, but a lovely engine. The manual gearbox was mandatory with either the Contour/Mystique or 626 - they shared the CD4E automatic I mentioned.

@Peugeot 504 - the Car for Nigeria: All of ours still work fine (2001 New Beetle). I don't understand how. The door lock mechanisms have been replaced (twice on the driver's side, once on the passenger's), but aside from that...

@discontinuuity is tentatively testing the waters of Murlopnik Weekend before plunging again into the fridgid waters that are Jalopnik proper: And the fact remains that the idea of an interference engine with a timing belt, rather than chain, is just fucking stupid in the first place, unless there's something I'm…

@smackela: I'd assume it'd actually dent the hell out of the floorpan and tear up the asphalt. Worst case, of course, would be a Pinto-style tank rupture...

@Jeb_Hoge: My mother's 1995 was a base model (five-speed and no tach!) save for the 14" alloys and cassette deck. It had exhaust issues (the flex pipe attached to the catalytic converter had a tendency to destroy itself - after a generic replacement or two, a new Ford part lasted for the remainder of her ownership)…

@SmaartAasSaabr: My mother's 2001 New Beetle (1.8T/manual) has been miraculously reliable - aside from exterior bulbs and door locks, it's had no real problems. (Well, the clutch has been weird since she got it used at 20k [it's nearly to 120k now), but it's worked fine.) She's kept up with maintenance, but I'm still…

@EnidCadimillac: I've never heard anything bad about a B12/B13 Sentra, aside from (obviously) critical rust... The Hardbody truck was similarly reliable (at least the four - the six was rather crammed in there) but even more rust-prone.

@Boxer_4: Should've found a new mechanic, I suppose, though that's easy to say in hindsight. Or was the mechanic your father himself?

@smackela: True. The Monaco only existed due to contractual obligations (which weren't fulfilled after all), and they're consequently fairly uncommon - I don't remember the last time I saw one. (A shame, because they were miles better than the hateful [Dy]nasty.) Of course, I don't remember the last Medallion I saw,…

@hughesfullstop: Only '95? I'd walk away until about 2000.

@900turbo: It was reliant...

@smackela: There's an Eagle Premier ES that lives two towns over from me... I've never actually seen it move, though I don't go by there often. Sadly, it's in someone's driveway and thus ineligible for DOTS, but I've taken a few photos without venturing onto private property.

@tonyola: My grandfather's had two Sable wagons (2001 and '03) that have served him well - he put quite a few miles on the first one before trading up to the '03, and he's probably got over 120k on that now with no serious issues.

@AustinMiniMan: True - as economy cars, they're probably fine, but they don't take abuse. I once heard them described as having "the structural integrity of a bran muffin", which stuck with me for good reason.

@scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's: You're right - I realised that as soon as 87CapriceEstate replied to me. Whoops!