My first car was a Mitsubishi GA Gallant. Not a panel that didn't have bog in it. I mean in the middle of the panel not just rust.
That thing leaked so much Oil I got a deep metal tray and poured lead in the bottom of it so it wouldn't blow away when I put it under the car. I would get about 150 ml over the course of a day at work and more over night. I'd go back to the car, pull the tin out with the correct positioning length rod I made, tip the oil back in the engine, stow tin and rod in the boot and proceed on the journey.
That car was rough as guts but it NEVER let me down...... Unlike the Ford LTD I bought years later that was only 2 years old and let me down about every 2 Months till I pissed it off. Just one thing after another with that. Fuel pump, Timing sensor, throttle body sensor, Trans issues, computer.... also had the least headroom of any car I ever had.
Bouncing valves off Pistons is Very common on Subarus. Pull the timing cover off and the belt is the factory one they put on 10 years earlier and has done double plus its normal service life and then the urban Myth goes around that timing belts are no good because they break. Yeah well Tyres blow if the tread wears off and you go through the canvas and don't change them when you should. Timing chains are far from infallible either.
My father can't figure out why I love my old GQ TD42 patrol so much. Even offered to buy me another car to update. Thing just suits me and anything goes wrong I can fix it.
Parts are cheap and you don't have to deconstruct the car to do a simple maintence procedure. Run it on veg oil for free and it pulls like a train with a bit of meth in the water injection. Lay the back seats down and you have the same floor area as a 6x4 Trailer.
Built like a tank and just don't stop. 400,000KM is a low mileage one these days and they will be on the original untouched engine.
Might be why the things are 25yo and still seem to be going up in value. The same generation landcruisers are Similar.
Built when things were made to last.
And they did.
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