What a good car !

[mik]

Do you have a car that has treated you really really well over a long period ?
its been you and your family's rock through out the years ????
i just thought id give my experience in my AU after 10 ish years of ownership.
Even my brother used it for a few months when his car kicked the bucket(quite trusting of me there ).

my AU despite a few minor flaws has been a bloody good car, yes i have replaced stuff as you do in the life of a 14 year old car, but most of it was general servicing and wear and tear items , radiator core, power steer hose, upper shock mounts a couple of years ago,

repaired a few minor known small flaws that do crop up in Au`s on occasion , power window switches needing a clean, or a slow window regulator or a steering rack when they get a few miles on them , timing chain tensioner o rings, boot strut support ball.

the car still has all the original rear suspension bar the konis,
nearly all the same front suspension also bar the konis, same ball joints, everything is unopened, diff /auto/engine, it did have a rear main seal done late last year , and it does burn a tiny bit of oil, but i reckon thats quite acceptable for its age,
steering shaft last year , again general wear and tear.
diff is getting a bit of backlash in it, surprisingly its still seems quiet other than a bit of a clunk on the odd gear change/downshift .

i have my other old limo i use about half the time now, but i still love driving the au, it still steers and goes well, handles good.

Never had an electrical gremlin other than the worn alternator at around 160,000 k`s and a misfire caused by coil pack at sometime over 100,000 k`s

the paint is showing signs of age and the body is all original never had a wack to warrant a repair, never had a touch up in my ownership, though it has a bit of light hail damage and a couple of blemishes, one i put on it :(, and general wear and tear, door hinges are still very good, very little rust i can find.
if the engine or something major had of gone bang a couple of years ago , the service i have had out of the car , i would still thought it was a good car, but here we are today nothing has gone bang.

Every time i get into it, hot or cold , i hit the key , it cranks 3 or 4 times as it has for 14 years, and fires straight up.....

i think to myself ....... "bloody hell this is a dam good car".