[Charlie Brengun]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

You need a small, reliable car in Holland. How else will you get your Rookvlees or Hagelslag? I'd go crazy without mine. Fortunately, there's a Dutch store near where my wife's parents live, so I'm not jonesing for those. We make our Oliebollen and Pannekoeken at home.

Those are some typical Dutch food things indeed. So are you from the Netherlands or of Dutch decent?

By the way is the Rookvlees you can get the real stuff (horse meat)?

[gtohurstjudge]

Although nowhere close to the best car I have owned, my 69 GTO is my favorite,
otherwise I wouldn't have kept it for 50 years so far. It breaks a lot, always has,
but I fix it and move on from there, because I love everything about it.
The best GM car I've ever had is my 2010 Camaro.......100K miles and only have had to change 1 tail light bulb, 1 battery, two sets of tires, and oil and filters over ten years of use.
Easily the best vehicle I've owned or have ever seen for that matter is my 1999
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer. It's pulled heavy trailers it's whole life and is still
a gorgeous truck at 21 years of age and 325,000 miles. It still has it's original
5.4 liter engine, automatic transmission, rear end, A/C compressor, wheel bearings, fuel pump, all p/s parts, all door lock actuators and power window parts, original sound system, door handles, door hinges, headliner, etc. The headliner and sun visors still look brand new........amazing! I've changed the starter, alternator, water pump and radiator but only as a precaution due to mileage........the truck has never been towed for any reason and it still never breaks down...more reliable than the sun coming up in the morning. The original paint still looks gorgeous.
The worst vehicle is also very easy.....1993 GMC Suburban. Everything that could go wrong with that Truck went wrong, in some cases the same parts failed 5 or six times, and I was using GM factory parts. I drove it 180,000 miles and finally sold it because I couldn't drive it around the block without developing a new problem. I estimate that between 100,000 and 180,000 miles
that I spent 18 thousand dollars on repairs to keep it going. Total POS.

[goatwgn]

Here is my 500000 mile Olds 350, back in 2013, that had never been apart, except for water pump replacement. Top picture is the same unit, rebuilt, back in the '74 Olds Cutlass. This thing is tough. I didn't "baby it" over the years, but i did keep the oil changed, and never overheated the engine. Inside was very clean, with very little wear. Valve springs and rings were weak. Some carbon buildup in the valley, where the exhaust crossover had a leak.