What's the most reliable car you've ever owned? I want to buy something that's relatively low maintenance and won't give me too many headaches

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Toyota corolla, (manual transmission is better in my opinion but theyre rare so parts are hard to come buy for the manuals if anything brakes) honda civic, ive had several over 250k with nothing but oil changes and my personal favorite is the 2005-7 acura tl type S, favorite car ive ever owned and all i ever did was tires, oul changes and a serpwntine belt one time

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Honda Civic. I beat the living crap out it and it never died on me. Like completely negligent in my care of that car…and it always ran.

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Honda Accord

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Ford escort 1997 - Bought it for $1100 at a gas station and used it to the max during college and still sold it for $1500 after 5 years

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NA Toyotas

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Prius

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Toyota. Always.

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It might surprise you but the BMW M235i I had for 4 years was completely trouble free and all services were included, so in that 4 years the cost of maintenance was 0.

…You just have to overlook the fact that after 4 years the car was worth around half of MSRP 🙃

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and still drives better than most coupes out there today though

2000 Toyota Avalon. Drove the hell out of it and the only repairs over the extensive mileage I put on it were typical wear items.

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Prius. Owned it over 10 years and 170k miles. Only thing I’ve done is change oil, and I barely do that.

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Probably my 2013 Accord. Basic 4-cylinder with a six speed, nothing special but also not a lot to go wrong.

My wife’s old Lexus RX330 was also indestructable. Sold it with over 200k to a family member who drove it a few more years before finally totaling it.

If all you want is reliability, you cant go wrong with a 4-cylinder Honda or a Toyota/Lexus.

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Honda

Accord
Civic
Crosstour
Crv
hrv
Passport
Pilot


Toyota

Corolla
Camry
4 runner

Mitsubishi
Lancer

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I had a sportsback lancer and it served me well but I'm just giving you what I've driven

Jeep wrangler

Brother are we thinking about the same Jeep vehicle?

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Our BMW 2014 X4 has 130k trouble-free miles on the odometer, and the intent is to get into a new X6 when the time comes. I also didn't have any problems with either the 328i and M3 I owned previously.

I've also had several Fords that never needed anything other than regular oil changes.

That having been said, all new car dealerships have a service department that stays busy, I'd suggest getting what you want and make sure it stays under warranty.

The extended warranty is key. I had a 2015 BMW X3 that I bought, as soon as it was out of warranty, it started breaking. (When I was a kid I had a 325 in college, but it started breaking because of me.) It I got rid of the X3 for a leased Mercedes GLC 300 but even that had to have work done on it (under warranty at least). But I’m turning that in, not buying it, for a GLC Cabriolet (in Florida more than New England nowadays so it makes sense). But my point here is that cars are so complicated these days, especially with the electrical systems, unless you buy an extended warranty (which is insanely expensive for a “luxury” car) it doesn’t make sense to keep them for very long.

My Lexus RC was bulletproof. That ancient 3.5L V6 drivetrain is time tested, just chugs gas like crazy and slow as a pig. Lots of other cars in their lineup used that same drivetrain.

Porsche 911.. hands down most reliable and best quality built car I have ever owned

Yes, bought a new 2016 911 and put 45k miles in 3 years. Only oil change and regular maintenance. Never went to dealer for anything. Porsche has really mastered and improved 911.

Owned a few mustangs over the years and they’ve all run circles around my wife’s Toyotas in reliability. They’re cheap to maintain too

Lexus. Has the luxury and reliability

If buying new German cars are reliable if the strict maintenance is followed. Japanese cars are good and not as picky on the maintenance but still needs to be done. I would stay out of sport models they tend to have hiccups if not driven hard.

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