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In general Land/Range Rovers aren't reliable but there's 1 big exception.

06‐09 LR3, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.

The 4.4l v8 is absurdly reliable and with routine maintenance will hit 200k. They're also very easy to work on and have a strong network of after market parts to avoid dealer mark ups. They also use the ZF6 transmission which basically came in every Ford, Rover and Mercedes of the time.

You also don't have a crazy amount of electronics to worry about
 
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My thoughts:

Best: Lexus and Toyota

Worst: Audi and Chevrolet

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Choosing Lexus and Toyota is a bit redundant imo. Toyota and luxury branded Toyota.

I Yeah, Audi deserves to have its hat in the ring (even though I own one). I've done everything I can to "bulletproof" my A6 and its been awesome for years, but you definitely shouldn't have to go out of the way to "bulletproof" a sedan in the first place. I've put over 60k miles on my A6 and have not had to do a single serious repair so far, but again I have gone out of my way with preventative maintenance and fixing common failure points ahead of time. Having Chevrolet as unreliable is a real head scratcher though, by no measure can I see Chevy being categorized as unreliable.
 
cjm502 said:
Choosing Lexus and Toyota is a bit redundant imo. Toyota and luxury branded Toyota.

I Yeah, Audi deserves to have its hat in the ring (even though I own one). I've done everything I can to "bulletproof" my A6 and its been awesome for years, but you definitely shouldn't have to go out of the way to "bulletproof" a sedan in the first place. I've put over 60k miles on my A6 and have not had to do a single serious repair so far, but again I have gone out of my way with preventative maintenance and fixing common failure points ahead of time. Having Chevrolet as unreliable is a real head scratcher though, by no measure can I see Chevy being categorized as unreliable.
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The active fuel management system on General Motor trucks is a big negative point for reliability for that brand.

I had a 2017 GMC Sierra and i had two major engine failures under warranty.

It's a shame because the rest of the vehicle was pretty good overall.
 
MMC said:
The last car I drove, a 2021 BMW 330i was by far the biggest piece of shit I’ve ever driven
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New Beemers are garbage for reliability AND the repairs cost an absolute fortune. And the cars look like shit now, and they're too heavy except for the M4 CSL which no one can buy anyways.

Ultimate Driving Machine my ass. They have completely abandoned their roots.
 
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My Mazda 3 S GT was very reliable until the gasket went and coolant got into the engine/oil. :(.
Quoted at 6500 to repair, but could sell the car for more if I replace it with the quoted 25k mile engine vs getting basically nothing for it. Very undecided.
 
In my experience, your basic cars (Ford, Chevy, Honda, Chrysler, Hyundai, Toyota, etc) will last you a long time if you take care of them.

Jeeps are an interesting breed. Overall reliable but the older ones were never really meant to be cars you run errands in, and yet that's kinda what they became. As such, I feel they kinda got away from the mountain terrain vehicle to a cheaper version of a luxury car.

Luxury cars, well you're going to pay the luxury tax on them eventually. Don't get me wrong I like them but I know people who hold onto them for too long and once they start having problems, it's never getting better. True of every car but the more basic it is the better chance you can keep it going longer.

IMO 90s and 00s were the best era for cars (I'm 36 and didn't grow up with the 70s and 80s cars), the last breed before they became "computers on the highway".
 
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MikeFolignosHelmet said:
Most reliable: Buick LeSabre with the 3800 engine
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Those were great, as was the 350 V8 GM trucks in the 90s. Fuel injected for smooth reliable power without all of the fuel management and cylinders turning off at red lights BS we get today. I'd love to have a mid-90s Suburban.

The early 2000s Silverado wasn't bad either. I had one with the 6.0 V8, noisy lifters but it was a monster and just as reliable.


Today, Toyota is top dog but even they are having issues in recent years. The EPA goal posts keep moving every year as politicians try to eliminate big oil for personal gain. Automakers can't keep the same engine designs around and perfect them like they used to be able to do. Chevy 350 and Ford 302 5.0 were around for a lifetime and got perfected over the years. Same with Toyota's 3.5 V6. We'll never see that again unfortunately.
 
HisIceness said:
... Luxury cars, well you're going to pay the luxury tax on them eventually. Don't get me wrong I like them but I know people who hold onto them for too long and once they start having problems, it's never getting better. True of every car but the more basic it is the better chance you can keep it going longer. ...
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I had a very rich uncle who had that figured out back in the 1960s. He never kept a luxury car for more than one calendar year. Then he'd call his local car dealer owner/friend, a salesman would deliver his new model, and the salesman would drive the "old" car back to the dealership for a wash before parking it out front with the other like-new cars.
 
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