Automotive cockroaches for the 20s and 30s.

[Jenson Velcro]

So, are some of the cockroaches simply cars that sold in large numbers (rather than being particularly durable). As there were a lot to start with they take a lot longer to thin out in numbers.

With lots getting broken it’s easier to get spare parts and the cheaper aftermarket suppliers cater for them as there is a large market. There’s also alot of knowledge built up to deal with common problems and hence fixes.

[egg]

7 hours ago, Low ontime said:

They just seem to be tough as old boots….

I think I was massively unlucky to have a 1.4 16v Astra G that dumped all its oil and died and a 1.6 8v that smoked and died as well - also burning oil. Maybe it was just me!

[SEATMad]

I reckon these things will be very hard to kill off. One of the local taxi firms has one of these on, and I'm not joking, nearly 600,000 miles and its still going strong. Had to double take on my way home from the pub, thought I was way more passed it then I was until I asked the driver and he confirmed that they have owned it since new (2011) and it's been in constant use since. He says it's the best car in the fleet and they have no plans to get rid of it. So yeah I reckon these things. 

[SiC]

2 hours ago, egg said:

I think I was massively unlucky to have a 1.4 16v Astra G that dumped all it's oil and died and a 1.6 8v that smoked and died as well - also burning oil. Maybe it was just me!

And @Supernaut hasn't had an easy ride with his Astra G either. 

[catsinthewelder]

[GregZX]

The MK5 Fiesta. Despite the last one being sold 16 years ago there is absolutely tons of them about, even with their habit of losing their rear axles. My daughter has a 2003 one that’s a bit of a nail but just keeps going and has no body rust at all. I see at least 5/10 of them a day and that’s in the rust capital of Glasgow. You definitely didn’t see 5/10 Mk2 Escorts daily back in 1996, you were lucky to see one every six months unless you knew somebody with one. 

[Spiny Norman]

1 hour ago, GregZX said:

The MK5 Fiesta.

The Fusions too, still hunners round here, I guess like the Honda Jizz, the giffer demographic probably helps them.
 

[Angrydicky]

Got excited here thinking the thread was about old cars.

As you were.

[Supernaut]

9 hours ago, SiC said:

And @Supernaut hasn't had an easy ride with his Astra G either. 

Fucking twinport piece of shite.

 

This Astra and the Omega I had in 2016 have cemented my stance that AVAS.

[Noel Tidybeard]

the mk1 jizz my be about to fall foul of "the insewerants" industry due to cat theft

[GR8 PL8 M8]

These, in this colour, probably by sheer numbers.