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I own (and daily driven it for 6 years!) a Lotus Exige. Once the chargecooler broke off but it kept on running. Once I manage to melt the transmission cables together blasting through the Italian mountains on a hot summer day but it kept on running. It houses a toyota engine. Unbreakable.

We bought a Toyota Landcruiser (Troopy!) to travel from Alexandria to Capetown (continent of Africa, north to south) One flat tyre and twice did the exhaust mount break off. Nothing that couldn’t be fixed next to the road.

Now my nissan familycar might be on the expensive side but I’ve got all the faith in the world in the Japanese build quality. That engine can take a beating.

My first car was a MINI cooper R53. Also BMW. Same love/ hate relationship. On the one hand I loved tracking it and the supercharger whine was very addictive. On the other hand having to deal with BMW and there ever failing parts…

Apart from the ford family models and jeep models we don’t see many American cars on the road in the Netherlands. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is considered a very big car here and you need some serious patience and skill navigating it through most cities.

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Had a Ford Escort for four years. Got it brand new. When I drove it on the motorway for the first time I had massive vibration. When I took it back to garage they said all four wheels had the biggest balance weight you can get in an arbitrary position instead of being balanced properly. Must have been a Friday afternoon build!

Apart from that it was no problem for the four years I had it.

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