reliable vehicles

Roger Semour /

Sep 22, 2013 11:03PM

So, I have posted on the army in quite some time, but i was thinking the other day and wanted to share and hear other's experiences.

At this point I own four vehicles: 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320

2004 Audi a4 built motor stage 3 turbo

1980 Honda CM200t

1977 Motobecane 50v

All but one have issues at this point in time and only one on the list has been the most reliable with no problems in the past two years of ownership. Can anyone guess? Haha Who would have thought that my oldest vehicle and one designed by the French is the most reliable with all its wacky wiring. Anyone else have their moped as their most reliable and problem free vehicle and is this strange?

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Don Sumpter (OFMC) /

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donsumter

Sep 22, 2013 11:24PM

O,k. how's this, first 2 you stay warm in the winter , other 2 you don't !

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Moped Jay /

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jasont

Sep 22, 2013 11:31PM

my jawa moped was more reliable than any car i ever owned but then again it was worth more too

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Bad Cadillac™ /

toolguy

Sep 23, 2013 06:43AM

Humm, not an apples to apples comparison here. A bicycle is even more reliable.

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Roger Semour /

mopeddevil666 OP

Sep 23, 2013 08:29AM

Obviously not apple's to apple's comparison. I guess you need some more insight on my Moby. It was the first bike I worked on and I felt like I could never get it to work because of lack of knowledge and wacky wiring on those silly little bikes.

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Downhill Harvey (OFMC) /

ajwasp

Sep 23, 2013 05:41PM

haha my Peugeot 103 is my most reliable bike.

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Probably Fred /

roffman

Sep 23, 2013 06:23PM

Pretty much every puch I own kitted or stock is very reliable.

Puchs are overengineered and have built in redundancy

My Chevy astro van is very reliable too.

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Moped Jay /

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jasont

Sep 23, 2013 06:29PM

One bad Cadillac!™ Wrote:

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> Humm, not an apples to apples comparison here. A

> bicycle is even more reliable.

go buy one from walmart and you solve that problem

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Rebel Moby /

rebelmoby

Sep 23, 2013 11:37PM

My yellow Moby is most reliable, the BAT is also a excellent bike but more finicky to start in the cold because it has no choke only a tickler.

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Stephen Keller /

keller_stephen

Sep 24, 2013 02:18AM

You want reliable? Get a '94-99 corolla.

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Moped Jay /

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jasont

Sep 25, 2013 03:43AM

if you ride a honda cub and drive a honda civic which one is more reliable

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A Rooney /

rooroo

Sep 25, 2013 07:26AM

the honda

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Graham Motzing /

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grahammotzing

Sep 26, 2013 04:30PM

toyota tercel (aka turd-smell) my buddy had one with over 300k that had been rolled and t-boned (two seperate accidents) and driven as a pizza delivery car for most of its life.

he kept saying he'd get rid of it when it died and couldn't kill it, finally sold it for more than he paid.

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Stephen Keller /

keller_stephen

Sep 26, 2013 06:48PM

^Those things are tough as well.

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Chip _ /

chip515

Sep 26, 2013 08:14PM

The most reliable vehicle I have ever owned is my '84 El Camino that I bought back in 1992. It has a 305 and I removed the computer and all the emission crap. It has headers and Flowmasters and I put an Edelbrock intake and Carter carb on it. I have driven it all over FL and it has been up to GA a few times. In 21 years it only stranded me once when the original starter went out on it. It gets 16mpg with the A/C.

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Don Sumpter (OFMC) /

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donsumter

Sep 26, 2013 08:39PM

A friend has a 64 International scout that will last forever...true facts !

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Stephen Keller /

keller_stephen

Sep 26, 2013 08:43PM

^where there is no rust...it will. It would not make 2 winters here.

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moped man /

moped-man

Sep 26, 2013 08:53PM

hey, used to live in riverdale..... by dum's corner......

anyway,, german cars are really quirky, i've put 6 ignition coils in my wife's vw cabrio in 2 year......

i would never buy another one. (vw, that is)

my 1999 jeep cherokee is rock solid and bullet proof. has the inline 6 cylinder 4.0. i effing love that car.

i put more miles on my tomos now....... haha florida is great for mopeds

and my snark is really great too

cheers!!

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Blaine- The artist formerly known as Plumber Crack "(OFMC)" /

fastestgrass

Sep 27, 2013 08:08AM

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. Sure, most cars now can go many trouble-free miles, but when failure does occur, because of their complex nature, it is rarely a cheap fix.

My boy Blue is too minimal to not be reliable.

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Dum Sumter ~"0fmc" /

dcdumbter

Sep 27, 2013 11:13AM

~!

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Chas Gantz /

m6onz5a

Sep 28, 2013 02:02AM

any gm car with the 2.5 tech 4 motor. Seen these hit over 400k miles

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The Reverend Defecator /

chaptilius

Oct 01, 2013 12:30AM

99-2001 Jeep Cherokee

94-97 Chevy Astro van

Owned several of each and all proved reliable. Mopeds on the other hand, really suck.

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MagicRat * /

magicrat

Oct 01, 2013 01:32PM

THIS looks Very Reliable!!!

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Stephen Keller /

keller_stephen

Oct 01, 2013 05:34PM

^must be nice to have enough money to destroy a vehicle as a party game.... :/

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Chas Gantz /

m6onz5a

Oct 06, 2013 02:13AM

its just one tire and rim

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Terry Gerker /

newtomopeds

Oct 06, 2013 07:57AM

Also the 3.8 V6 of GM is decent too. I have one in my Buick with 210,000 ml.

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MagicRat * /

magicrat

Oct 06, 2013 08:21AM

Grind it down to the brake drum!

It aint mine.

Its only entertainment to me.

MOPOWER

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Stephen Keller /

keller_stephen

Oct 06, 2013 04:45PM

Chas Gantz Wrote:

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> its just one tire and rim

True....but the brake is roasted, all that shit is very hard on things. Also lucky he did not set something on fire.... It just seems wasteful to me. I bet that left one hell of a groove in the road!

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Aldous Huxley /

zymurgy

Oct 06, 2013 06:24PM

Ken Roff (roffman) — Sep 23, 2013 06:23PM

Pretty much every puch I own kitted or stock is very reliable.

Puchs are overengineered and have built in redundancy

My Chevy astro van is very reliable too.

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Then why do the cranks need to be upgraded? (edited)

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