100,000 miles on my Lanos!!

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:38 pm

Last night as I was driving to another party, my Lanos turned 100,000 miles and it's still running and driving perfectly!

Love that little car!

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:06 pm

time to have som competition with bosnianlanos's car, 200k but still 100k is great, i just laugh when people say daewoo's arent reliable!

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:14 pm

daewoomofo wrote:...i just laugh when people say daewoo's arent reliable!

me too! think about it, what is the ONLY thing that ever goes wrong with the cars!? ...the timing belts, and that's an owners issue not the car itself.

now think about VW's, there isn't one VW in existence that dosen't have at least one electrical issue but EVERYONE likes VW's in one form or another. their electrical issues are usually big ones and they just get shrugged off. and trust me, I know what I'm taking about, before buying the nubi I have two 96 Jettas and a 99 jetta (wife still has it) and they all had issues.

jidasas · Post by **jidasas** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:26 pm

I've got 165000 on my lanos and even after being wrecked it still runs fine.

Jimmy

buddha102 · Post by **buddha102** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:05 pm

haha ive got 38 now!

AND i my parents bought the car like 5 or 6 years ago

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:20 pm

My 1969 VW Beetle never had any electrical issues.
The only thing that went wrong was the front & real main seals leaked, but I replaced them & the car went on fine for another 250,000 miles.

I finally took the car off the road because of rust between the chassis & the front suspension (the lower frame head) and I didn't trust it on the road any longer.
Yes .. I know .. I know ... new lower frame head is only $75-ish and a few bolts to replace, but I never got around to it. lol

I miss my old rear engine, air-cooled VWs! ... I had that Beetle, a 1969 Squareback and a 1979 Bus (Microbus).

So anyway ... the Lanos is as reliable as the owner taking care of it.

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:37 pm

did the 69 VW's have any electrical!? I thought they where started with a hand crank and literally used candle powered lighting... there wasn't anything to go wrong! JK

actually though, I'm a VW fan and always will be. that is one of the reasons why I think I got into the Lemans, there are a ridiculous amount of similarities between the MK2 Golf and Kadett.

Garrett

buddha102 · Post by **buddha102** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:43 pm

So anyway ... the Lanos is as reliable as the owner taking care of it. Smile

I totally agree, those little cars can last shit loads of time and still drive really well, but i dont see many lanoses on junkyards....

sukcs i only saw 2 nubiras.

1 had fire in the engine, idk how that happened

2nd was a station wagon.

Big Jeff · Post by **Big Jeff** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:37 am

my Lanos is 10 years old and only done 20,760 miles

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:52 am

i hit 135k on mine today

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:21 am

hmm my Le Mans has about 113,577 mi. and its 19 years old.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:45 am

By 1969 VW had JUST upgraded to electric headlights from oil lamp lighting!! LOL

As for electrical .. there was a small bundle of wires that signals of Morse code were sent over from one end of the car to the other. The trained squirrels in each end of the car sent and received the signals and made the correct functions that were required happen. hahaha

buddha102 · Post by **buddha102** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:52 am

Big Jeff wrote:my Lanos is 10 years old and only done 20,760 miles

nice i thought i would get 1st place in lowest millage in this forum

The trained squirrels in each end of the car sent and received the signals and made the correct functions that were required happen.

hahaha

benzino · Post by **benzino** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:14 am

I got 34000 on my '00

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:48 pm

mine's 6 yrs old and slowly creeping up towards the 26,000 mile mark