Hey don't knock Ambassadors please.
Had a '62 model, and she was a faithful as a dog. whatever was wrong, and where-ever I was, she would limp home and finally give out within 100 mtrs of home, if at that.
It would only be later, after looking under the bonnet that we would realise what exactly and to what extent was the damage.
I luved that buggy and was sorry to see it go, when there was a shortage of parking at home, especially since i was brought home 2 days after my birth in it.
The car that really made my life a living hell, was an '86 Ford Escort, the one with the box type hatches?......... yeah that was the one.
Had it for about 3 months and drove it for about 1500 miles. Lemme tell you I spent a quid for every klick on the odometer. In fact it almost convinced me to buy a Corvette, 'coz when the Corvette went, it would go. to say the least, and then it would be more reliable, taking the economy of ride into consideration.
Most reliable old car i drove was a '78 (I think) Mazda 626. Went like a rocket in those days, ride was comfortable, and never broke down even once.
Drove it to the ground, clocking 76k miles in 6&1/2 months, then sadly had to put it to sleep. Even when it was being towed away to the scrap yard, the ice was working ok, the cruise control, the de-misters. the wipers, in fact the only thing wrong was that the car was tired, I guess.
Put it out of its misery.
Other then that , I guess I have been lucky so far, without even a flat in the last 3 years,on any one of my cars.
