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[Aleksander Mierzwa]

At 22:04 01-04-19 +0200, Tom Nas wrote:

>I nominate the Lancia Thema, 

Themas were being used by the Polish goverment since the early 90s. Despite
being driven hard (those secret service drivers are usualy lead footed ;-)
and having high mileage, they still look and run good. Our officials were
satisfied enough with them they are replacing them with Kappas right now.

> Citroen XM

I have to admit, I like Citroens. I believe their poor reputation is mainly
created by cheapskate owners who expect such a complicated car to be
maintenance free. They don't change the LHM fluid at specified intervals
and ignore the first symptoms of hydraulic spheres failing. When the whole
system finally fails and needs $$$$ to repair, they brag about poor
reliability. My uncle used to own a BX which he had always serviced
regularly. He put almost 200.000km on it without any serious problems. A
situation similar to that with automatic transmissions. People drive
200.000km without changing the fluid and when the tranny blows, they claim
automatics are inherently unreliable.

>Alfa 164, 

What's exactly wrong with it? I've never heard anything bad about these
cars. The interior design is definitely not to my taste, though.

>Renault 20/30, Renault 25

I agree that corrosion alone is a reason to nominate all Renaults from 70s
and 80s to that award. However, mechanically they were quite sound.

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Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
87 5KT