Do any of you guys drive a European car that's not German?

[Lil bastard]

Yes - Jaguar

Cheers!

[JackG]

I heard a long time ago that "Renault" was French for "walk".

[cvhs18472]

My wife and I have had 5 Volvos over the past 25 years, and with the exception of normal maintenance the only recurrent problem that was front strut failure at about 100k. we have put on in excess of 160k on each of them with the only problem being an idler tensioner going out on an 850 with 220k on the clock. With the 5 cyc. turbo they are great highway tourers and perform well in the snowny winters of NEPA. If you remember when the first C70's came out the auto press was all gaga over then, with every right. We had a C70 droptop and it was a really fine auto. Great cars. The only Peugot I ever bought I still have--a 1976 10 speed. Fantastic bike for the era and I still use it ocassionally.

[HDManny]

I have only owned two non American cars; the first was a Jaguar and the second a Porsche. I still have both and have been very happy with them. I gave up on American luxury cars when I purchased a Cadillac DeVille DTS for my wife, I had never had as many problems with any other car that I had ever owned as I did with that Cadillac. That was the last straw and it would be hard for anyone to sell me another American car so if my wife decides to get rid of her Jaguar I will be looking for something foreign( not a Toyota).

[SeanZ4]

In order dating back approx. 30 years ago.

1970 MGB (first car) stood for Money Gone or Money Gone Bad
'73 vw bug
'71 volvo 145 (mustard color)
'77 Saab 99 (brown and the worst car I ever owned)
'80 LeCar (paid $1k for it with 11,000 mi. on it... actually was a good car!)
'74 vw thing
'63 vw bug
'79 Triumph Spitfire TR5 (brg with tan interior, beautiful!)
'80 Volvo 245 (blue, over 200k when I bought it, had been pulled behind a RV for years, with not really that many "engine" miles on it)
'84 bmw 318
'69 mercedes 280S (had 315k when I sold it)
'81 mercedes 300 D (non-turbo)
'98 bmw z3
'85 mercedes 300D turbo
'97 bmw z3
'03 bmw Z4
'02 bmw 325 CiC

These are the ones I can remember. I'm in my mid 40's and I've owned approx. 100 cars since 1980. Do I have a problem? Probably.

[JTP]

I had a '91 Saab 900S and as far as styling, character, and design it was great. A quirky car with European flair. Mechanically it was crap. Broken down more than I drove it and severely underpowered. Great looking car, Red with tan interior, looked new til the day I had it towed away.
My current VW has been the most reliable car for me so far, bought new in '04 as a DD with no problems at all despite living with it through the high heat of the Arizona summers and several Alaskan winters with temps down to -65F. Always started on the first try, never let me down.
American cars I've owned have been fairly reliable. I've had my '74 Bronco for almost 18 yrs now and it still keeps on going.

[blue2000s]

This is from VEHIX.com's list of the top 10 cars that never stop:

"3. Scandinavian oddities

For years, some of the older European models were notoriously unreliable, and yet, those same Volvos and Saabs hold some of the automotive world records for longevity. A 1989 Saab 900 SPG previously owned by a Wisconsin salesman now sits in a museum with its original engine, having turned over 1 million miles, and a New York schoolteacher holds the world-record with the 2.5 million miles put on his 1966 Volvo P1800. Go figure."

[Sputter]

Lada ftw