my two are both volvos, the big old thirsty 850 has 260,000 miles and cost me £300, and the latest one is a v40 GDI (with the mitsubishi petrol injection lean burn engine) doing over 45mpg on the motorway, which cost me a whole £400, that one has about 180,000 miles on it. I never buy new cars and the volvos are both still going strong, actually come to think of it I probably spend less on my cars than most of you do on your models, plus I do all my own maintenance, had a few new front wishbones on the 850 (the steering ball joint is integral) plus new seats on the suspension, the volvos are a dream to work on, designed to make life easy for their mechanics.
Grendel