Faults:

The car is 23 years old. It was well maintained by an old lady teacher, driven only 10 km/day for 21 years and kept indoors.

I've let the car go downhill in 2 years. First year driving it, it had no faults. This year it got a very small leak in the gasoline tank, which I tried to glue, but didn't work so it still leaks.

The driver's side tie rod needs to be replaced as it makes a sound every time turning.

The exhaust pipe needs to be replaced as it's broken in 2 places.

And about 2 weeks ago the back brake light and front parking lights wouldn't turn off, emptying the battery; some not normal fuse problem, which I tried to look into, but didn't find the part.

So the payment for fixing the car would now probably be more than the 850 euros I paid for it. I got a good deal on a 2001 Nissan Micra, so I've decided not to fix the Daihatsu and drive it to a junkyard.

General Comments:

Usually cars don't last 23 years. Daihatsu was bought by Toyota. This has a great engine and is otherwise very good. It does pick up wind at speeds of 120 km -> because it's shaped like a box.

I found the car pretty comfortable. It's very spacious because I hauled my bicycle inside it a couple of times and it's a sedan; the bike could fit inside the boot with the backdoor closed.

Reliability 10. A very tough car. No faults, just old age. It's one of those cars that is so simple that you could fix everything in it yourself. And I did, the handbrake tightening, the engine a few times. It could still be fixed, but I'm not going to because financially it's not worth it. I'm looking at Daihatsu 4WDs sometime in the future. I love 90's Japanese cars.