Posted on 12/07/2006 1:01:32 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
I personally got almost 20,000 miles out of a 1971 Ford Pinto.
Study political science at any university?
My grandmother ,and later her daughter(my aunt) drove/still drives a 1971 Oldsmobile F-85 with 404,000 miles on it. Two transmissions, same engine. Ugly but still runs.
I got 230,000 miles out of my last company truck, a 1999 GMC Sierra 3/4 ton 2WD Extended-cab, long-box with (I think) a 6.3L V8. It still ran and drove perfectly and had unbelievable power. The driver's seat and the rest of the interior was about shot though. My employer sold it, but I don't know how much they got for it.
I now drive a 2005 GMC Savana van with a 190 hp engine. It's a dog as far as power, (at 6700lbs it weighs 90% what the pickup did but only has 60% of the HP) but it's got 46,000 miles on it in a year and a half and no problems so far.
All our company trucks get scheduled professional maintenance, some of it above and beyond what the manual recommends. An ounce of prevention!
I've owned 52 cars in my lifetime, but my all-time favorite was the new 1981 Saab 900 I bought years ago. I only wish I could have it back. I once drove 1800 miles from western Montana to St. Louis, Missouri without stopping. It was like a comfortable old shoe and it got an honest 35 mpg. I loved it and am trying to find another one if there is one anywhere to be found that is in good shape. Probably will never happen. A lot of people thought it was weird but I sure didn't. How I loved that car.
I change out engines but my 65 chevy PU has 1,300,000 miles on it.
We bought one (Caravan) new in 1991. In 2002, I drove it to El Paso from Orlando and back. It had 139,000 miles on it and I didn't even hesitate about taking it. It was THAT reliable.
You are so right. My current Saab is a 1990 version, before GM got their hands on them. It is probably the last one I will own, since they aren't the cars they used to be. Mine has just under 80,000 miles on it and it is in mint condition. I keep it this way knowing full well that I can't replace it.
Did it have "rich Corinthian leather"?
Heh. I think they got rid of that schtick at the time of the bailout. ;)
But yes, it had excellent leather seats that held up the entire time. The main problem with the car was that it was a flexible flyer. You could drive down semi-rough roads and watch the rear trunk deck float in a different plane than the dashboard. Frame stiffness is an issue with convertibles.
If you allow for overhauls of major drive-train components, such as the transmission, then any car can be driven indefinitely. It's just a matter of fixing what's broken as you go.
Sold my Subaru Legacy at 240,000 miles on the odometer, a guy baught it and fixed it... it still runs...
We have a car that has gone almost 300,000 miles as of this writing!
HHC's husband.
I can'r stand it! When will these reporters LEARN English!!?? It's regimin you dope! Not "Regiment". AAAHHHH!!!
Oops! Regimen.
Maybe this is better? ;-)
Perchance the succinct of Gilbert's raid can be attrition to his matriculated car regiment.
What is a "raid"?
LOL, from the king of impromptu typos.
BTW: succinct, attrition? You wouldn't be a' funnin m'old illiterate self now, would'ya?
It was an exercise in using the wrong, but similar-sounding, word in the sentence. Since the original author wrote "regiment", when he should have written "regimen", I just took that ball and ran with it. :-)
I don't drive cars with front wheel drive or without at least a 5 litre V8 engine. >:-}
Ho-ho-ho Merry Christmas!
,,, you'll get a million miles out of your bone shaker?
I have a friend who drives an old Dodge...thing..cannot remember the model. I told her, "To put it in perspective, consider that the Moon is 248,000 miles away" when she hit that number.
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