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Man Drives Car One Million Miles (A Saab)
WLTX ^ | 12/06/2006

Posted on 12/07/2006 1:01:32 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

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To: Responsibility2nd

A saab? What is he, gay?


61 posted on 12/07/2006 1:57:43 PM PST by ElkGroveDan ( What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his own soul?)
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To: RightResponse

Actually, he was an obsessive compulsive pothead and it was all miles that were used to run to the local 7-11, and then back home, and then back to the store, and then back home...


62 posted on 12/07/2006 1:59:13 PM PST by Andonius_99 (They [liberals] aren't humans, but rather a species of hairless retarded ape.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Wasn't it a Saab that the Kims got stuck in? Pity.

The Kims were driving a Subaru Outback wagon AWD.

63 posted on 12/07/2006 1:59:59 PM PST by WhirlwindAttack (Muck the Fuslims. And Lord strike down the toons too.)
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To: lafroste
It's regimin you dope! Not "Regiment". AAAHHHH!!!

"regimin"?......hahaha! (Stones/glass houses etc.)

FMCDH(BITS)

64 posted on 12/07/2006 2:11:47 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: L98Fiero

My 99 made it to 240K then a casting defect rotted through. I fixed it, sold it and within six weeks the car was hit hard.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will. NRA KMA


65 posted on 12/07/2006 2:17:38 PM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: RightResponse
I had the same thing happen with a Saab in 2973 somewhere between Oklahoma City and Amarillo. The weather at least was in the mid 20's
66 posted on 12/07/2006 2:18:58 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: nothingnew

OK, I can't spell either. But at least I misspelled the correct word.


67 posted on 12/07/2006 2:20:38 PM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: Pylon

I have need of a good van. I almost bought a Chev Astro with 200,000 miles on it. A 1999. It sold at auction for $1,800. I thought that was too much money for that many miles. But I might've been wrong.


68 posted on 12/07/2006 2:22:57 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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To: Michael.SF.
That is also 161 miles a day, 7 days a week.

Maybe he turned the odometer forward.

69 posted on 12/07/2006 2:23:00 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Perhaps the success of Gilbert's ride can be attributed to his meticulous care regiment.

Gag. The spell checker passed it. It passes wrong words all the thyme.

70 posted on 12/07/2006 2:23:05 PM PST by Gorzaloon ("Illegal Immigrant": The Larval form of A Democrat.)
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To: Pride in the USA

Here ya go!


71 posted on 12/07/2006 2:24:21 PM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: WhirlwindAttack

The side rear windows that I saw in overhead video were either a Subaru Impreza WRX wagon or a SAAB 9-2 wagon (same car, slightly different trim).


72 posted on 12/07/2006 2:24:51 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Responsibility2nd

The guy sure did a lot of driving. That's over 50,000 miles per year. You got to wonder if NYC taxis put on those kind of miles.


73 posted on 12/07/2006 2:29:18 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto

I've got 308,000 miles on my 1999 Chevy Lumina. It runs pretty good, even the AC works.


74 posted on 12/07/2006 2:32:26 PM PST by tenthirteen
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To: Responsibility2nd
after the divorce of his wife.

Just whom did his wife divorce? wouldn't it be proper to just say "after his divorce".

However, this does point out one of the perils of divorce; it may be many years before you can afford a new car.

Midlife Crisis

When I was married 25 years, I took a look at my wife one day and said, "Honey, 25 years ago, we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10 inch black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 25 year old blonde.

Now, we have a nice house, nice car, big bed and plasma screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 50 year old woman. It seems to me that you are not holding up your side of things."

My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a hot 25 year old blonde, and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, and sleeping on a sofa bed.

75 posted on 12/07/2006 2:38:12 PM PST by MosesKnows
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To: Responsibility2nd

Has he ever changed his underwear?


76 posted on 12/07/2006 2:39:11 PM PST by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Once cars began to be assembled by robots instead of hourly workers, I think it was inevitable that we'd see a lot more million-mile cars.


77 posted on 12/07/2006 2:40:50 PM PST by denydenydeny ("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
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To: MosesKnows
That's similar to my story. 25 years ago when I got married, my wife wanted a brand new Cadillac and I promised that some day... I'd buy her that car.

Last month I fulfilled my promise. Yes, I bought her that car; a 1981 Cadillac.

78 posted on 12/07/2006 2:45:46 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning)
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To: RobRoy
Of course, eventually the car outlives it's usefulness, relative to cost. How long would any of us want to drive a dodge omni, even if it was holding up?

My Mom *loved* Dodge Omnis, in spite of how totally uncool they are and the fact that the one we had didn't shift properly most of the time.

When I was looking for my first real car (this was only seven or eight years ago), she spotted one at a used car lot while we were driving around. She was trying to talk me into at least trying it when her skirt brushed the front bumper and the bumper fell off.

I didn't buy it. ;-)

79 posted on 12/07/2006 2:46:07 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Responsibility2nd

They were super reliable. We had quite a few at 400-700,000 miles and most in the 200-400,000 range. and only 3-5 years old. We moved up to the bigger Chevy "Express" vans and blew out transmissions left and right. We are talking a fleet of around 100 vans.


80 posted on 12/07/2006 2:52:28 PM PST by Pylon (Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed.)
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