High Mileage Couldnt Kill It, But Fire Did
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lisa
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OH wow, I am so sorry. That is a huge amount of miles. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a vehicle with that many miles.
Again, I'm really sorry.
Again, I'm really sorry.
be9ak7ts16
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Aw man that sucks. What happened?
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Don't ***** out. A scrap yard can swap the engine and wiring loom in a couple of hours. Swap the hood and grill too while they're at it.
Sorry about your loss. I've had cars that lasted a long time too... used to call them "fungus" because they'd grown on me.
Highest mileage one was a 1981 Pontiac Bonneville - a bit over 325,000 miles, and with a Metric transmission to boot! But I admit that I replaced the engine and transmission at around 235,000 miles. (And the replacement trans was a TurboHydromatic 350 like GM should have installed originally.) It actually still ran pretty good, but it was developing a lot of electrical gremlins that were hard to troubleshoot and even harder to find replacement parts for. Not too rusty - moving to the South saved the body (although not the paint). The final straw was only one window still rolled up and down, and that one was struggling. Couldn't get replacement plastic parts for inside the door (that moved the glass). The air conditioning was shot and was going to cost two arms and a leg to replace and update, so I was either going to have to permanently fix that window closed (like the others) and bake in the Southern heat, or leave windows down when it rained. Donated it to charity and they got $750 for it.
Highest mileage one was a 1981 Pontiac Bonneville - a bit over 325,000 miles, and with a Metric transmission to boot! But I admit that I replaced the engine and transmission at around 235,000 miles. (And the replacement trans was a TurboHydromatic 350 like GM should have installed originally.) It actually still ran pretty good, but it was developing a lot of electrical gremlins that were hard to troubleshoot and even harder to find replacement parts for. Not too rusty - moving to the South saved the body (although not the paint). The final straw was only one window still rolled up and down, and that one was struggling. Couldn't get replacement plastic parts for inside the door (that moved the glass). The air conditioning was shot and was going to cost two arms and a leg to replace and update, so I was either going to have to permanently fix that window closed (like the others) and bake in the Southern heat, or leave windows down when it rained. Donated it to charity and they got $750 for it.
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Sorry to hear it jws, she had a good run!
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Lost my Maxima today it 312,000 miles, but it took fire to kill it, I am gonna be honest, I am sad.
That sucks. I'm sorry to hear it. Did the tow truck operator tear off the front bumper to top it off?
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When I sold my '89 GMC it had 389,000 on the clock. The puny 305 was replaced with a 350 at roughly 110,000.
LOL I had toggle switches for the heater fan and power windows because I wasn't going to chase electrical gremlins. I saw it a few times after I sold it and the guy said it just won't die.
Sorry about your car, hard to find another that'll go that distance today.
LOL I had toggle switches for the heater fan and power windows because I wasn't going to chase electrical gremlins. I saw it a few times after I sold it and the guy said it just won't die.
Sorry about your car, hard to find another that'll go that distance today.
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There was a engineering prof at URI. He had a friend, Pete Snell a sports car racer, killed when his helmet failed and he died from a head injury. He was involved with the creation of the Snell foundation that tests helmets.
He bought a old California Highway Patrol car and documented every mile after he got it. When I lost contact he had over 600,000 miles on that car..
He bought a old California Highway Patrol car and documented every mile after he got it. When I lost contact he had over 600,000 miles on that car..
Cars can live as long as you want them to.
I drove my '63 F100 today to pick up a couch for my girlfriend. I paid $50 for it in 1984.
I drove my '63 F100 today to pick up a couch for my girlfriend. I paid $50 for it in 1984.