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Old 05-26-2013, 05:00 AM
satyr satyr is offline
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I actually pulled my old 89 Suburban over to the side of the road a couple of years ago to video the roll from 99,999 to 00,000 because it was the second time it had done it, and I thought it REALLY WAS a big deal. The truck has 306,000+ on it- sure the motor has been swapped for a high performance crate motor with a mild cam, the tranny swapped for a custom built unit, and custom exhaust, etc. but this old truck is my baby and has served me very well. The fact that it got nearly 200K out of the original motor and tranny was impressive. Once it started to smoke I had things redone. I have spent more time in that seat driving between homes doing home health, I can't even tell you. And whether it was driving the truck through 18" of flooding water to take my girlfriend the the emergency room back in the early 90s, or when I was hauling my mom and sister up-state with boxes of belongings to escape a hurricane in 70 mph winds- that truck never really let me down. (and I still have it.) I think having a 300K car says more about the car, and you, than having a 20K car. It's about commitment or something.

Actually, now that I think of it, we don't HAVE a car with under 100K on it anymore. If I had a garage queen with 5K on it, I wouldn't know when I'd actally drive it...
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