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Old 03-28-2013, 05:39 PM
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My Dad, a lifelong car guy, said once that in the thirties and forties, fifty or sixty thousand miles was considered reasonable life for a car, but now(he was saying this in the mid sixties) a hundred thousand miles was considered reasonable life.

In the sixties and into the seventies, 100K was probably a good lifespan for a car.

Today, I see a quarter million as being a good mark to consider as par.

My $0,02,
I think my CE could do that. But it won't be by me. The M103 still purrs like a kitten and it turns heads at 134k, but it's a weekender for me now. Can't see it being a DD for me again.
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