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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
I hope you don't believe that just because your 30 something year old car, with 258,000 miles on it, that has never stranded you, is reason to believe that it won't strand you while driving it across the US tomorrow.
I've been stranded by cars and trucks far newer, with far less miles on them than your car, while driving cross country.
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It's been reasonably reliable for the last 45,000 miles. Why should the next 3,000 be materially different if the car is well kept up?
Besides, I'm not a wussie who's afraid of getting his hands a bit dirty, and I have the cash to pay for a car rental and/or airfare should it come to that. If it's unsalvageable, I'd either sign the title over to the nearest junkyard or get a gallon can of gas, a match, and report it stolen. It's served well.