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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
Because of what it is, that's why. -A 30 something year old car, with 258,00 miles on it.
Your trip will indeed become very costly with all the contingencies you mentioned coming to pass.....not to mention the time elements......better bet to rent a car for the trip than do all that.....or fly.
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I'm with spdrun on this, well not the anger part of it.
My 240 has considerably more mileage than his, and id trust it to run across the country also. If you know the car and have kept up its maintenance, than I don't see any reason to worry to much about a breakdown on the road. Like he said, he's put 45k on it and knows how the car is likely to run.
Things can happen sure, but the same thing can be said for an unknown rental car. In that situation you are jumping into a vehicle with totally unknown maintenance and driver history. Usually is just the the fact that its relatively new that people automatically trust it. I've been stranded with a blown motor in a 30k rental that an earlier renter destroyed for me.
Depending on the distance or need, id rather take the car I know, and prep it with some pre-trip maintenance, than jump into something that may or may not have been treated right or cared for properly.