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Old 04-02-2014, 08:49 AM
Air&Road Air&Road is offline
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Originally Posted by Skippy View Post
You don't replace or rebuild engines in a beater. You drive it until it quits and then get another one. My W123 has 332,000 and change miles on the original engine. This is not unusual for a W123. How many Mustangs get that far on the original engine?

I'm fully aware of that. I took one of my 240D's over a half million miles. I also took an '85 5.0 GT over 300,000 with no trouble at all.

Although I used the engine in my example, there is much more to a car than an engine. It takes parts and maintenance to keep ANY car on the road.
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