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Old 12-06-2006, 04:29 PM
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My wife put 269k on her 86 Civic before we got rid of it in 96 and I bought a new 92 Accord and ran it to 288k until trading it in 02 for a another Accord. Nothing major on either, just brakes, clutch (both were 5-speeds), alternator, etc. But living in NE Ohio, they just get ratty and crusty after 10 years of winters. Boredom wasn't a big problem, they just kind of fit like an old shoe. Problem was they smelled like one too.
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not bad! but i'm planning on puttin a mil lion miles on my s2k!
Old 12-06-2006, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonw,Dec 6 2006, 03:09 PM
I'm not usually one for Saab stories...




...but that was intersting!
har har har har
Old 12-07-2006, 05:30 AM
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saw an 85 or 86 VW Golf with 1.2 million miles on the original engine.. the odo rolled over and was displaying 200k
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Too bad Saab quality isn't what it apparently used to be....

My girlfriend's 2 year old 9-3 which she bought new is a piece of crap! Damn you GM for screwing up everything you touch
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At 40 mph average and eight hours a day it would be over eight years every day all day behind the wheel. I have better things to do with my life... I would have found a different job a long time ago.
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Originally Posted by Penforhire,Dec 6 2006, 12:58 PM
1M miles in any one car? I'd probably plow into a concrete wall out of boredom first...
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wow and i flip my cars at 80k
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1 million miles is a LOT of miles..
I has 198k on my 93 Mazda Mx-6 before I got rid of it.. from what I hear the guy who I sold it to, still drives it.. ittnow has 231k..
on a Mazda MX-6..

I wish I can drive my s2k for a million miles.. that would be cool..

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I drove 671,000 miles in my 89 Jetta. It died in a collision with a dually F350. Six clutches, two radiators, one headgasket, and 1000 miles before the collision I had just rebuilt the motor for the first time.

pic taken two months before accident:




pic taken at scene of accident:





So far I have 292,000 miles on my 90 Corrado, trying to make up for lost time. Would like to hit a combined 1,000,000 miles in the next year, but I'll throw a party for the old girl when she hits 300,000.


Here's how I celebrated 200,000 miles in her:




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