I damn sure know my truck ain't going that far!These days, most people consider themselves lucky if a new car lasts 5 to 10 years. Make it to 100,000 miles in your vehicle, and the car company might make a commercial about you. That makes 93-year-old Rachel Veitch a notable exception. Veitch is retiring her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente after more than 576,000 miles on the road
and more than likely taking good care of your vehicle.I Wear Pants;1135169 wrote:My car is going to hit 200,000 next week sometime.
Another one my family has is at like 270k or something like that.
It's a mixture of not giving a shit about a car as a status symbol/fashion item and also not having money to blow on new vehicles even if I did.
That too.Pick6;1135175 wrote:and more than likely taking good care of your vehicle.
yep. my grandpa used to have his own mechanic business. I've learned a lot from him. If something new comes up, I'll just give him a call and explain the problem and he knows exactly what it is. Saves me a lot of money. In fact, I have NEVER payed for a mechanic to work on any of my vehicles.I Wear Pants;1135176 wrote:That too.
Helps having a grandpa and uncle that are mechanics. Car starts doing something weird, drive over, "hey, can you look at this?". Only problem is the assholes never charge us for labor so we have to just guess an amount to give to them or feel like assholes ourselves for abusing our relations.
hoops23;1135209 wrote:I have a car payment, guess I'm not cool.
Of you can quit mooching off your grandpa and uncle.I Wear Pants;1135176 wrote:That too.
Only problem is the assholes never charge us for labor so we have to just guess an amount to give to them or feel like assholes ourselves for abusing our relations.
Do you borrow it 2 hand out candy and touch kids on the weekends?ccrunner609;1135055 wrote:I have a buddy that has an old van that has over 450,000 on it
That's fantastic.Fab1b;1135067 wrote:I would, no payments nor dropping any further cash on another car that long?? ****!!! I haven't made a car payment in 6yrs and won't again. Gonna buy my next and future straight cash! Probably will replace my truck after this summer.
Perfect!!!! That's pretty cool to see people doing this. Good for you.Fab4Runner;1135317 wrote:My car has 214,000 miles on her. I plan to get a new car this Fall or Winter and will pay cash. I will be sad to see Blanche go, though.
