Stan Hardegree -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 SH>> My car has 180K miles on it. If I am careful about scheduled
 SH> maintenance,
 SH>> and I am, I should get a half million miles out the engine.

 EH>> My 55 Chevy (my first car) had roughly 300K miles on it and was on it's
 EH>> second engine. It had different color driver's door and trunk lid.

 SH> You still have your first car??  That is cool.  And a great car it is - a
 SH> classic.

 EH>> My current car (my 12th) is a 94 Dodge Intrepid and has 110K and the
 EH>> engine is still strong. I maintain it very well.

 SH> I have never counted up the cars I have owned.  I just did.  10.  In that
 SH> number are a 67 GTO,  a 64 Corvette and a 77 442.  I currently drive a BMW
 SH> 535i.  I am now and have always been a car nut.

 EH>> I have never owned a brand new vehicle. Several of my friends, being
 SH> car
 EH>> enthusiasts, own several cars from the 50s and 60s as well as newer
 EH>> cars, none of which are "junk" as Otto claims.

 SH> Cars from the 50 and 60s are classics now, some fetching big money.  Late
 SH> 60s and early 70s MOPAR muscle are out of sight with Hemi Cudas and Road
 SH> Runners bringing in $100K or more.  I was watching the Mecum auction
 SH> recently and a plain jane 70 Road Runner, OD green with bottle cap hub caps
 SH> and no frills interior, fetched a quarter million dollars.

The San Diego automobile museum has a Tucker!

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Mimi

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