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93-year-old retires a ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road

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Old 04-02-12, 10:51 PM
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Default 93-year-old retires a ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road

Pretty good.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...204007316.html

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.
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Old 04-03-12, 02:15 PM
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WOW....I am good. I called it before I read the article. Macular degeneration is a pretty common reason why I pull people drivers licenses( I'm an eye doctor) . In fact I had a guy who was legally blind and still driving and I had to report them to the DMV
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Amazing the car never got into an accident while being on the road for such a long time.
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^there it is, I was lookin for it

Umm, this is wrong :

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.
Would be willing to bet that half of CL has cars with over 100k. LOL, laughable.
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