557,000 Miles Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
90-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida has been driving the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since it was new. Now she has racked up 557,000 miles on the odometer -and it’s still going great!
Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has “never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her.”
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Posted: 5 months ago by Doggylives:
Lol, I must have been putting this post together as you posted this
Nice video interview with her here
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Posted: 5 months ago by muppet:
one thing's for sure: they don't make 'em like they used to.
"'em" = people AND cars.
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Posted: 5 months ago by bcgrote:
1965 seems to be the year when automakers realized they could build in "planned obsolescence" into cars.
American car makers LOVE the concept of a car that WILL wear out, become unrepairable, get traded in, go off the market....
There are people who still drive the Model T every day. Again, proper maintenance will make anything last longer and continue to work well.
Ford retooled the '64 289 engine because there were nearly NO problems with it. Last decent engine I had was that one!
That woman is my hero! I hope I can be that spry and saucy if I get to be old!
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