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45 Years, 540,000 Miles, 1 Engine.

  • 26-08-2009 10:37am
    #1
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭


    Saw this last night, have to admire the old girl and her attitude. Also the way in which she stuck it to garages that offered her lifetime guarantees, excellent stuff.


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  • #2
    Anan1
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    16 free batteries under the lifetime guarantee, i'll bet they never saw that one coming!


  • #3
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Smart lady! Just goes to show you, a little tlc can go a long way:D


  • #4
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    thats brilliant... and all documented... thats a full car history....

    also fair play to the companies for continuing to provide back up for the lifetime warranties...

    hopefully she will get many more miles out of it..


  • #5
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Similar Story about a 1989 Saab 900 witha million miles on the clock on the same engine with regular servicing. Although without a lifetime warranty

    http://www.jsonline.com/business/29181064.html


  • #6
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,741 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Pffft. Irv Gordon has done over 2.6 million miles on his '66 Volvo. Original engine too.

    My ads on adverts.ie

    https://www.adverts.ie/member/5856/ads



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  • #7
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    She's definatly got an urge to drive, the old lady.

    /M


  • #8
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    unkel wrote: »
    Pffft. Irv Gordon has done over 2.6 million miles on his '66 Volvo. Original engine too.

    Ya, think about all the women he has killed in all those miles though. Bet old Rachel there hasn't killed anyone...Gaybo will have her on the ads next...even though she did say the car outlived her 3 husbands...hmmm...

    *suspicion*


  • #9
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Check out this months Car Mechanics magazine, there's an article about some fella's 700,000 mile Rover Montego which he has owned since 1993. It had major engine work at 350k however and is pretty rusty now.

    The owner is pictured, he's about 4 foot tall and uses the Montego for his work as a courier, hence the big mileage.


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