The Car Post

May 01, 2012 11:01

It's been a little over two months, and just shy of 3,000 miles that I've been putting around in the antique Benz ( Read more... )

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aquachem May 4 2012, 10:26:03 UTC
Wow, I hope it lasts you a long time.

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longbottle May 5 2012, 01:17:21 UTC
It will. There's near universal consensus that these cars run basically forever. There are several documented examples of flipping the (6-place) odometer. And if I take the same kind of anal-retentive care of it as I have always done to my cars, it will probably still be putting around on the roads after I'm dead.

Which is actually a problem, because the one person I would entrust willing it to is a bit of more of a leadfoot than is appropriate to this vehicle. It would require him modifying his driving style substantially.

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