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93-year-old Florida woman retires her ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road
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Terminius_Est
Title: Moon River
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93-year-old Florida woman retires her ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/93-old-florida-woman-retires-her-64-mercury-204007316.html
the car has outlasted three marriages. Mechanically, it's worn through three sets of shocks, 18 batteries and eight mufflers. Veitch bought the car in February 1964 for just $3,289.
She credits the longevity to a "near-obsessive" approach to the car's maintenance. "I've never been a destructive person and I've just taken care of everything, except my husbands,"
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That's awesome.
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Terminius_Est
Title: Moon River
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You'd think it would have rust problems.
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Terminius_Est posted:
You'd think it would have rust problems.
not much road salt is needed in Florida I'm guessin 
and am I the only one that thinks a 93 YO should NOT be behind the wheel?!?!
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Mangler_SC
Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector
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Terminius_Est posted:
You'd think it would have rust problems.
Why would it have rust problems? While the steel used then is clearly inferior to the steel used now, she lived in a warm climate. No winters on a car make it easier for it to last longer. No road salt is also a help.
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Steelwind_Oo
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93-year-old Florida woman retires her ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road
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Depends on where in FL. The coast will destroy a car if it isn't well maintained. From the sounds of it though she took care of it so not as big an issue.
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She lives in central Florida so she's good. Very fun story
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Title: Maximus Probus
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6 cylinder 101 horsepower engine
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93-year-old Florida woman retires her ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road
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Steelwind_Oo posted:
Depends on where in FL. The coast will destroy a car if it isn't well maintained. From the sounds of it though she took care of it so not as big an issue.
bullcrap, yer spouting a fallacy, sea air has nowhere the same impact that rock salt on the roads in the snow regions has
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rabbitslayer posted:
Terminius_Est posted:
You'd think it would have rust problems.
not much road salt is needed in Florida I'm guessin
and am I the only one that thinks a 93 YO should NOT be behind the wheel?!?!
She's probably a better driver than most people between the ages of 16 and 93.
Piss off.
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