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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Yeah 100k was a LOT. Now even my decrepit terrible American cars routinely do over 200k 
My dad rebuilt engines when he was in HS for extra money, they needed it every 20-30k miles back then according to him.
Pete |
My first car in HS was a 52 Dodge.
I think it had about 80K on it when I bought it for $60.
Everytime I filled up with gas I would put a quart of oil in it. That first quart was a given, done deal, no question about it.
Then, I would check the oil to see if it needed a second one. About half the time it did.
On the other hand the body was as solid as a tank.
One time I was tooling down a sand road in the woods and I spun out of control and slammed into a pine tree. It put a little ding in the fender about the size of a tea cup saucer. If that happened to my Honda it would probably be totaled.