• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    I park next to an 80s beetle with over 350k on the odometer. My own truck is from the 90s with 280k.

    I work with a guy who daily drives his dad’s old Mercedes. While he inherited it, it wasn’t a “project car” or anything, it was a daily driver kept in good repair. Honestly, you put on a new clear coat, detail the interior? It feels no more than a few years old. 500k miles.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      I owned 6 SAABs that were made from '82 - '90. I refused to touch a GM SAAB. Didn’t even buy them with less than 100,000 miles on the odometer. 1/6 died at ≈750,000 miles. That was my fault, found out about hydroplaning the hard way, on I-75. The other 5 died between 1.3-1.7 million miles. Never quite got one to 2,000,000. Several hundred people have, and despite SAAB not making a car since 2011, they still keep adding cars to the list of 2,000,000+