91 year old still has her 46 year old car

[Mogobs30th]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/milwakee...video=20858533

562,000 miles, original engine.

[venom3300]

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that... is... awesome

[stevethepirate]

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Is she the one that keep a revolver in the glove compartment?

[nascar24jd]

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That is cool...

[drhntr1]

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thats fu***ng awesome. the body man i work under has a 95 ford ranger 4 cylinder that has 450,000 and counting. everything original but spark plugs, oil, battery, and throw out bearing.

[pace2006]

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That's pretty cool. But $50k to keep the car on the road in the past year or so alone? That's a lot of money to not invest in a new daily driver and long-deserved retirement for the car.

[Mogobs30th]

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That's pretty cool. But $50k to keep the car on the road in the past year or so alone? That's a lot of money to not invest in a new daily driver and long-deserved retirement for the car.

No no, she said about $50k for the life of the car. Roughly $1100 a year, which isn't bad at all.

[nitetime_pr]

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Gearhead Granny! I found it amusing that she stated the fastest she ever drove it was 120mph, for a mile and that she purchased a cruise control because she got a ticket for doing 90mph. The car is in excellent shape for the year and mileage, todays cars would never last that long.

[Everglades W68]

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Way to go , Granny!!!!

[Crazed98Camaro]

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Wow, that's pretty damn cool.

[stevethepirate]

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I saw an article a while back about her battery situation. She mentioned it briefly in this video. She bought a battery with a warranty from JC Penny. They no longer sell batteries though, so they pay firestone (?) whenever she needs a new one. I always wondered if companies would honor warranties even after they closed/changed, so its cool to hear that at least one company does!

[pace2006]

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No no, she said about $50k for the life of the car. Roughly $1100 a year, which isn't bad at all.

Ah, I misheard that part. Not bad at all then.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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I saw an article a while back about her battery situation. She mentioned it briefly in this video. She bought a battery with a warranty from JC Penny. They no longer sell batteries though, so they pay firestone (?) whenever she needs a new one. I always wondered if companies would honor warranties even after they closed/changed, so its cool to hear that at least one company does!

Crazy stuff. My dad bought a lifetime battery from Knetch's in the late 70s for his '68 mustang and has had 6 or 7 of them. Just picked one up a few years ago. I wish they still had stuff like that but I totally see why they don't.

[Mighty Thor]

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She's smart. She got lifetime warranty on the parts.

[Tom Rs]

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interesting, pretty cool