How's this for a good car?

[Archae]

I mean, OVER a million miles on it?
And here in Wisconsin with all the road salt, not to mention eight collisions with deer? :wow:

Glendale Man's Saab Story Gets Plenty Of Mileage

MILWAUKEE -- A traveling salesman has a Saab story few can match.

Peter Gilbert, of Glendale, drove his 1989 Saab 900 SPG more than a million miles over the course of 17 years. The durable auto survived eight collisions with deer, including one that punctured the radiator.

"I couldn't kill that many deer with a gun," said Gilbert, a financial services salesman.

He recently donated his beloved car to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified it had driven 1,001,385 miles. The transmission was rebuilt at 200,000 miles and the hood and a few other parts replaced after the deer collisions, but otherwise it has original equipment.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/10468729/detail.html

[YDogg]

1. Damn.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Hit 8 deer and still going strong after a million miles...damn is right!

[Archae]

3. More like Holy Shit!

Most cars rust out completely before 100,000 miles, here in WI.

[LeftyMom]

4. I'll see your million mile Saab and raise you a 2 million mile Volvo.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2004/08/26/213634.html

Original 1965 Volvo Driving Towards 3rd Millionth Mile; Olympic Sportscaster's Multi-Million Mile 1800 Volvo Coupe Keeps Going & Going

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2004 -- Volvo's promotional tag line says their cars are "For Life."


They aren't kidding.

Purchased off the showroom floor in 1965 for less than $5,000, this 1800 Volvo has seen U.S. Presidents come and go -- even men driving on the moon ... and after nearly four decades and millions of miles later, this prized sports coupe owned by the Ruffolo family of Southern California with 2.5 million miles (certified by Volvo), runs better today than even before.

- The car's engine is original with only a valve replacement made some
20 years ago to aid in switching from leaded gasoline to unleaded.
The body frame and transmission are likewise original.

- In January 2003, the multi-million mile Volvo went into the shop for
major restoration ... and 10 months later "is better than it was in
1965," says Dolf DeBruin, a master mechanic for Swedish Speed, the
Perris-based Volvo automotive shop which recently completed the
project.

Now driven by the family's youngest son, Southern California airline executive and three-time Olympic sportscaster Jeff Ruffolo (currently broadcasting the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics for Westwood One Radio), this 1965 1800 Volvo is much more than a family heirloom. It is a time capsule back to a period of Americana when everything was "way cool." It reflects a time when there was no Federal Express and no mobile telephones.

[Archae]

5. Except...

That Volvo was no doubt driven 90% of the time or more in Southern California.

The cat I mentioned was driven in Wisconsin.
And Wisconsin roads are a HELLUVA lot harder on cars!
(Especially in Winter!)

[LeftyMom]

7. Well, the weather's nastier.

But California stop and go traffic and monster potholes (we have the worst maintained roads in the country, unfortunately) will tear the shit out of a car.

[madrchsod]

9. i`ll see your potholes and raise you

nothern illinois gravel roads in the winter!

[Archae]

11. I'll see your wussy CA potholes...

And raise you some northern WI roads, they get potholes that double semis vanish into! :-)

[madrchsod]

8. a 1800 is`t worth a crap in the snow and ice but this is

i owned one of these

[madrchsod]

6. saab`s are very good cars up here in the north

i`ve owned over 30 of them since 1966....93 2cycles are just about unstoppable in the snow.



to bad saab doesn`t make these anymore

[RetroLounge]

10. That's amazing here in Wisconsin

I had a '79 Saab 99. Great little car...



RL

[Dude_CalmDown]

12. Check this out!!!

My new taillights:





Sorry I just had to.