2004 ZHP, I just rolled over 192,000 mikes today. :) and still feels strong.
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2004 ZHP, I just rolled over 192,000 mikes today. :) and still feels strong.
drive that thing, man!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmsled
(and, PICS please! ;) )
peter
We want pictures of the mustang!
It sure took a long time to roll over a grand... gotta get used to not driving it as much. :\
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Colin rolled 96k.
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75k tonight. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...aa4f8fbe92.jpg
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I will get some pics up of the Mustang soon!
Wrong thread, but ill update my mileage haha: 97,685
Broke 150,000 on Sunday.
Rolled 191k today at interstate speed with two slugs onboard so no pic. Car is running nicely now. Very happy.
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42,750. Still breaking it in. The Roadster is at 37,998.
Glad to see you checking in!Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Adolfo
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+1
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+2Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Adolfo
Loved driving the Roadster last Fall...a favorite/awesome memory for Erin and I! Thanks again and glad to see you checking in as well!
Thanks guys. Spring kept me very busy around the house; coaching running, too. I also have my parents with me for a few more days. We need to go for another drive!
As promised...
Here are pics of my Mustang, Roxy, with 8k original miles.
I'm putting together my submission for BringATrailer.com, so stay tuned!
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What a beauty !
8000 miles in 40 years? I don't understand the purpose of that.
Really? I totally understand. Lemme try...Quote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh
It was driven sparingly (obviously). It was saved for special occasions. Car shows. Weekend cruises. It was something to be loved, cherished and savored, not "used". It's, for the most part, almost exactly like it was when it was sitting on the dealer showroom in 1966. It's a time capsule. It's like sipping a fine wine or savoring a dessert as opposed to wolfing it down as fast as you can. Driving it once in awhile (as opposed to all the time) is like denying yourself that cheesecake you love because if you had it everyday, it wouldn't be special anymore. It's an heirloom to be passed down as opposed to something to "replace". It's something to be cared for and loved rather than "used up". It's a collectible, like a gun that's only ever fired a few rounds.
You can drive a car and you can put 100,000 or 200,000 miles on it. When it's 30 or 40 years old, you can repaint it, you can put new suspension parts on it, you can put new glass in it you can get the seats and dash redone, but it will still be a restored car. It will never be like it was when it had 8,000 miles on it. Ever.
Preservation isn't for everybody, but thank God some people do it, or almost no cars would ever be around 30 or 40 years later, since like washing machines or refrigerators, they'd reach the end of their useful life, be all be used up, and eventually recycled into raw material. That raw material would go to build a new car many of us here wouldn't love as much.
I get driving a car, and I get preserving one.
SC
BTW, here's my personal experience with preservation:
My old man has an '87 Buick Grand National. If you don't know much about it, I'll give you the quick run-down: By today's standards, it's nothing special performance-wise, but in 1987 it was pretty damn special. It was a Buick Regal - a Buick. The quintessential GM grocery-getter. This one was different, though. It had a turbocharged and inter-cooled V6 that made it faster down the strip than any production car built that year, including a Ferrari. It came in exactly one color: Black. The only thing on the car's exterior that wasn't black were the chrome wheels (also black), and the chrome/black badging.
We drove it... For the first few years. Not a lot, but plenty. We took it on a few road-trips and drove it on weekends. He did some light, reversible modding on it (chip, CAI, exhaust), but kept it otherwise pretty pristine. Not much later, he parked it and only took out for those special occasions I mentioned.
Now, almost 30 years later, it's probably one of the nicest Grand Nationals anywhere. There are a few extremely low-mileage cars, even a few that were hardly driven, but they're damn few and far between at this point. Many were turned into sub-10-second drag cars, and most of the rest have 80, 90 or 100k miles on them, along with the door dings, rock chips, swirls, chalky paint, and interior wear/tear that goes along with the miles and years. My dad's is just shy of 20k miles and looks damn near like it's brand new. The paint is beautiful, the interior is almost perfect, and it's never seen salt, snow, or even much rain. It was a little special in terms of automative history, but it's even more special now.
Eventually, I'll buy it from him, and I'll take care of it the same way. I'll drive it sparingly, and those times in the car will be special. Memorable. In 20 years, it'll be like that Mustang.
If I ever really come into some serious money, I'll buy its meaner brother, the GNX, so it has some company, and it'll be in a sweet garage with a couple of M3's. :)
Cheers,
SC
SC gets it! Love the story about the GN. When I was growing up, my dad had an 87 Buick Regal TType Turbo Limited (mechanically IDENTICAL to a GN). Seated 6 with the velour bench in front. Damn thing was FAST. He had a GN up till about 7 or 8 years ago when he sold it... with 7k miles. Made some $ on it.
Really wish he still had it.
Anywho...
The Mustang has no seatbelts, no AC, no power assist brakes.
It has 4 wheel drum brakes, and high beams you actuate with your left foot on the floor.
The AM (only) radio has only one original speaker in the dash. It works perfectly. It pulls in baseball games, the news & weather, talk radio, and that crazy Spanish channel that always makes me hungry for burritos. LOL.
Everything works perfectly on it... like it was in the 60s.
I drive it, but my wife won't ride in it because it doesn't have seatbelts.
Can't put my kids in the car... because it doesn't have seatbelts.
I just might have to get some bolt-in seatbelts so someone will ride with me. haha
Then it may get a few more miles.
Stunning car!
34,250 miles on my 2003 330i ZHP (originally picked up in Munich via ED back in June 2003). Love this car, but now thinking of selling to make room for a CPO Tesla -- have mixed feelings about that.
Why not both?!
In an ideal world, I might keep both, but I hardly drive enough as it is to justify the car, on top of the other 2 cars we have in the family (wife's car and family minivan). Plus, I need to make space in the garage. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh
A very good car cover would be sufficient. And they work.
Great catch.
+1. This reminds me of my son's weight at birth: 7 lbs 7.7 oz. :biggrin
Cool Fredo.
Will hit 70 k tomorrow.
That's the same miles my ZHP had when I sold it back in January. Still ran like new. [emoji106]
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Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Rolled over 51k:
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Nice. BP is running the drifting life lights!!
Mine are updated in my sig
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I double that. 100K [emoji41] 100 Degrees! [emoji91]Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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