mileage (total, not per gallon)

[fflo]

Average ya'll consider "a lot of miles to get out of a car": 203,824

I thought so. I mean, I was talking to a woman on the street about her car and whether you can get a lot of miles out of one of those, and she said oh yeah, her last one went 120,000. I was like, "120,000? That's a lot?" I mean, I was like that in that I was thinking that, not saying that. I think S had a point about this expectation having ratcheted up in the past few decades.

Maybe that woman considers a car dead the first time you need to get a flush & fill, though. This is HoityToityland, in a lot of ways/places/people.

I've been at work for 5 hours but been working for only a little over 3 of it. (Keeping careful track so's not to rip 'em off, though---using leave for the personal time.)

Comments

she wuz trippin'

[atleastdefiant.livejournal.com]

120,000? Puh-leeze. I got 190,000 out of my Escort before giving it to a friend for $20.00. She wouldn't have survived the trip down here, already making (un)funny noises at speeds past 65 mph. But apparently, she's still going strong and he's confident she'll make it through fall. Not bad for a 12-year-old. So 200K is about right around my expectations.
If it's foreign I want 300,000. That's just how I roll.

Re: she wuz trippin'

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

My 1996 Ford Taurus is at 170,000 plus right now. This past week I drove it 1,000 miles, from DC to Cincinnati and back, for a best friend's father's funeral. I want to keep it a little longer, and then maybe get something more friendly to the environment.