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There's a real old man (about 85+) around here that beats around in an even older Volvo station wagon. He's got the 100k mile club badges on the front grill. He has 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500k mile club badges! I didn't talk to him the last time I saw him though. But I'm surprised the radiator doesn't blow up, since it's blocked by all those Volvo badges! 
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Originally posted by Cookie Monster:
There's a real old man (about 85+) around here that beats around in an even older Volvo station wagon. He's got the 100k mile club badges on the front grill. He has 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500k mile club badges! I didn't talk to him the last time I saw him though. But I'm surprised the radiator doesn't blow up, since it's blocked by all those Volvo badges!
my friends hand-me-down (repainted 3 collors by three different siblings) has the 1,2,3 and 400K badges, but they have em glued inside, defiitely good cars
as for the astro...thats alotta miles, and still lookin damn good 
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Wow thats miles too!!!!
i got 373000 kms from an 87 escort. orig clutch, motor, tranny. i overheated it tho. no preventative maintenance there.
1992 Ford Escort LX-E
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Originally posted by SmoothSVT:
 350 Correct? Either way those things last forever.
The Safari has the 4.3L V6, which is actually a 350 with the back two cylinders cut off. I believe the hp is 180. As far as "little things" going wrong with a vehicle, well, our vans all go through that, I mean after all, when one van goes almost 2K a week and another one goes almost 1K a week, its bound to happen. The main thing here is the running gear is all original AND its a domestic vehicle.
As far as what happens when it hits a million miles, well, maybe they'll buy it back at then  For the record, I changed the oil & air filter, had the trans filter/gasket changed out and rotated the tires  Stay tuned for 1,000,000!!!
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it looks like it even survived a fender bender in the rear too! 
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Learned patience the hard way
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That van is "Balzy" 
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
That van is "Balzy"
Coat your tool?
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my previous car was an 89 astro with 210,000 miles when i sold it ,of course half of that was put on with a 92 caprice 350 swapped in,shift kit, chip and some tb mods,nothing like scratching second gear in a minivan....ahhh i am starting to miss it.. www.astrosafari.com
EO 98 CSVT, black, gunmetal exel 18s, H&R springs ,custom grilles, 35% tint,Hightower headlights,resonator removed,Magnaflow installed,FMS 9mm wires,K&N,Redline MTL
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Half a million miles - Impressive. Meanwhile my wifeâ??s 2002 Grand Am GT has a little over 25,000 miles and it has to date, spent 8 different times at the dealership for warranty work! 2 times for a cracked flex plate!
By the way, my buddy has a friend who has over 800,000 miles of hard Michigan driving on his Ford Escort. I think he told me the only thing he has ever done besides maintenance stuff (oil changes, tune ups, brakes, tires, belts, etc) was to change the head on it. It has the original, automatic transmission! He said he is going to create a shrine for it when it rolls over a million miles.
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
it looks like it even survived a fender bender in the rear too!
That actually happened the first day we got it, believe it or not
"THEE" Roger R
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