The other day I was talking with Jblackburn and I was telling him how I was at my indy getting an alignment done on my 00' V70 X/C after front strut and coil spring seat replacement.
This is from our conversation...
"Believe it or not, I was at my Indy yesterday for the alignment after doing the struts and mounts and he had a 97' 850 T5 sedan in the bay.
When I walked in, he was just getting finished putting oil in it. He said to me "Nice car huh?"
I said "Yes, very nice with the spoiler and the glossy black paint."
He said "Reach in there and fire it up for me will ya?" I did just as he asked. It fired up immediately and sounded very well, (nice and quiet).
Then he said to me, "Now peek your head in there and look at the mileage."
I did, I couldn't believe my eyes! 727,000 yes, 727,000 miles!
He said the gentleman bought it new and has been bringing here for years and the only things we've ever done to it were normal wear N' tear items. He said the enegine has never been opened up other than for t-belts, water pumps, and seals and the trans.has never been touched except for drain and refills.
It made me proud to see a car in that pristine of condition with that mileage. It had it's fair shair of little dings and scratches but absolutely NO RUST!"
I made a mistake though, it was 737K miles! Here is a pic of the odometer, I was able to get one this morning when I was bringing parts to them...
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