1989 200TQ in Colorado....28K miles

[Tom Nas]

Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:

> >I'm thinking 28K on a 12-13 year old car is suspicious. That's barely
> >2K miles per year. Can't keep a car running with that. Or maybe it was
> >left somewhere for 10 of those years.
>I saw a '56 Mercedes 300SL roadster at a shop having its soft top replaced
>about 10 years ago.  It had about 30K on the odometer.  The shop people
>told me the car lived in a heated garage on the Leelenau Peninsula (Little
>Finger of the Michigan handprint) where some wealthy folks with about 10
>other residences maintained a "cottage" on the shores of Lake
>Michigan.  They got it out about two nice, warm days each summer.

My 1978 Audi 80 GLS has 85k _verifiable_ km. That's 50k and-a-bit miles in
23 years...

Regards, Tom