500,000 miles young today

[George Tur]

On Friday 26 December 2003 10:35, David wrote:
> Audis are not the only long lived cars in the world. I know we routinely
> see I5 Audis with hundreds of thousands of miles on them, so when my CHEVY
> rolled past 500,000, I thought I'd prove that even American cars with love
> & care can last a LONG time. Well, my 1978 Impala rolled past 500,000 miles
> late last night, so I figured I'd give the old girl a nice detailing as a
> present. She's been in the family since new (wife and I adoped her from my
> mother-in-law when we were poor college students). Looks pretty good for
> having a half-million miles, if I do say so myself. Pics are from earlier
> this year when she has ONLY about 498,000 on her.  =)
>
> http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALASIDE.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALAFRONT.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALAREAR.jpg
>
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Is that on the original tranny and engine???

Brings back memories of my 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme station wagon. Put 
almost 200k miles on it, and finally had to get rid of it because the body 
was rotting away. The engine and tranny though were still solid. Thinking 
back on it I have to say that that Olds station wagon was one of the most 
reliable cars, mechanically that is, we had. The only time it ever let us 
down was when the radiator blew and I installed a replacement in less than an 
hour, unlike the 5ktqs which took almost a half day of cursing and skinned 
knuckles. 

Interesting comparison between that car and my friends 1974 or 1975 Audi 100 
LS.  My friend had picked up that car new but he had huge problems with the 
drive train and electrical systems. The Audi was constantly off the road 
undergoing some sort of repair while my station wagon was lugging kids, 
groceries and whatever else we could stick into it. Now almost 30 years later 
that Audi is still hanging around, he's planning on a respray of it this 
year, but my Olds wagon is long gone.

George ... with fond memories of american iron