540,000 miles on the original engine - NOT what you expect - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

PONY_DRIVER · 06-09-2009, 11:17 AM

Just watch the video and wait for the part where the guy asks her if she's afraid to travel alone.

http://growingbolder.com/media/techn...ad-259598.html

The Joker · 06-09-2009, 11:22 AM

Classic

xj_man_646 · 06-09-2009, 11:25 AM

thats fucking awesome!

87manche · 06-09-2009, 11:25 AM

That's bitching.

Old lady sounds like she's doing what she wants when she wants to do it.

Cue-Ball · 06-09-2009, 11:26 AM

Nice. She just hands him the gun

CrustyJeep · 06-09-2009, 11:28 AM

Awesome

Patrol · 06-09-2009, 11:32 AM

Classic !

TN TJ · 06-09-2009, 11:32 AM

beautiful

Otto Man · 06-09-2009, 11:33 AM

That's fucking thrifty! I got to keep a folder of all my lifetime reciepts now.

daddytall · 06-09-2009, 11:36 AM

Hero

ecrist · 06-09-2009, 11:51 AM

Cool story.

Reminds me of my mom except for the car. My mom gets a new one every few years but she goes where she wants, when she wants. She routinely makes the trip between FL and OH by herself. She just turned 80 and travels with a SS .357 to keep her company.

Texas97 · 06-09-2009, 11:59 AM

that is awesome. sounds like my grandma, but she has been wearing her cars out. right down to the gun... but she likes her single shot 410 better!

Welby · 06-09-2009, 12:04 PM

What an awesome video and lady!

surveyboy · 06-09-2009, 12:20 PM

bitchen

ev13wt · 06-09-2009, 12:23 PM

I have "heard" 90% of wear and tear to an engine happens in the first oilless seconds of startup?

Patrol · 06-09-2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ev13wt

I have "heard" 90% of wear and tear to an engine happens in the first oilless seconds of startup?

It's actually the cold starts. That's way taxis usually get real high mileages, they never get cold.

Kyron · 06-09-2009, 01:38 PM

Tottaly cool!!

Thanks for post that

Haole · 06-09-2009, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrol

It's actually the cold starts. That's way taxis usually get real high mileages, they never get cold.

Breaking them in slow helps too.

careful34 · 06-09-2009, 01:45 PM

I'm with the "Awesome" crowd! Fantastic story!

D_JEEPER · 06-09-2009, 02:03 PM

wow... she must tell some awesome stories! i was on the edge of my seat with a big ol grin on my face

F2504x4 · 06-09-2009, 02:22 PM

wow

This is an unusual love story involving an 89-year-old woman and her beloved Chariot. The two have been together for decades and traveled more than 540,000 miles across this nation's highways and side streets.

F2504x4 · 06-09-2009, 02:25 PM

update to the story

Is Rachel Veitch still going strong at nearly 91? Is her beloved "Chariot" still going strong at well over half-a-million miles? It's been nearly two years since we checked up on a GB favorite and her classic Mercury Caliente car. We just had to know if both are still racking up the mileage.
http://growingbolder.com/media/techn...on-268605.html

PONY_DRIVER · 06-09-2009, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F2504x4

update to the story

Is Rachel Veitch still going strong at nearly 91? Is her beloved "Chariot" still going strong at well over half-a-million miles? It's been nearly two years since we checked up on a GB favorite and her classic Mercury Caliente car. We just had to know if both are still racking up the mileage.
http://growingbolder.com/media/techn...on-268605.html

That lady is pure awesome.

SweetCJ7 · 06-09-2009, 02:40 PM

Great lady! I bet if that car goes she isn't far behind. Damn! Three husbands one car!

murse · 06-09-2009, 02:45 PM

The fact that it's not running makes me sad, I wonder what's wrong with it.

06-09-2009, 11:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
PONY_DRIVER Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44662 Location: In a house! Posts: 3,986	540,000 miles on the original engine - NOT what you expect Just watch the video and wait for the part where the guy asks her if she's afraid to travel alone. http://growingbolder.com/media/techn...ad-259598.html __________________ "I'm strangely comfortable with it."

06-09-2009, 11:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
xj_man_646 Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44832 Location: Houghton, MI Posts: 987	thats fucking awesome! __________________ James 1994 XJ, D44/AMC20, 4.10's, Lockright/welded, hidden 3 link + panhard bar, leaf spring slider boxes. Rusty but trusty. Now sold to a fellow MTU4x4'er.

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Cue-Ball Rock God Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17311 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 2,252	Nice. She just hands him the gun __________________ Nex Pro Evinco "Death Before Defeat"

06-09-2009, 11:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
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The Joker Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Member # 943 Location: Slightly North of Crazy Posts: 1,819	Classic

06-09-2009, 11:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
87manche Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86724 Posts: 4,706	That's bitching. Old lady sounds like she's doing what she wants when she wants to do it.

06-09-2009, 11:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
ecrist Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 12578 Location: Sun City, AZ Posts: 609	Cool story. Reminds me of my mom except for the car. My mom gets a new one every few years but she goes where she wants, when she wants. She routinely makes the trip between FL and OH by herself. She just turned 80 and travels with a SS .357 to keep her company. __________________ Eric

06-09-2009, 11:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
Texas97 Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 111524 Location: Texas... we dont F&% around Posts: 3,283	that is awesome. sounds like my grandma, but she has been wearing her cars out. right down to the gun... but she likes her single shot 410 better! __________________ Place whitty quote from some random PBB member here CROSSFIT: Your workout is our warm-up.

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Welby Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7287 Location: Greensburg, PA Posts: 6,023	What an awesome video and lady! __________________ Come back here, so that I may brain thee!

06-09-2009, 12:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
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06-09-2009, 12:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
ev13wt The evil twit Join Date: Aug 2005 Member # 52443 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 1,162	I have "heard" 90% of wear and tear to an engine happens in the first oilless seconds of startup? __________________ eVil.TwiT ☠ A man that brings more trash from nature's trails than he brings to them is a hero.

06-09-2009, 01:38 PM	#17 (permalink)
Kyron Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1418 Location: Not Cal Az Posts: 3,865	Tottaly cool!! Thanks for post that __________________ Arizona Trail Riders ....... BRRRaaaAAAPPPPPPP

06-09-2009, 01:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
careful34 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Member # 126069 Posts: 12	I'm with the "Awesome" crowd! Fantastic story! Last edited by careful34; 06-09-2009 at 02:37 PM.

06-09-2009, 02:03 PM	#20 (permalink)
D_JEEPER Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Member # 99624 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 2,119 Blog Entries: 1	wow... she must tell some awesome stories! i was on the edge of my seat with a big ol grin on my face __________________ [COLOR="Red"][SIZE="5"]MOLON LABE[/SIZE][/COLOR] [QUOTE=void_of_light;15759057]If I was an FBI agent on one of these stings, I wouldn't be able to resist building up a suicide vest rigged with confetti cannons. [SIZE="5"]ALLAHU ACKBAR![/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]"pop"[/SIZE] :laughing::laughing:[/QUOTE]

06-09-2009, 02:22 PM	#21 (permalink)
F2504x4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 85205 Location: Always going somewhere Posts: 655	wow This is an unusual love story involving an 89-year-old woman and her beloved Chariot. The two have been together for decades and traveled more than 540,000 miles across this nation's highways and side streets. __________________ [QUOTE=Administrator;15106961]And exactly why its better I work in the backround and not meddle what makes pirate pirate. [/QUOTE]

06-09-2009, 02:25 PM	#22 (permalink)
F2504x4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 85205 Location: Always going somewhere Posts: 655	update to the story Is Rachel Veitch still going strong at nearly 91? Is her beloved "Chariot" still going strong at well over half-a-million miles? It's been nearly two years since we checked up on a GB favorite and her classic Mercury Caliente car. We just had to know if both are still racking up the mileage. http://growingbolder.com/media/techn...on-268605.html __________________ [QUOTE=Administrator;15106961]And exactly why its better I work in the backround and not meddle what makes pirate pirate. [/QUOTE]

06-09-2009, 02:40 PM	#24 (permalink)
SweetCJ7 Customer Service #1 Join Date: Apr 2000 Member # 600 Location: Placerville/Mount Aukum, CA Posts: 2,989	Great lady! I bet if that car goes she isn't far behind. Damn! Three husbands one car! __________________ http://www.allensoffroad.com Allen Kurtz Allen’s Offroad 530-620-1100

06-09-2009, 02:45 PM	#25 (permalink)
murse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Member # 118577 Location: Las Vegas, NM Posts: 1,017	The fact that it's not running makes me sad, I wonder what's wrong with it. __________________ What doesn't kill you, makes you wish it had.

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