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svx_commuter · #**136** 10-31-2002, 06:13 PM

Name: John
Age: 47
My Home is in Port Murray NJ
Occupation: Engineering Manager / Mechanical Engineer BSME / Centrifugal pumps
I got my 92 SVX two years ago, 90k to 158k miles
A picture of me dragging the engine stand…..
http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/fil...muter/4908.JPG

Other cars:
71 FORD Pinto 27k to 180K until it rusted away and it was fast!
70 Nova 4dr
?? Mavreek
79 Toyota Corolla new to 130K
87 Colt Vista new to 140K
95 Legacy L wagon lease new to 60k
92 Caravan
93 Lumina Van
88 Plymouth Horizon
73 Chevy Van 3sdp on the tree
83 Chevy Van Beauville 70k to 180K
Current: 97 OBS new to 160k
& 91 Legacy Wagon 102k to 178k

phoenix96 · #**137** 10-31-2002, 07:30 PM

Name: Andrew (or Andy or Drew or whatever you might want to call me)
Age: 17
Location: On the central coast of California
How long you've had your SVX: 7 months
Previous cars owned:
1996 Subaru Outback 2.5

Earthworm · #**138** 10-31-2002, 07:47 PM

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Originally posted by svx_commuter
Name: John
Age: 47

Other cars:
71 FORD Pinto 27k to 180K until it rusted away and it was fast!
79 Toyota Corolla new to 130K
87 Colt Vista new to 140K
95 Legacy L wagon lease new to 60k
83 Chevy Van Beauville 70k to 180K
Current: 97 OBS new to 160k
& 91 Legacy Wagon 102k to 178k

Wow, that's 829,000 miles! (or I can't count)

mohrds · #**139** 10-31-2002, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by phoenix96
Name: Andrew (or Andy or Drew or whatever you might want to call me)

You don't to leave that decision up to these folks.

Doug

svx_commuter · #**140** 11-01-2002, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Earthworm
Wow, that's 829,000 miles! (or I can't count)

Yeah I guess that's about right. We like to drive alot

Thanks for adding that up.

I hadn't done that before

So if I take the last 29 years of driving and divide it into 829k miles, I would get about 28,000 miles per year. That would have to be adjusted to account for two cars being used and for one car per driver it would come out to less than 15,000 miles a year and then it doesn't look like such a big a$$ number as that's about average

Just a lot of years

Would care to estimate how many hours I have spent in a automobile?

CigarJohnny · #**141** 11-01-2002, 12:17 PM

At an average of 30mph (and I think that's pretty high even if the majority is highway miles) it's 27,633 hours or 1,151 days or 3.15 years. WOW!!!

svxqueen · #**142** 11-01-2002, 01:27 PM

You guys have too much time on your hands...just like the song

Aredubjay · #**143** 11-01-2002, 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by Earthworm
Wow, that's 829,000 miles! (or I can't count)

Lemme see -- sold my first Capri with 165K on it, blew the (second) engine on my second Capri with 135K. Got almost 180K on the first SVX and 130K on the second . . . got 160K on the Caravan and (here's the kicker) sold the LTD with 365K on the clock --- that's 1,135,000. That don't even count the mileage (none of which I can remember, or never knew) on the Spitfire, Peugeot, Torino and Gran Torino , The Delta 88, the Chevy Biscayne, the Tracer Wagon and my first car, the Ford Fairlane.

Aredubjay · #**144** 11-01-2002, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by svxqueen
You guys have too much time on your hands...just like the song

Engineers.

sfsvx · #**145** 11-01-2002, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by Aredubjay

Lemme see -- sold my first Capri with 165K on it, blew the (second) engine on my second Capri with 135K. Got almost 180K on the first SVX and 130K on the second . . . got 160K on the Caravan and (here's the kicker) sold the LTD with 365K on the clock --- that's 1,135,000. That don't even count the mileage (none of which I can remember, or never knew) on the Spitfire, Peugeot, Torino and Gran Torino , The Delta 88, the Chevy Biscayne, the Tracer Wagon and my first car, the Ford Fairlane.

Based on that vehicle list, Randy, I can see why you don't remember.

#**146** 11-01-2002, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Dick Young

Based on that vehicle list, Randy, I can see why you don't remember.

Defensive Amnesia? His mind simply refuses to remember.

CJ

Aredubjay · #**147** 11-01-2002, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Dick Young

Based on that vehicle list, Randy, I can see why you don't remember.

A lot of those were my wife's cars. "Necessary transportation" isn't always what you "want." It's what you can afford.

sfsvx · #**148** 11-01-2002, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by Aredubjay

A lot of those were my wife's cars. "Necessary transportation" isn't always what you "want." It's what you can afford.

Or what my parents owned, or what my sister owned, or what my friends would let me use.